[QUOTE=brian daley;]When I lived in Mozart Street ,off Lodge Lane,
Brian arr kid, you didn't mention your nearest picture house, ' The Princes ' or was that intentional
Tom'O'
[QUOTE=brian daley;]When I lived in Mozart Street ,off Lodge Lane,
Brian arr kid, you didn't mention your nearest picture house, ' The Princes ' or was that intentional
Tom'O'
I'm finding this thread fascinating, but I'm not qualified to give a definitive answer.
Hopefully Ged's contact will be in touch with him.
Ian Grundy's photo proves CW's original photo is not the cinema in Camden Street.
I Googled Rank and found that it was created with a merger between Gaumont and Odeon cinemas.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rank_Organisation
Didn't CW say that the tripling of the Odeon led to the closure of the Gaumont?
It would appear that they were both owned by Rank at that time.
Which proves it isn't Colin's pic and disregards your post No.29 then George.Originally Posted by George
The first pic in its status as: The Trocadero, and the second pic is the Gaumont for the Saturday Matinee, in Camden St.
The images aren't of good quality but will do for identification.
Oddsocks
Well the more I look at this pic I think we are wong in its location ie the ppppavement with tells us that.Which proves it isn't Colin's pic and disregards your post No.29 then George
Maybe this is not Liverpool? if it is then the only wide pavement I recollect in the 60's was London Road and Lime Street.
You have given me food for thought there Ged! Take a look at this PM I received from martin.Ah free entry. I see a common theme building up here. Samp got free food at the Seaman's orphanage meeting monday night. Mart gets free drinks at Yo meet ups. I wonder why all the interest in these things.
( No date as yet, with Eater weekend but maybe the weekend after, then a pint in your local or a decent boozer by you somewhere,)
I wonder what was on his mind?
Samp, you are making it up as you go along, shame on you
Hi Tom 'O',
For the life of me I cannot remember the Princes. Where was it? You've got me worried that I might have a serious memory lapse,
More information please. The other cinema's we frequented as kids were the Casino, the Astoria , the Victory, the Bedford (a lovely old pile)and there was one in a street off Scotland Road ,on the opposite side to Vernons, a real flea pit, with wooden tip up seats and an atrocious sound system. And,finally , there was the Garrick, this showed films that were positively ancient, I remember seeing the Perils of Pauline and Barney Oldfield ,serials that were made in the earliest days of sound,but when you were kids you would watch anything. Who used to get scared when the Claytons appeared in Flash Gordon ? Did Ming the Merciless make you duck behind the seat? And who was your favourite Cowboy? Mine was good old Hopalong. Great Days,
BrianD
There's something eating away at you there mart.Samp, you are making it up as you go along, shame on you
OK guys,little bit of info for yer....
In 1953/55
There was only 3 Gaumont cinemas in Liverpool at those times...
Anfield
Princess park
Allerton
George, only a few were actually called Gaumont, but there were quite a lot owned by Gaumont, like the Savoy.
I'm not an expert on cinemas (Where's Sirob and PhilipG?), but even I know the Rialto was a Gaumont cinema.
BrianD, I can understand you not admitting to actually going to the Princes but to forget the nearest picture house to Mozart st. ( the 'Granby') altogether....well
This might of been so,but if you look at the ones owned by A.B.C,abc is bracketed after its named venue,so therefore this would be the case of Gaumont ie Savoy(gaumont)George, only a few were actually called Gaumont, but there were quite a lot owned by Gaumont, like the Savoy.
What we're seeing here is a complete index at the time/year so when did the Rialto first open its doors? as some cinemas as are not listed,even the one in Camden Street?
HAh,the Rialto on Granby Street was called Prince's in 1950's
The Rialto was nowhere near Granby Street.
George.
OK, ABC had their initials after their cinemas.
It doesn't mean that Gaumont (and Essoldo) had to do the same.
It'll be interesting to learn just how many cinemas Gaumont and Essoldo had in Liverpool in the 1950s.
I think Sirob will have a good idea.
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