These photos are absolutely brilliant and I thank you for sharing them.

I love to see photos of the Park Palace in Mill Street and the St. James (The Jamie) in St James Street, near to the Davy Lewis.

And by thumbnail sketches, you're referring to me!
Obviously, a lot of what I've found out reflects what Harold Ackroyd has written, because history is history and the facts (not mistakes) remain the same, but I stand by my statement that his was rushed out, and the reprint didn't correct the mistakes.
That is why the three venues I mentioned that I did in more detail (Reynolds, Mount Pleasant and Central Hall), are either not mentioned or barely mentioned by Mr Ackroyd.

If you read my post dispassionatley you will see that I am making an argument for a more in depth book than the one provided by Harold Ackroyd. Whilst I like the production values of his book, his thumbnail sketches in terms of the information they convey become a bit repetitive towards the end. His book is at its best when it offers more depth and brings a cinema alive. Personally I was hoping for much more about the Mayfair on Aigburth Road. His account starts well with an excellent photograph of the exterior but the two, just slightly larger than a postage stamp, shots of the interior were a big disappointment. There was no sense of first hand knowledge of such a beauty conveyed by his text which read for the most part as though it had been gleaned from a publicity leaflet.

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If colour photos of the Cameo are rare, I've decided to identify this one as mine.
Which is something I don't usually do.

Webster Road, Liverpool 7.

Photo: March 1986.

Built 1887 as a Welsh Chapel.
Converted 1926 into a cinema.
Closed 1957.
Warehouse.
Disused.
Demolished sometime before 1991.
Housing built on the site.

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/226/455005717_3ef1805819_o.jpg

thanks for posting the picture of the Cameo I used to live in Webster Rd until I was 5
Mandy:)

Haven't been on for a few days Phil so just catching up on this thread. Like the others on here, I second them, get that book out. If it's half as good as your Tram Ride to Dingle then that'll do me and at least we know we'll be getting facts.

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If colour photos of the Cameo are rare, I've decided to identify this one as mine.
Which is something I don't usually do.

Webster Road, Liverpool 7.

Photo: March 1986.

Built 1887 as a Welsh Chapel.
Converted 1926 into a cinema.
Closed 1957.
Warehouse.
Disused.
Demolished sometime before 1991.
Housing built on the site.

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/226/455005717_3ef1805819_o.jpg

Brilliant pic Philip
I think colour photos of the Cameo ARE rare. I have never seen another pic of the cinema other than the normal b and w one usually printed/shown.

The Carlton opened in 1932.
Architect: A E Shennan.
Renamed ABC Tuebrook in 1963.
From 1980 to 1982 it was independently run and was renamed the Carlton, but closed suddenly in December 1982.
An ABC Bowling Alley had been built next door, and the rear stalls of the cinema was converted into a Painted Wagon pub (both in the 1960s).
Apart from the pub (now Lords), the rest of the complex is now derelict.

April 1982.
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/234/449439872_909de9df70_o.jpg

A developer has recently been granted planning permission to demolish the later 70's addition to the cinema which you can see on the right hand side of the original building (formerly the venue nightclub). They have planning permision to build three blocks containing around 50 apartments and some shops on the ground floor.
The good news is that there are rumours that the same developer wants to buy the cinema, restore it and convert it into apartments! Far better than it just being left to rot.:)

Phil/AK1 - was this called something to do with wagon wheels or paint your wagon or something similar in the late 70s/early 80s - I remember passing it going to Millbank College up the road.

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Phil/AK1 - was this called something to do with wagon wheels or paint your wagon or something similar in the late 70s/early 80s - I remember passing it going to Millbank College up the road.

Yeah it was Ged. :) 'Paint your wagon'
Anyway, the pub changed it's name to 'The Lord Warden' (I think that's the right name - it's Lord something or other.)


The Venue club on the other side - Green lane - was originally a bowling alley - I used to go occasionally when I was a kid.
Then it got changed into a night club - 'The Coconut Grove' which was a cabaret club in a similar style to The Wookey Hollow. :)

Yeah it was Ged. :) 'Paint your wagon'
Anyway, the pub changed it's name to 'The Lord Warden' (I think that's the right name - it's Lord something or other.)


The Venue club on the other side - Green lane - was originally a bowling alley - I used to go occasionally when I was a kid.
Then it got changed into a night club - 'The Coconut Grove' which was a cabaret club in a similar style to The Wookey Hollow. :)

Yes you are correct, I also went to the bowling alley. I heard a rumour
that the Carlton is still owned by EMI, and as the pub is part of it, the building
inside the cinema maybe in good(ish) condition...

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The Venue had a notice (Feb 2007) which stated...Acquired by SABP LTD for future development.

The house next to the venue which used to be a youth hostel has been completely gutted. I hope it's not being demolished. Anyone got any pics?

Is the weatherspoons pub in Kensington realy a Cinema

http://www.militaryimages.net/imagehost/images/dronepilot/jpg0012.jpg

That looks like a fine building and shows that i've been dricing with my eyes closed :eek:

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Hi Philip

Any relationship between the old Rialto, damaged in the Toxteth riots and later demolished, and the Kensington Picturedrome or is it just that the architecture is somewhat alike?

Chris

http://www.toxteth.net/places/liverpool/general/images/rialto%201959.jpg

1958 view of the Rialto Cinema, Upper Parliament Street (on the left). Courtesy of Toxteth.net (http://www.toxteth.net/places/liverpool/general/upper%20parliament%20street.htm)

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Hi Philip

Any relationship between the old Rialto, damaged in the Toxteth riots and later demolished, and the Kensington Picturedrome or is it just that the architecture is somewhat alike?

Chris

No Chris, no relationship between them.
I'm surprised you missed my piece on the Rialto in toxteth.net, with a photo taken a week after the Riots.
I watched it burn, and it's true that the fire service didn't attend.

Ged, do you want to use it for your "Towers"?

http://www.toxteth.net/places/liverpool/general/rialto.htm

A sad, sad, picture of the Rialto after the riot, Philip. Thanks for directing me to the photograph. I had not seen it before. :(

Chris

PhilipG.
Do you remember how the dome glistened like gold the next morning. If the scallies had known it was copper it would have been gone years before.

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Thanks Phil, yes i'll use that,do you know what the High rise were called? Have to do a bit of :034:

Here's a couple of pics I found just now in Freddy O'Connor's - A pub on every corner. Don't know if you've got them from this angle so I posted them up anyway.

