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Liverpool Picturebook

A site dedicated to photographs and History of old Liverpool

  1. The Cameo Murders

    Quote Originally Posted by Bob Edwards View Post







    A conviction for the murder of a cinema manager, that sent a young Liverpool labourer to the gallows 53 years before, was overturned by the court of appeal on 10th June 2003.

    George Kelly was executed at Walton jail on Merseyside in March 1950, following what was then the longest criminal trial in English legal history.
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  2. Woolton Picture House

    Quote Originally Posted by Bob Edwards View Post


    Originally a 255 seat auditorium, the Woolton Picture House in Mason Street first opened on 26th December 1927 and is the oldest surviving cinema in Liverpool. The original name, Woolton Picture House is still visible above and behind the canopy at the entrance, the cinemas architect was Lionel Pritchard.

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