{"id":1691,"date":"2025-08-26T08:49:05","date_gmt":"2025-08-26T07:49:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/justclp\/?p=1691"},"modified":"2025-08-26T13:42:28","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T12:42:28","slug":"vacant-shop-colwyn-bay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/justclp\/vacant-shop-colwyn-bay\/","title":{"rendered":"Vacant shop, Colwyn Bay"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1729\" src=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/justclp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2025\/08\/ThomasCook-300x246.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"246\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/justclp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2025\/08\/ThomasCook-300x246.jpg 300w, https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/justclp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2025\/08\/ThomasCook-1024x838.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/justclp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2025\/08\/ThomasCook-768x629.jpg 768w, https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/justclp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2025\/08\/ThomasCook.jpg 1379w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>One of numerous vacant shops that greats visitors on Station Road. 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