The Lyric Super Cinema and The Homer.

Opened 1939.
Architect: A E Shennan.
In 1964 it was converted into Merseyside's only Cinerama cinema.
It closed in 1979 for conversion to a supermarket.
Twin cinemas were installed, but there were no takers, and the space became a bingo hall.
Snooker has since replaced bingo.

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/184/457829519_f503835b26_o.jpg

Somerfield = Crap Food.

It's the best part of Godvertree though.

Somerfield = Crap Food.

It's the best part of Godvertree though.

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Have you seen this Phil. Probably nothing you didn't know already though mate.


http://www.catalystmedia.org.uk/issues/misc/articles/cinema_history.php

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A question. Can anyone tell me what was the cinema in Almonds Green
now a super market I beleive.

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It was the West Derby Picture House.
It opened in 1927 and was renamed the Plaza in 1955 and closed in 1960.

Thanks Phil, another one off my list

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You're welcome, Steve.
What list is that?

Your photo is quite old.
When was it taken?

The photo is around 1984. Iam trying to find details/photo,s of all the
old Liverpool cinemas, some buildings as you know look like cinemas, but
wern't. I live just off Townsend Ave and there are a good few old cinema
buildings by me, Taskers, Regal Broadway and the one, now a childrens
play place on Townsend ,think it was the Clubmoor, no pic,s of this though
as a cinema....

Some of those Bethel churches and the like look like cinemas but weren't.

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Have you seen my sets on my flickr page. (see link below).
There's "Demolished cinemas" which are my photos taken of former cinemas that went after 1982. I think that's almost complete.

And there's "Former cinemas - still with us". That's far from complete.

Is it that you just want to take photos of the remaining buildings?
I'll make out a list of addresses.
Or........?

OK if you could make a list maybe on my travels I could re photo them.
Idealy I would love pic,s of when they were cinema,s, tall order. I have
the usual stuff from LRO but a lot of small cinema,s were never archived.
Plenty of time, so no rush

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I drive past loads of former cinemas on my travels but I assumed you had them all Phil. If you or Steve want me to take any on the Litherland, Bootle, Kirkdale, Anfield route, i'm always down that way each weekend and lots of times even further afield.

Phil, it's a long shot but worked for me looking for my stuff now and again.

There are lots of aerial photos of Liverpool taken in the 1930s. You can usually zoom in on these once saved, have to tried looking for any that way?

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Steve, in this thread, there's a list of cinemas that I've never seen photos of.
Page 8. Post 152.
And it gets even more difficult finding photos of any when they were actually operating as cinemas, apart from the 1930s super cinemas.

Had a look and it is pretty much what Iam after. The Ritz Utting Ave
now Taskers Sports, I will contact Taskers t o see if they have any
pix prior to them altering the front. The Clubmoor Piture House Townsend Ave
not see any of it as a cinema, Cabbage Hall arggggg, the pain of my life, spent ages all to no avail looking for a pic as a cinema, tried all over, LRO
LFC, planing dept, cinema treasures, etc, etc. Only one on I think it is
Smithdown is this

I drive past loads of former cinemas on my travels but I assumed you had them all Phil. If you or Steve want me to take any on the Litherland, Bootle, Kirkdale, Anfield route, i'm always down that way each weekend and lots of times even further afield.

Thanks for the offer, but it is OK as I have pic,s of what most look like
now, it is the oldies when they were open as cinemas, thanks again

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That thumbnail is the New Premier Cinema in Prescot Road, near Green Lane.
That photo was dated 1959, just after it closed as a cinema.
The building is now one of Liverpool's official grot spots.
All the front was demolished and it became a pub called the Premier.

I haven't seen any photos of the Ritz as a cinema.
The Clubmoor appeared in a local paper when it was new, so I took a photo of the microfilm screen.
I've got it on a disk somewhere & I'll post it when I find it.

If Taskers do have any pics of the Ritz, ask them if they've got any of the Capitol in Overton Street, Wavertree, as they built a new building on that site.


OK will do, yes went past the premier the other day a right mess.

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Thanks Phil
I remember the Clubmoor now, I was 12 in 1960 and lived up the road
in Winchester Rd. 1960 seems to be the year most Liverpool cinemas
closed down. Have been in touch with Taskers, so will let you know
the outcome. My avatar is the new toy, a Fuji S9500 9Mp with 28 to 300
zoom and macro that works down to 1CM

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Have you got the Lido, Belmont road, as the Lido Phil as I came across it (not literally though) in a book I have yesterday.

That must have been where the Wookey Hollow nightclub was. :)

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CAMPAIGNERS battling to save Liverpool’s first cinema are appealing to English Heritage to award the building listed status. more (http://icliverpool.icnetwork.co.uk/liverpoolecho/news/echonews/tm_headline=save-city%2D%2D8217%2Ds-first-cinema%26method=full%26objectid=18971378%26siteid= 50061-name_page.html) The former Bedford Hall cinema in Walton was opened on Boxing Day 1910.

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Is that building one in Overton st Phil, where Taskers is now? Source: Reflections site.

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I've just received this from one of the people trying to get the Bedford Listed.
Bad news, I'm afraid.


Dear Philip,

Not good news for the Bedford as I'm afraid EH have turned it down -
again. I putting all the reasons from them as to why they wont
list it in the post today for you to read. I am very sorry that
this so disappointing.

Best wishes,

Richard

Sorry to hear that, Philip. As I am involved in a preservation battle here in the U.S. to save a War of 1812 battlefield, with partial success so far, I know how hard such battles are and how difficult it is to have to accept setbacks.

Chris

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Is it because some of its originals features are no more and it's been modified as you've mentioned before?

Such ridiculous reasons really if that's the case.

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Bigging up pictures usually degrades them unless you have certain software. Probably best if you send them au natural:)
Has anyone got any pictures of the, now sadly demolished, Granby?
If so can they be sent to my email address as attachements? thanks George Roberts.

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I dunno if this is of any interest,but going past the former Derby cinema on Scotland Rd. on the bus,(the undertakers' one),I noticed some of the cladding on the south corner had vanished to reveal the original building. It's not much-but someone with a zoom lens might want a shot. ;)

Dave.

