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what a fabulous pic. I was there just last week taking a photo of the old Dunlop gatehouse and the side of the pub. It's very different along there now, not least the traffic lol.
Has anyone any info about this cinema which was sited in Heald St
Future of cinema in the balance
Mar 5 2008 by Nick Coligan, Liverpool Echo
THE future of Liverpool’s oldest cinema building is still uncertain after councillors failed to reach a final decision.
The current owner of Bedford Hall, in Walton, wants to demolish it and build 26 houses and flats in its place.
Councillors were expected to reject the scheme yesterday on the grounds it would cause the loss of “a local amenity of great historic interest”.
But they instead deferred making a final decision to give the owner one last chance to incorporate the Bedford Road building’s classic frontage into the new development.
A previous request was rejected earlier this year.
The building was opened in 1910 and is one of the five oldest survivors of its type in the country.
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Thanks for the info Phillip. Much appreciated. :handclap::handclap:
Brilliant info and pics Philip.
A great photo... And there's another piece of Liverpool history - that's the Flemings Jeans shop innit?
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Now, The Astoria in Walton Road. For years I've had it in my head that this cinema was on the right just before the flyover if you're heading out of town - just by the swimming pool. Now, though, this doesn't seem to make sense. When I saw Flemings in the photo, it made me think. Was the Astoria on the other side of the road and nearer the other end of the road?
it's the town end. Way before the fly over. coming down Scotty and into Walton Rd it was on the left.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ross08
There's the post office, shops, few houses I think, then a small park. Medical centre (my hubby lived in the flat over that surgery for a few years) then the Halfway Hse pub. next block was the cinema.
Sorted... Thanks for that.
I'm glad you've cleared that up for me. I was up by the pool and the flyover the other day and I couldn't for the life of me work out where the cinema had been.
Cheers...
no problem. it's often hard to picture where buildings were once they've been demolished.Quote:
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I was really sorry to see the Astoria go,it was a lovely work of art. I wrote off to try and get it listed but to no avail. :( Can anyone from the area tell me if they've started building anything on the site,or is it still vacant?
Dave.
Hi DaveQuote:
Originally Posted by skgogosfan
they haven't done anything with the land at all
Flemings Jeans was also demolished but was rebuilt as a Chemist last year
Mandy
Thanks Mandy. Somehow I'm not surprised it's still idle. Plans get dreamed up for something,the old building is pulled down...then something puts a spanner in and nothing new gets built for years.
Dave.
We were only talking about Flemings the other day after me seeing the photo on the forum.
Good quality jeans indeed, and they last forever. We're from the Wirral, but I remember probably about 15+ years ago sitting in me dads car while he went in to get a pair of Flemings. He still wears them now.
They were putting scaffolding around this building this morning.
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The Grosvenor,Garrick,Astoria,Victory and Queens were the ones I frequentedQuote:
Originally Posted by PhilipG
most as a youngster. The first 3 were easily bunked into without paying.
The Garrick had two entrances the main one was very grand, up a flight of steps and used by the better off patrons. The other was opposite Sandhey street were we poor people entered. The difference was in the seating.
them that used the front entrance had plush upholstered seats while we had
benches to sit on. Needless to say when lights went out for the start of the film there was a mass exodus on our bellies to the posh seats.
There was also the Popular on Netherfield Rd which we visited on our school
holidays for the afternoon shows it only cost 4d to get in,if you had no money
you could give 6 empty jam jars in lieu as there was money paid on empty jars
and lemonade bottles in those days.
Who thinks recycling is new?
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Something definitely wrong. You expect certain criteria has to be met, you'd think it's position as being one of only 5 oldest facades in the UK should be well enough.
Even though a building is privately owned, it shouldn't matter, just like if they wanted an extension or neon sign putting up, they have to approach the council for permission, likewise they should have to approach the council for something as drastic as changing this frontage or :shock: actually demolishing it.
If nobody can get the council to issue an emergency stop order on the demolition, then at least try to preserve the foundation stones - front of hall at ground level. these record who laid them and the date.
Some memories of Lyton street cinema, lifted off another forum.
Re: barricks in everton road. frank
hi it depends what way you wear walking if you was going towards BRECK ROAD it wason the left just after LYTON STREET .I remember my grandad telling me a story abuot the war hesaid ther use to be a machine gun based on top of the picture house , in lyton street during the blitz just imagin that .
