CAMPAIGNERS fighting to save the historic Woolton cinema have issued an 11th-hour appeal for donations.
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CAMPAIGNERS fighting to save the historic Woolton cinema have issued an 11th-hour appeal for donations.
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Hope it stays, I want
to go to it sometime!:PDT_Piratz_26:
"Another successful cinematographer was Mr. Monti [sic] Williams [James
Monte], who [in 1897] on Westminster Bridge, with his Eragraph camera made by Haydon and Urry, broke all records for the Diamond Jubilee picture of Queen
Victoria by showing it on the same night at the London Pavilion Music Hall for Mr. Felix Glenister, who had an Eragraph projector installed under the
direction of Signor Polverina and Mr. Fred Griffiths. This film was developed and printed at Islington, and the print was dried on top of a horse-cab on its
journey to the theatre. So great was their enthusiasm that the audience with one accord rose and sang 'God Save the Queen,' and insisted on the film being
shown once again. This was not so simple a task as it is now; the film, after showing, was allowed to drop loosely into a basket as there were then no
restrictions from the London County County Council. . . . A second print of this film was also made and wound upon a drying fame, and while still wet was
dispatched by train to Liverpool, where, upon its arrival, it was shown by Mrs. Reynolds at her then famous Waxworks Show in Lime Street at 4 o'clock on the
following morning before a large audience, which had waited all night, and after the first screening went delirious with amazement and delight. The film had
to be shown four times." ("Filming the Diamond Jubilee: A Popular Exhibit," The Times, April 9, 1935, p 19)
From
website on Haydon and Urry Ltd., Makers of the Eragraph Projector & Suppliers to the Fairground Showmen
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fantastic stuff!
really grateful for your help.
where do you get your info
from?
central library?
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wow, that is so cool
it all just
fascinates me!
building up quite a collection of Liverpool books myself.
Which is great :)
I love it too. Local history is
fascinating. I've been collecting stuff for years and have a few folders full of cuttings and pictures.
The likes of this forum is fantastic for
swapping info.
Brilliant ! :) :)
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yeah the clearance centre is great :)
reid of liverpool on mount pleasant is a treasure trove though! a little expensive, but well worth a treat every pay day!
I used to do research for Liverpool Architecture and Design Trust and spend my days in the archives in central library...what an ideal job!
I held the original book by Dr Solomon in my hands....sigh....he is another one that fascinates me.... old Balm of Gilead inventor....
The Mardi was 212 years old when the pict was taken. It was demolished around 1974/75, being 225 years old when demolished. Criminal. Look what they put in its oplace - a multi floor car park.
We have a multi floor car park on the 1700s Kings Dock too, and one on the quays at the early 1800s Princes Dock.
Liverpool still has not grown up, it still has not realised that cars come way down the list. Still very third world in its outlook.
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Does anyone have any pics of the inside of the Gaumont Cinema on Park Road?