I was brought up in Halewood in the 60's and 70's and so used to go the Woolton every Saturday to the kids matinee. They used to be quite wild, to the extent they had to get a policeman to walk about during the films

Went to the Majestic a couple of times it used to show films a couple of weeks after they had been on in town. Sneaked there from Halewood to see the two Dr.Who films, Very nice cinema but past its best in the 60's the seats used to give off tons of dust if you hit them.

Me mother took me to see "Help" at the Odeon in London Road, it was like going to a plush red velvet and shiny brass picture palace, a massive single screen,

Lastly the Abbey Cinerama was also magnificent, went to see the Great Race there and continued right up until it closed. It used to have cheap one off matinee on a wednesday saw Chinatown and Midnight Express. That cinema was almsot unique and we let it go.....cant believe it.

During the the end of the 70's I used to win a lot of free tickets off radio merseyside competitions (ramsey Campbell) most of them were for the 051, which sort of became an instant dump...the best worst free ticket I won was to see a 3D sex film called "what the swedish butler saw" with Diana Dors, It was a preview screening at 10.30 am, so I turned up....no one on the box office, except a big oile of 3 D specs, so I take one and wander into a darkened cinema, aware that there were a few other people in there but it was too dark to tell who they were.

The film was pretty tame too.......

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Billy Butler, himself a bit of a film buff who has a slot where you can request rare ones, is fielding calls about Liverpool cinemas today and has mentioned the Bedford, Liverpool's 1st.

He started his hour off appropriately with 'Saturday night at the movies' and they are running a made in Merseyside quiz this week playing excerpts from film dialogue - most quite difficult. I got the Violent playground one quite easily though - seen bits of it a lot lately.

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I wish they would stop staying the Bedford was Liverpool's first purpose-built cinema.
The truth is, it was a draw between the Bedford and the Kensington Picturedrome.
They were both licensed at the same time, and the Kensington was opened on 26 December 1910, but the actual opening day of the Bedford is not known, despite Harold Ackroyd's claim that it was Boxing Day, 1908.


Harold Ackroyd !!!..Rrrrrr Phils the Daddy..:handclap:

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Phil. Another view of The Derby, taken when Wilbraham House tenements were still up. You can also see St. Anthony's Church and the Vernon's building. I am reliably informed by someone connected with project Jennifer that the Derby is coming down and that's why John Coyne has now moved to the Panda Alarm building along Stanley road, not far from his bro Peter who's in the old Grosvenor. Apparently Central Tin cannisters (situated behind the Derby, further down Wilbraham st are holding out for a better deal)

Feel free to use the pic as you like.

Oh, and here's the pic - silly me.

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Yep, will let you know as soon as I do.

Lyceum, Garston. The previous colour was a garish yellow/blue combination.

The romance comedy The Mating Game, released the previous October is showing starring Debbie Reynolds and Tony Randall. The David Lewis building is in the background.

Great pic, what road was that on

St. James street. It's not my pic though, sorry, should have said. It's off the Reflections of Liverpool site.

Paramount Cinema

http://www.militaryimages.net/imagehost/images/dronepilot/paramountcopy.jpg

Fraser st Just off London Road

Hiya DP - great pic but that's Fraser st actually. The Shakespeare theatre stood next door to it which is now occupied by the Ann Fowler home which once stood on Netherfield Road. PhilipG said that this was never actually a cinema though but just their offices.

Thanks Ged i have corrected it.

PhilipG said that this was never actually a cinema though but just their offices.

Looks like it, still a good building though.

Paramount Cinema

http://www.militaryimages.net/imagehost/images/dronepilot/paramountcopy.jpg

Fraser st Just off London Road

You are standing d-p on the spot of the Gaumont Cinema on Camden St.

I think Gerard here went for a meal in there just a couple of weeks ago -GERARD, Where are yer - get in for ya tea lad.

I think Gerard here went for a meal in there just a couple of weeks ago -GERARD, Where are yer - get in for ya tea lad.

Noooooooooo never been in there Ged..Been looking for that piccie of Bobo standing there on that spot bladdered when we came out the Warden about 2weeks ago..
He must have sneaked on my computer and deleted it..thats it...he's dead.

Ha ha, must've misread it, someone said they'd been in that Kurdish restaurant and I thought it was you. D'ya mean Bobo and his imaginary snooker cue lol.

Been inn there :unibrow: loaaaaaaaaaads of times when it was the De Millle..
Had a few good slurps in there then..


Used to wash the cars in that area about 38 and a half years ago

Half a crown or something we got for it.

Ha ha, must've misread it, someone said they'd been in that Kurdish restaurant and I thought it was you. D'ya mean Bobo and his imaginary snooker cue lol.


Yeah...That one yeahhhhhhhhhh..
Ehhhhhh..when did you see that..:unibrow:
Did he pay yo to delete that eh..eh..did he then eh...

No way you were washing cars aged 20 Gerard - no way!

No way you were washing cars aged 20 Gerard - no way!

:shock:..Im lost for words now...grass...

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Yes I was down lime street the other day and noticed the Forum being
covered in plastic, what are they doing with it ?

Yes I was down lime street the other day and noticed the Forum being
covered in plastic, what are they doing with it ?

The stonework is being cleaned.

The stonework is being cleaned.

Oh right, is that all. I suppose it is in aid of City of culture

http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://www.bbc.co.uk/liverpool/localhistory/journey/lime_street/cinemas/filmprog.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.bbc.co.uk/liverpool/localhistory/journey/lime_street/cinemas/leaflets.shtml&h=316&w=250&sz=16&hl=en&start=2&tbnid=jneCVj8CMx0DPM:&tbnh=117&tbnw=93&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dliverpool%2Bcinemas%26gbv%3D2%26svnum %3D10%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DG

http://www.liverpoolvision.co.uk/newsdocs/ABC-14BT8547%20copy(5).jpg

http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://viewfinder.english-heritage.org.uk/gallery/450/aa9/aa98_06984.jpg&imgrefurl=http://viewfinder.english-heritage.org.uk/search/detail.asp%3FcalledFrom%3Doai%26imageUID%3D75458&h=284&w=450&sz=16&hl=en&start=20&tbnid=mC-RZjqylQOl-M:&tbnh=80&tbnw=127&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dliverpool%2Bcinemas%26start%3D18%26gb v%3D2%26ndsp%3D18%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN

Took a trip down West Derby Road (Tuebrook) last week looking for a cinema that I frequented as a kid -- no sign of it, the building has long gone and I cannot remember its name.

