Some Liverpool Cinemas

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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?