03/07/08 at 03:20:06 IP: 195.93.21.68
Re: barricks in everton road. Audrey O'keefe
Thanks Guys, I remember the Lytton picture house, I use to go every Friday with my mum, I remember the wooden benches, and the chestnut man in the winter, my dad was born in 9 lytton street, and my uncle Louis Hatchard was the coal man he had stables for his horses, and thee was a shop owned by Mrs Tyson........... aaarrrhhh the good old days.
03/08/08 at 16:57:02
MARCH 2008 - The former Capitol cinema, St. Helens.
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Now occupied by the YMCA and used as a fitness centre.
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I'd be pleased to hear from anybody with any more information or photographs relating to the Capitol.
Ross - burgregister@googlemail.com
as it's not Liverpool it isn't in the cinemas book I've got. what road is it on, that may help the Google search.
YMCA site says it was a squash club which was formerly the Capitol Cinema.
Former Capitol cinema.
Liscard Village, Wallasey CH45.
MARCH 2008 -
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The roof of the Capitol has recently been removed, making me wonder whether demolition may be imminent.
It looks as though the auditorium is in a poor state. It could well be that the former cinema is being re-roofed, or perhaps this main part of the building is to be re-built.
A firm of solicitors occupy the first floor of the 1926 building and the facade is still intact. It would seem that it is just the auditorium that is being worked on just now.
I had heard unoficially that the building - which last ran on bingo almost a decade ago - was to become a snooker hall, but I don't know whether or not this is true. It's also known locally that J.D. Wetherspoon had considered taking up the premises; but they have since opened elsewhere in Liscard.
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16th APRIL 2008 -
I met a lovely couple in Liscard today, we were talking about the Capitol and the apparent demolition that's taking place. The man and his wife had been regular visitors to both the Capitol and the nearby Liscard Electric Palace in Seaview Road.
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From the photograph - and that's about as much as I could see today - it certainly looks like the auditorium is going to be completely demolished rather than restored.
It might be stating the obvious, but hasn't anybody asked what's happening?
The Capitol had a separate ballroom as well as the cinema.
Presumably it would be possible to demolish both the cinema and the ballroom, and then leave the shops intact (I'm assuming they're still open. If they've closed that would indicate that everything is to be demolished.)
The Capitol in St Helens opened in 1929.
Yes, the shops are still open - almost all of them in fact.
It would seem that it's just the auditorium and the ballroom (that I'd forgotten about) that are being demolished.
Sad to see what's happening to the Capitol, but as the facade is remaining, I would imagine that a lot of people will remain unaware of what's actually being done.
- Whenever I've visited recently, there have been no workers on site and so I've not been able to find out what's happening.
Photographs from today. This cinema opened in 1922.
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The Cosy closed earlier than a lot of other local cinemas, fifty years ago in fact, in 1958.
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^Boaler Street: There's a date on this building, scratched into the mortar, high above the left-hand door. From memory, I think it relates to MIL.
Interesting.Quote:
Originally Posted by marky
MIL have only been there for a couple of years, I think.
It was a warehouse for E R Hughes, the butchers, for years.
BTW, regarding cinema closures.
It was the introduction of ITV in 1955 (plus an Entertainments Tax) that caused mass closures of cinemas, starting in 1956.
After that, more and more cinemas closed every year.
Prior to 1956 it was a rare event if a cinema closed.
Interesting post Philip. Some good info.
There is in fact a bit of a plaque on the front of the cinema building. It looks like it's been written by hand - as Marky said, scratched into the mortar. It reads 'MIL 2005'. I think somebody's done it as a joke.
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Originally Posted by gregs dad
Your Giving your age away there Gerard's dad. I thought the Lytton was the only one that accepted jam jars!
Sorry I have just had a senior moment, I ment Greg's dad.
Park Palace, Mill Street
I've been told this was on BBC TV a few days ago. I can't find a link on 'Google'
It does get a mention on this site, about re-opening later this year.
http://www.georgegroves.org.uk/blog.html
it's was on the BBC's regional prog Inside Out. I only caught the end of the piece.Quote:
Originally Posted by marky
it could be on the BBC Iplayer maybe?
scouserddave.
I think we have met before. I just joined this forum, and seem to remember we have talked photography before.
Good to see you contributing on here.
Wooltonian (Brian Seddon)