Its location was down West Derby road (tuebrook) just passed the police station and under the railway bridge on the right.
I think it was between "Oak Leigh and Ivy Leigh".
Can anyone name it for me ?

Thanks for any help that comes along.

Phredd

phredd, It was the Empress, knocked down years ago when the road was widened.:PDT_Aliboronz_24:

phredd, It was the Empress, knocked down years ago when the road was widened.:PDT_Aliboronz_24:


Thanks Shy. will pass on to me other half

The Paramount in 1941 and Kensington 1953.

Thanks for pic,s. The Kensington was that the one next to the ice rink
and became a bingo hall

That's ok, you're welcome Steve. I think it was next to the ice rink but Phil will know for sure when he sees it.

Does anybody remember the Gaumont in the Dingle. I had my first real date there when I was 15. Her name was Diane and I agreed to meet her inside (:neutral:) Oh! the shame of it ! But I had no money,,,,,,,,,,,,


The story can continue but only by PM or e-mail, lol

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Great info Phil (as ever) Max Baer of course being the father of Jethro in The Beverley Hillbillies. I took the year off the info on the back of the photie, apologies if it's wrong.

I know you said previously that there's few photies of the Paramount without its cladding.

Yes I was down lime street the other day and noticed the Forum being
covered in plastic, what are they doing with it ?
What about the insides - what's going on there? Weren't there plans a while back to turn into a bar complex or something? I'm glad they're cleaning the outside up though, it deserves it. I hate hearing people refer to it as an 'eyesore', because it isn't...

Hi Gang,

Just plugged into this thread and it brung up some memories about what I think was the Continental in the Wirral.

I used to frequent this place in the fifties. Can't remember the name but it may well have been the Continental as mentioned by Felicity back on page 11.

It had been a theatre and all the theatre trappings were still in place. Your ticket led you to a numbered seat. When you bought your ticket you could order coffee and biscuits which were brought to your seat in the interval.
They showed films which were not on general release in the normal cinemas, what we'd now call "Art House" movies. I know it was still there in 59/60? because it was there I saw "Jazz on a summer's day", the documentary about the 1958 Newport Jazz Festival.

A night out there involved a trip on the ferry, a short walk, a good movie in elegant surroundings and a moonlight trip back on the ferry. Especially memorable if one was on a romantic date!

Was it the Continental — any other memories — any pics?

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Thanks Phil,

Liscard Road seems about right, in my memory box. Look forward to seeing the pic — hopefully it will dredge up the old nostalgia bug.

Cheers

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Hi Philip,

Thanks a lot for the info and the pic — shame about the overprinting, but I fully understand, and sympathise with, your wish to protect your photographs.

I"m amazed it didn't start out as a theatre — I'd just assumed it was a converted theatre because everything about the decoration and the whole ambience of the place had the feeling of theatrical beginnings rather than a cinema.

Picking up on other peoples comments — get your book written — yes, it may be a minority interest, but you're adding something to the pool of common knowledge and intellectual diversity — that's got to be a good thing.

Thanks again.

Joge

Especially as it's been mentioned that the only other current offering has mistakes in it.

PhilipG, do you by any chance, have a picture of the Pheonix Cinema, in Wallasey Village, it was a flea pit, but on a saturday morning, it was my world.

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Ah days of my misspent youth,
Myself, my younger sister, and several friends off to the Saturday morning matinee, several cartoons, and a main feature, King of the rocket men was one of my favourites,
http://www.moria.co.nz/sf/kingofrocketmen.htm and all for a tanner 6d in old money 2.5 Pence now.

I was living on the Leasow estate at the time and would walk to the cinema getting there nice and early so i could sit right at the front, and in the middle, 2 hours of pure bliss, and all for the priceley sum of a Bob 1s 5 pence in new money, which was my entrence fee an icecream tub and a bag of sweets and a drink. god we were rich then.

as someone on here says in their sig, In the days when we had nothing, we had fun.

Phill just noticed that the pheonix (bird image) is missing it's red neon tubing between its base and the top part, it used to flash on and off in a ripple effect so it looked like flames, I used to stand and watch it for hours.

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Phil. You know amongst other things, I look out for pics of old cinemas for you on my travels, have you got this one of Queens Drive baths as a cinema. It's out of that new book, Played in Liverpool.

...Oh,and the pic.

Hi All...

New to this forum....great content within it, and much to take in over the next few weeks.

My Dad was Charlie Seaman... worked as an apprentice projectionist / sweeper upper when he was 16 at The Magnet, Wavertree Road. At the Gaumont, Princes Park he was projectionist... my Mum worked as an usherette, and my Aunt was the Manager's Assistant. Dad went on to work as Cheif Projectionist at the Hippodrome on the Hill; completing stand-in stints for Rank at the Odeon Liverpool, and also the Odeon Chester. His time with Rank finished when they closed the Odeon, Stanley Road, Bootle. He then went on to work for Star when they opened the new 051 complex in Mount Pleasant.

Sadly Dad is not with us anymore. Memories for me which put a smile on my face.....

1) Gaumont - being allowed to bring loads of mates to the matinees with me when I was 7 for free, and getting free drinks and ice-creams. I only found out afterward that my Mum and Dad had to pay the bill afterward....!

2) Hippodrome - Dad took me out onto the roof of the cinema as we heard a radio news bulletin that what remained of New Brighton tower complex was on fire. I can still recall seeing the smoke rising up over the river....

3) Odeon, Bootle - I actually ran a matinee show when I was 15 as my Dad was too ill to do it himself. He sat in a chair at the back of the projection box and told me what to do and to look out for '..Link...Motor....Change!' Pure cinematic rock n'roll!!!

4) 051 - Being introduced to huge reels attached to projectors which had a complete day's show on them, and didn't require changing. Also being introduced to 'mucky films' rather than the more family-oriented ones that I'd been used to. Nice to note that C4 has shown much worse in the intervening years...! :-)

I've digitised a few of Dad's cinematic photographs that I can let you have a look at if anyone is interested?

Cheers - Graham, Childwall. :)

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Took a trip down West Derby Road (Tuebrook) last week looking for a cinema that I frequented as a kid -- no sign of it, the building has long gone and I cannot remember its name.

Its location was down West Derby road (tuebrook) just passed the police station and under the railway bridge on the right.
I think it was between "Oak Leigh and Ivy Leigh".
Can anyone name it for me ?

