Rookwood Sound: Photo Gallery                        Last Updated: 25 March 2008 

Entertaining patients, visitors and staff for 20 years from The Jeff Lyons Suite at Rookwood Hospital, Llandaff. Hear us at Rookwood on 945am and Llandough on Channels 1 and A! *** Rookwood Sound is run entirely by volunteers ***

Registered Charity 517814

The National Hospital Radio Awards and Spring Conference Weekend, Blackpool 2006!

> Photo Gallery - Blackpool

Homepage

News

Training

Station History

Contact Us

Join Us

Links

The HBA Spring Conference was held in Blackpool from 31st March to 2nd April at the Hilton Hotel on the Seafront.

Rookwood Sound was well represented with 10 members traveling from Cardiff for the weekend and joined by another for the Awards Gala dinner on the Saturday evening! Through the weekend - armed with cameras we snapped our away around Blackpool to keep you informed! 

See our pictures below - click on them to make them bigger! Thank goodness a picture only tells a thousand words!

Group Photos and others of Blackpool

blackpool24.jpg (220134 bytes)

Blackpool View from Room 704 on Friday Blackpool View from Room 704 Saturday Blackpool View from Room 704 Sunday (Only joking.. they are all Sunday!)

Group Photo shortly after arriving on Friday Group Photo too - Pub time :-) Steve practices his hair ready for the Gala Dinner - Neil helps using his creative flair

blackpool19.jpg (242104 bytes)

blackpool20.jpg (285380 bytes)

Work in progress Ah.. help is on hand! Debbie and some lippy to the rescue! The transformation is almost complete...
blackpool21.jpg (278030 bytes) blackpool22.jpg (337018 bytes)
A work of art! Cinderella, you shall go to the ball.. or should that be Steve! Floor dancing from Gaby, Matthew and Richard
Saturday Night and the Gala Dinner
blackpool23.jpg (313866 bytes)
The stage is set... .. and the lights dimmed and its time for the HBA's.. National Hospital Radio Awards with Paul Robinson and Carol Kirkwood!
Table 19 waits in anticipation with station mascot Myfanwy the Sheep Myfanwy has the best seat in the house! Fenella Fudge from BBC Radio 2 presents the award for the Station of the Year
Rookwood Sound's Lesley Jennings gets her name on screen.. and the biggest cheer and noisiest table banging of the evening! Gaby and Steve let their hair down after the awards meal Lesley and Debbie share a quite drink while the rest enjoy a good dance! 

Y.M.C.A anyone?!

blackpool34.jpg (278000 bytes)
Richard and Neil meet Carol Kirkwood from BBC Weather - and yes she really is as nice as she is on the TV! Richard, Neil, Matthew and Gaby with Carol Neil meets Stephen Hickman and Best Newcomer Gerard Conway from Hillingdon Hospital Radio
The Sunday Morning open top bus trip - a moment of madness!
blackpool25.jpg (253130 bytes) blackpool26.jpg (246167 bytes) blackpool27.jpg (205611 bytes)
Richard on the top deck before moving off Gaby and Neil wrestle with the umbrella And we're off.. the tower is in sight
blackpool28.jpg (176708 bytes) blackpool29.jpg (325716 bytes) blackpool30.jpg (521683 bytes)
Brr.. its cold and wet and windy and we've only been moving for 5 minutes! First stop - the Cricket Ground We call at the Zoo - watch out for any tigers!
blackpool31.jpg (264907 bytes) blackpool32.jpg (178529 bytes) blackpool33.jpg (391516 bytes)
Back to town and the Sealife centre on the prom The big wheel on the pier The Pleasure Beach - the Pepsi Max Big One! Unfortunately this is the last picture as it came too windy to hold a camera and umbrella!
 

All Content is © 2008 of Rookwood Sound Hospital Radio |  Terms of Use  |  Need help? Contact the Webmaster  |  Site Design by Neil Bailey