Thanks for any help that comes along.

Phredd


My late Dad lived in Ivy Leigh in the 1920s and referred to the Empress as the 'Hen Pen'. He often said about buying an 'apeth of fades' which was bruised fruit and cheaper than sweets. He also said, the realy bad fruit they used to throw around in the dark for a laugh (What a hooligan!)

Beatle

Hello Beatle, I ate fades all the time from my local greengrocers. It was the only way I would be able to eat fruit in my early years. You,d just cut the bad bit out and throw it away.:)

Was going to do the rounds of all the old cinema buildings that are left
needless to say it never stopped raining, however, this is the Regal
broadway as it is now....

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That's a good wide shot.
I'll look forward to seeing the other photos.
Do you know where all the former cinemas are?
I keep meaning to make a list.

I know were a good few are but, if you manage alist please email to me
If you want to use any of my pic,s feel free

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Spot-on Phil :handclap:

Thanks Phil
should keep me busy for a while...:PDT11

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Bear in mind that with that being the complete list, it also includes all the buildings that have been altered so much that you're going to curse me for listing them.
Do you want me to add stars to the ones that have been altered too much, or do you want to find out for yourself?

Might be worth adding stars asreally it would pointless if they are
altered beyond recognition. It is a shame as most of the buldings
were great.. Were I live the local ones are the, Regal, Clubmoor, royal
Ritz and of course Cabbage Hall. Thanks Phil

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http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i36/taxipix/ConwayStreet-March2007.jpg
Classic / Cannon - Conway St. Birkenhead. Closed in the early '90s and now a nightclub. Opposite the former Ritz cinema (now demolished). Photo: Mar 2007.

http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i36/taxipix/SAVOYasRileys-ArgyleStreetBirkenhea.jpg
Savoy - Argyle St. Birkenhead. This cinema became the town's first modern snooker centre and is currently operated by Rileys. This cinema is just around the corner from the Classic / Cannon shown above. Photo: Mar 2007.

http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i36/taxipix/RocketRonnies-KingSt.WallaseyJuly2007.jpg
Royal - King St. Wallasey. Opened 1912 although built earlier than this. Closed 1967 and later went onto bingo. The building is now a snooker centre - 'Rocket Ronnie's' and is owned by - or has some connection with - Ronnie O'Sullivan.

http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i36/taxipix/MORETON-PICTUREHOUSEBINGO-PASTURERD.jpg
Moreton Picture House - Pasture Rd. Moreton. Built c1920. Closed March '64 and has since run on bingo. Firstly Top Flight Bingo, later Windsor and Top Ten Bingo. Photo: July 2007.

http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i36/taxipix/LISCARDELECTRICPALACE2.jpg
Liscard Electric Palace, Seaview Rd. Wallasey. Later became a Lennons supermarket and has for many years been a Shoemarket shoe shop. Photos: July 2007.

http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i36/taxipix/LISCARDELECTRICPALACE3.jpg

Photos of the Capitol to follow. I'm just trying to get all my photos in order. Visit http://rosscampbell.fotopic.net to see some more Art Deco / Cinema photos.

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Great pics. Ross and Phillip:handclap:

Ross, if you pass by the Royal Duke pub on the corner of Duke St. and Corporation Rd. could you get a picture of it please.

I'm pretty sure that pub's gone. I can't place it anyway.

On one side of Duke St you've got Happy Al's bus depot, and on the other is the Odyssey Centre. There is a small area of derelict land there with, I think, an advertising hoarding?

Could that be where the pub was?

BTW - If anyone ever wants me to try and get any photos, feel free to ask. I am pretty sure this pub's been knocked down though.

Probably has Ross, it was quite a big pun catering to sailors, ladies of the night and taxi drivers. it was right opposite what was the entrance to the docks, a policeman was always on point duty there years ago.

The New Premier Picturedrome

This was the first purpose built cinema in the Old Swan area. The first proprietors, New Premier Picture Houses Ltd, were granted a cinematograph license on 31st December 1912 and opened in January 1913. The name of the cinema was changed to The New Premier Picture House in 1919 and soon after to Clubmoor Cinema. In 1925 it merged with another cinema and became amongst the first suburban cinemas to install sound equipment. The cinema survived while all of the other independent cinema's were closing. Eventually it was forced to close in the late 1930's but later reopened as a record and music superstore. More recently, the front elevation was demolished for it's current owner of the appropriately named "Premier" public house.

now a sorry sight from its former glory. i believe it is due to be demolished.

http://h1.ripway.com/andalucia/cinemas/premier001.jpg

http://h1.ripway.com/andalucia/cinemas/premier002.jpg

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Cheers for the info Phil.

I got that info off the port cities sight. i thought it would have been opened longer than the 1930`s

I have a picture of it in a book. such a nice frontage it had.

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I remember Blundells 'catalogue shop' (I think it was) being there around 1976-78 when my Old Swan mate and I used to window shop at the motorbikes in the shop almost facing, possibly the bottom of Ronald St. I didn't know a picture house lay behind it.

The Developers signs have gone up on The Carlton cinema at the end of Green Lane. i think its time is nigh.

For those who wish to update their cinema records as to what
the buildings are now here are 2 taken 1st Aug 2007.
Photo,s free for personal use.

Taskers formerly the Ritz
Happy Dayz formerly the Clubmoor

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Nothing remains of the original front of the Clubmoor.
Have you been round the back?
You wouldn't believe it was the same building.
It looks derelict, with broken windows.

I had a look round the back a while ago, didn't have my camera
with me though.

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ABC Tuebrook (Carlton) Green Lane as it is now

http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o102/steveb_04/abc1.jpg


http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o102/steveb_04/abc.jpg

ABC, Lime Street. Looking clean, for a change.

ABC, Lime Street. Looking clean, for a change.

Ermmmm were is the rest of the building ? :snf (41):
Can you not put your pic,s on PB that way they come up
without having to click the thumbnail

GOODBYE! I'M NEVER GONNA FORGET YOU!

These words from the film TITANIC are now displayed on the canopy outside Chester's ODEON, the cinema having closed in early June.

I'd been told about the cinema's impending closure almost a year ago when it was purchased by Doncaster-based Brook Leisure. At the time I was told that Brook had said they would be renting the cinema back to ODEON for 'a couple of years'.

It would seem that my suspicions have turned out to be right, having expected that this nightclub-operating company would shut the cinema at the earliest opportunity.

I am pretty confident that given the location of the cinema in Chester CC, it is very unlikely to be knocked down in the foreseeable future.

I've been out in Liverpool this week taking quite a few photos of former cinemas and other such like -http://www.suburbia.fotopic.net - and it was just a spur-of-the-moment visit to Chester that led me to see the ODEON had actually closed its doors. I hadn't given it a thought for a while.

http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i36/taxipix/NORRISGREEN0808071.jpg

REGAL - BROADWAY - 08.08.07 - Bingo has now ended and club is empty.

http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i36/taxipix/NORRISGREEN0808071.jpg

REGAL - BROADWAY - 08.08.07 - Bingo has now ended and club is empty.

Yes it has, I posted a few weeks ago.... Like my pic,s of the old
ABC Tuebrook who,s fate has finaly been decided....

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What's going to happen with the ABC (Carlton) at Tuebrook?
Is anything going to remain?

Not according to the guys onsite. It maybe a while till they do the cinema
as the old bowling alley is 1st due to it being totaly trashed.
They have said that when they get to the cinema, they will ring me as
long as I have my own hard hat :-)

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A few more,"as they are now", pic,s

Gaumont Oakfield Rd


Victoria Cherry Lane

Great pics everyone:handclap:

Whats happening with Dovecot Academy? Such a great building.
I saw someone's washing hanging on the upper level the other day!!

Took this this morning (sorry for only half a pic, but i only had my camera phone!) there is a window open...i assume a caretaker?

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a2/Carrie132/12-08-07_1233.jpg

More as they are now pic,s


The Mere Lane

The Royal Breck Road

http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o102/steveb_04/mlane1.jpg

http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o102/steveb_04/mlane21.jpg

http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o102/steveb_04/royal.jpg

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I was looking around Central Hall on Monday and found a door open on the second floor and this is what i found, the only place i couldn't get into was the projectionists booth.

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e99/drone_pilot/Central%20Hall/DSC_1737.jpg
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e99/drone_pilot/Central%20Hall/DSC_1728.jpg
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e99/drone_pilot/Central%20Hall/DSC_1748.jpg
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e99/drone_pilot/Central%20Hall/DSC_1743.jpg
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e99/drone_pilot/Central%20Hall/DSC_1736.jpg
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e99/drone_pilot/Central%20Hall/DSC_1727.jpg
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e99/drone_pilot/Central%20Hall/DSC_1746.jpg
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e99/drone_pilot/Central%20Hall/DSC_1739.jpg
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e99/drone_pilot/Central%20Hall/DSC_1732.jpg
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e99/drone_pilot/Central%20Hall/DSC_1726.jpg
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e99/drone_pilot/Central%20Hall/DSC_1751.jpg
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e99/drone_pilot/Central%20Hall/DSC_1745.jpg
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e99/drone_pilot/Central%20Hall/DSC_1738.jpg
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e99/drone_pilot/Central%20Hall/DSC_1731.jpg
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e99/drone_pilot/Central%20Hall/DSC_1724.jpg

Not very awe inspiring :handclap: but this is what the Cabbage Hall
picture house looks like today, you can see the old part of the building
and the new front that LFC supporters club put on in 1961. Sadly despite
many months of searching, I can't find any pic,s pre conversion...
I lived in Winchester Rd just around the corner and my grandmother worked
in the box office of the"Cabby". I remember on a Saturday going down the
side by the garage with my jam jars for the admission fee, AH those were
the days when the area was thriving...

http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o102/steveb_04/chall.jpg

Excellent photographs in this thread, Philip, drone_pilot, Ross, DaisyChains and steveb! Well done, everyone! :handclap:

Chris

The Graphic/Cosy in Boaler St as it is today

http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o102/steveb_04/cosy.jpg

Lovely pix of Central Hall,Philip and DP. The colours are beautiful!

Dave.

i was one of the ABC minors in about 1958..bring back Flash gordon and all those cowie,s where,s Roy and Hoppy......eeeeeehhhhaaaa. great film,s
no swearing....head em up and move em out...:009:

The Hippodrome (West Derby Road). Thanks to Harold Ackroyd

Thanks to Harold Ackroyd

Be careful mentioning that name in these parts :)

Be careful mentioning that name in these parts :)

Why ?? :unibrow: :ninja:

I don't get that. :)

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was it the Hippo drope that had the only title of Royal outside London, or am I mistooken?

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thanks Philip, I must have been dreaming about that trivial bit of non knowledge. One of my elders must have given me the wrong information.

Mr Ackroyd has written the history of Liverpool's cinemas.
With quite a few mistakes!
We were both in the Library at the same time (researching cinemas), and the staff told each of us about the other, and it looks like Harold rushed his book out.
Once he gets to the cinemas built in the 1930s he's fine.
Most of the pictures in his book are from the Record Office.

oh I see. :)

I was just wondering :)

Kwik Save, Smithdown Road/Magdala Street
I don't know too much about this cinema site.
http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/ee262/south_liverpool/Kwik_Save_Smithdown_Magdala.jpg

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I thought there must be a good reason why I haven't seen any 'then' pics of the cinema at that junction (Smithdown Road/Magdala street).

Philip... Do you have any information about the Stanley 'Grand' Casino on Lord Street, Southport?

Any information would be appreciated, particularly if you know when it was built and for what purpose.

I'm sure you will have some info on it.

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Nice one Phil. As ever, a fountain of knowledge.

I'd wondered what the new building was on the front. I was in Southport about 3 weeks ago and seen the steelwork.

So that's two questions answered in one go.

AN AMBITIOUS £14m plan to demolish and rebuild one of Merseyside’s last remaining independent cinemas has been scrapped. Read (http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-news/regional-news/2007/10/08/crosby-plaza-s-14m-rebuild-is-scrapped-64375-19912380/)

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March 21st 1976

Another view of the Cameo. Sorry about the quality of these, they're from a 1987 Echo suppliment - hard believe they're 20 years old themselves, I remember keeping them like yesterday..

found this photo somewhere on the net of the old Atlas cinema used to be in Rice Lane. I remember I used to stand outside it to get the bus home after babysitting my three cute cousins who lived near there.

I don't remember that cinema at all. I didn't know there was one in Rice lane. Was it opposite to Walton hozzy ?

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I know Rice lane well enough and yet I can't recall that cinema at all.

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Park Palace, Mill Street. The following web-site contains a small pic showing the inside (from the time when it was used as a work-space for the Liverpool Lantern Co.)
http://www.zho.org.uk/jon2.swf
Every now and again I see the door shutter raised, so it must still get used for something.

Park Palace, Mill Street. The following web-site contains a small pic showing the inside (from the time when it was used as a work-space for the Liverpool Lantern Co.)
http://www.zho.org.uk/jon2.swf
Every now and again I see the door shutter raised, so it must still get used for something.

Hey all
I was buying some lunch today, and saw a leaflet....

'Do you Remember the Park Palace , Mill Street?'

'Zho Theatre are planning to make a documentary drama film about this beautiful old building.'
'This is your chance to get involved.'
'Do you ehave any memories to share? Do you have any friends or relatives with stories to tell? Do you remember the films that played there? Did someone you know ever work there? Would you like to be involved in the production of this film? Can you act? Would you like to learn to act, compose, research the history?
How would you like to see this building restored? How could this once again serve the community?

If you would like to get involved we would like you to contact us, ZHO THEATRE.

Tel: 01517071850
Email: Zho@madasafish.com
ZHO Visual Theatre, The Annexe, 13 Hope St, L1 9BH.'


I was really excited when I saw this!
I am gonna get in touch and see what's a happening.

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Park Palace, Mill Street. The following web-site contains a small pic showing the inside (from the time when it was used as a work-space for the Liverpool Lantern Co.)
http://www.zho.org.uk/jon2.swf
Every now and again I see the door shutter raised, so it must still get used for something.

It would be good to see it being used as a cinema.I'm not sure if it would make enough money but it wouldn't hurt giving it a try

Blackpool's ODEON opened at Dickson Road on 6th May 1939 and was the biggest of the original ODEON cinemas. The building continued to operate as a cinema for just short of 60 years, closing on 5th December 1998. ODEON have since opened a multiplex nearby - as PhilipG's photograph shows.

The Dickson Road building retains much of its 1930s Art Deco character as Funny Girls burlesque showbar, owned by Basil Newby's In the Pink Leisure.

http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i36/taxipix/FunnyGirls-ROSS.jpg

It's amazing how similar PhilipG's photograph is to my own. When I first looked at the posting, I thought for a second it was my own. It's a building that can only really be photographed from one angle as, like many cinemas, only the main facade is attractive - the other faces are just plain brick.

Nice to see some Blackpool cinemas - good work!

Great pics you fellas and a great Blackpool flickr Phil.

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I thought it had been saved Philip?

Cant believe its still at risk :disgust:

A planning notice, on a sign-post, at the corner of Scotland Road/Wilbraham Street refers to 322 Scotland Road. I think this is the former Cinema/Funeral Directors.
http://www.liverpool.gov.uk/environment/planning/mvm_explorer.asp

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GREAT thread.

Not only hugely enjoyable to read from a nostalgia point-of-view, but also helping enormously with a local history project I'm running with a group of 14 - 16 year-olds in Anfield (I'm actually based at Liverpool Lighthouse on Oakfield Road, which used to be the Gaumont Palace cinema).

Thanks again to Phil G for permission to use some of his excellent photos in our exhibition (December 19th - come along, it's free!).

Anyone object if use some of the others posted on here?

Thanks,

Ed

Anybody remember the Palace cinema on Warbreck Moor which was the
next cinema after the Atlas on Rice Lane. It was turned into a supermarket
and then into a shoe superstore.

gregs dad

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Ron of the Scottie press tells me there are murmers regarding this building being demolished. Although not listed it has been part of the Scottie scene for 125 years.

In the past decade it has been a pub and a pine furniture showroom.

CAMPAIGNERS celebrated last night after an historic Merseyside cinema won £50,000 to renovate its exterior. Read (http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-news/regional-news/2007/11/30/crosby-plaza-wins-vital-regeneration-funding-64375-20182572/)

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I submitted a phone vote for this.
Someone was appealing on the radio for people to vote, so I did . :)

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A picture of the former Bedford cinema is in the Liverpool Echo tonight.
@PhilipG, you get a quote in the text.

Bedford Hall cinema appeal goes to a sequel

Dec 5 2007 by Nick Coligan, Liverpool Echo

LIVERPOOL’S oldest cinema has been given a stay of execution from the bulldozers...

http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-news/local-news/2007/12/05/bedford-hall-cinema-appeal-goes-to-a-sequel-100252-20204398/

Dave.

Bedford Hall cinema appeal goes to a sequel

Dec 5 2007 by Nick Coligan, Liverpool Echo

LIVERPOOL’S oldest cinema has been given a stay of execution from the bulldozers...

http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-news/local-news/2007/12/05/bedford-hall-cinema-appeal-goes-to-a-sequel-100252-20204398/

Dave.

Philip G is a WALTON HISTORIAN??:shock:

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Wow, great philip. Have a photo of the Palais Deluxe 1926 for that.

Scotland Road/Wilbraham Street: A FOR SALE sign has appeared on this former Cinema, recently. It states it comes with planning permission for apartments (there was a planning notice a couple of months ago).

Cinema plans may be vetoed

Feb 6 2008 by Nick Coligan, Liverpool Echo

PLANS to demolish Liverpool’s oldest cinema could be turned down.

Councillors yesterday said they were considering refusing the controversial scheme for Bedford Hall in Walton.

The building opened in 1909 as the city’s first purpose-built picture house.

Its current owner now wants to demolish it and build 26 houses and flats.

Planners had asked that the frontage of the building on Bedford Road be incorporated into the new development.

But the owner turned down their request.

The proposal may now be rejected on the grounds it would cause the loss of “a local amenity of great historic interest”.

Marky, thanks for that, i'm keeping an eye open for Philip as he'd like a photo without the cladding.

Kev, as Philip has already pointed out though, the owners have gone and smashed the decorative mouldings for spite in case they enhanced it's position of becoming listed/saved.

Here is a picture of the Atlas, taken in 1971.
More pictures of long gone cinemas to follow.
Copy them with pleasure

Fantastic - Welcome aboard :PDT_Piratz_26::hug:

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Here is a picture of the Atlas, taken in 1971.
More pictures of long gone cinemas to follow.
Copy them with pleasure

Brilliant picture!
I'm sure Philip will be really pleased you're aboard the Yo ship!:hug:

Here are some pictures of the Majestic, Daulby Street, during it's demolition in 1970. Sorry that the exterior shot is over exposed.
Photos; exterior, projection room, balcony. Two more pics, but over the file limit!

Great these Sirob, i'd never seen a colour photo before of what was there before the Royal hospital.

The Plaza, Allerton Road, was built in !928 and was yet another A. E. Shennan design. A typical large suburban house, as built it had a capacity of 1,432. Unusually for this period, it had a large car park. There was also a large fishpool containing a fountain and statuette(is this unique?).
Name changes were Gaumont (1950), Odeon (1962) and Classic (1967)
Closure came on 18 th April 1971, with the final films being "A Shot in the Dark" and "The Hills Ran Red"
My interest was to record the main features of the building, and became a patron for the last performance. Explaining to the manager what I wanted to do, he allowed me access all areas - I didn't see much of the films, but preserved a little bit of history from oblivion!

Now for the pics!
exterior front, projection room, auditorium, fishpond(blurred but included for its rarity value)
Note; The projectionist kindly demonstrated the stage lighting, during the interval, hence the atmospheric shot. Can you spot the heads in the balcony?

It's so good to see these.
Hardly anybody was taking photos of cinemas in the 1970s, let alone going inside and taking interior shots. :PDT11 :PDT_Aliboronz_11:

Here are two more pics of the Majestic, during demolition in June 1971;
Balcony looking towards screen and front stalls similar view. The top masking curtain has fallen diagonally across the screen. On stage is a demolition worker, but who is th woman in pink???????

Also; The Hippodrome, taken in August 1970 and the remains of the Rialto(Swainbanks s/h furniture store) after the riots!

Great pics again Sirob, especially of the Hippodrome. Well done.

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Here is the Liverpool Echo cinema index for May 11 1955

The poo would hit the fan if they played the film on the Tunnel Rd.Pictureddrome today.:PDT_Xtremez_42:

I have followed with great interest, the attempts to save the Bedford. As a child, I went there regularly, until it's closure.
I am surprised that no attempt to form a trust, attract funding, or otherwise take steps towards purchase of the building. If the developer cannot get planning, then selling is an option. A
s regards listing, has nobody learned from the Firestone building in London which had the art deco front ripped of it, the day before it was due to be listed. There is also spot listing for buildings in immediate danger.
So much of our heritage has already been destroyed, will being Capital of Culture mean scenes like these below in Bedford Road?????

(Commodore, Hammersmith, London, 1981)

More obscure pics now;
What was left of the Lyric Theatre, Everton Valley, in August 1971. Located behind the pub, the partially demolished walls were used for years by Reardons Demolition contractors as a yard. Opened in 1897 as a theatre, converted to a cinema in 1922 , re-converted to a theatre again in 1925 and closed for good in 1932.
Frontage of the Queens cinema, Walton Road, in March 1973. Opened in 1913 and closed in 1959. Never part of a circuit, could only show second district runs and with the Astoria, Victory and Princess nearby, became an early casualty. Demolished 1980, after retail use.

More obscure pics now;
What was left of the Lyric Theatre, Everton Valley, in August 1971. Located behind the pub, the partially demolished walls were used for years by Reardons Demolition contractors as a yard. Opened in 1897 as a theatre, converted to a cinema in 1922 , re-converted to a theatre again in 1925 and closed for good in 1932.
Frontage of the Queens cinema, Walton Road, in March 1973. Opened in 1913 and closed in 1959. Never part of a circuit, could only show second district runs and with the Astoria, Victory and Princess nearby, became an early casualty. Demolished 1980, after retail use.

Fantastic Pics!
More more!

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some long gone cinemas

the Corona - College Rd, Crosby (demolished 1957)
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e28/quincyg/blogging%20pix/corona.jpg

Electric Picture Palace - Bridge Rd, Litherland (destroyed by fire 1913)
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e28/quincyg/blogging%20pix/electric.jpg

Gainsborough, Knowsley Rd, Bootle. demolished couple of years ago.
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e28/quincyg/blogging%20pix/gainsborough.jpg

Regal, Church Rd, Litherland
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e28/quincyg/blogging%20pix/Regal.jpg

Stella Picture House - Seaforth Rd, seaforth (demolished 1960's)
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e28/quincyg/blogging%20pix/stella.jpg


gathered from various sites, no sources listed.

Well done quincyg.

Well done quincyg.

I'm hoping to get out tomoz and get some photos of some of the local cinemas still standing, that haven't had photos put on this thread yet.
There's 1 in Litherland, 1 in Seaforth, 1 (maybe 2) in Crosby/Waterloo.

I must rummage through my hard photos as I took one in the Museum of Liverpool life of the Abbey Cinema. it was part of a display they had up. I took it as the Abbey was my local as a nipper.

just found this fab piece on the Abbey http://www.wooltoncinema.co.uk/html/cinematributes.html

brought back some memories, including summat I'd forgotton...the first supermarket to go in the old building was LENNONS. now there's a blast from the past. we used to walk the roughly 2 miles up there to do our shopping then get the 79 home.

can't believe it's 25 years since it closed , I loved that cinema *sniff*

Frontage of the Queens cinema, Walton Road, in March 1973. Opened in 1913 and closed in 1959. Never part of a circuit, could only show second district runs and with the Astoria, Victory and Princess nearby, became an early casualty. Demolished 1980, after retail use.

thanks for the picture of Walton Road,I live just by there......Its a pity the Queens was replaced by a Maccys & Tescos change into a Farmfoods:PDT_Xtremez_12:

the Paladium, Seaforth (which handily has pics of the original cinema in the window)
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e28/quincyg/Picture1193.jpg
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e28/quincyg/Picture1194.jpg
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e28/quincyg/Picture1197.jpg

the Gaumont/Odeon, Stanley Rd/Linacre rd, Litherland
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e28/quincyg/Picture1202.jpg

the Regent Picture House, Liverpool Rd , Crosby
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e28/quincyg/Picture1226.jpg

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that's a much better picture of the Coliseum than the very old sepia one I saw, which is probably why I got it mixed up with the Gaumont.

I was assuming the front of what turns out is the Gaumont was rebuilt.

great photo that.

probably already on here but here's The Commodore and The Grosvenor taken today

http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e28/quincyg/blogging%20pix/Picture1239-1.jpg
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e28/quincyg/blogging%20pix/Picture1262-1.jpg