Some Liverpool Cinemas

PhilipG · 03-11-2009

The Pivvy in Lodge Lane was the Pavilion.
A theatre.
It never became a cinema.
It was 100 years old when you took that photo.
There was a fire in 1986 which completely gutted the beautiful auditorium, which had to be demolished and replaced.

The Queens Hall in Widnes is a converted chapel.
It wasn't a cinema.

Wetherspoons in Widnes was the Premier cinema, but the front has been demolished.

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**ItsaZappathing** · 03-11-2009

Originally Posted by Ross08

An alternative view of the former ODEON, London Road...

Taken in January 2009 from the top level of the NCP car park in Lord Nelson Street.

Cracker pics Ross.

Nice to see the Odeon from a different angle.

**Howie** · 03-17-2009

**Kev Keegan** · 03-17-2009

Smashing pics all. Ross, I love that one of The Odeon, London Rd. The little building on the corner!

Cheers for the info Phil

**Davec** · 03-17-2009

Originally Posted by Kev

Smashing pics all. Ross, I love that one of The Odeon, London Rd. The little building on the corner!

Cheers for the info Phil

The little building on the corner! = Ma Egerton's I think

**Ged** · 03-17-2009

Tis' aye.

**marky** · 03-20-2009

Woolton Picture House was being used as a film set for "Nowhere Boy" a few days ago.

http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liver...0252-23172885/

**Ross08** · 03-20-2009

Originally Posted by Davec

The little building on the corner! = Ma Egerton's I think

It certainly is, and coming up to lunchtime on a nice day - this could be the perfect time for 'alf a Guinness and a ham batch in Ma 'Edgy's.

PhilipG · 03-24-2009

News theatres were small cinemas showing news and cartoons and were usually in cities and large towns.
Most of them were called Tatler, a registered name controlled by Capital and Provincial News Theatres Ltd. It was rare for any one town to have more than one news theatre.
The Tatler in Church Street, Liverpool opened in 1934. It wasn't the first in the country, as somebody (Mr Ackroyd?) claims. The entrance to it was in what had been the UK's first Woolworths store. All Tatlers were taken over by Classic Cinemas and Church Street reopened in October 1968 as the Classic and showed feature films. This phase lasted less than a year and it reopened in September 1969 as the Tatler Cinema Club. By this time Classic only used the Tatler name for their sex cinemas, and in December 1972 the Tatler Cinema Club moved to the former Kings in London Road. Church Street then became the Classic Cartoon Cinema, only to close rather abruptly in March 1973 "for redevelopment". For a number of years the auditorium was used by Solitaire (ladies' fashions), but the cinema has since been dismantled.
In 1936 the Prince of Wales cinema in Clayton Square became a news theatre called the Prince of Wales News and Feature Theatre. It became the Liverpool News Theatre in 1946, when it was taken over by Jacey. In 1962 it became the Gala International Film Theatre, showing Continental films, and in 1963 was renamed the Jacey. It closed in 1972 with X-rated films, and then became a church called The Shrine of the Blessed Sacrament.

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**Ged** · 03-25-2009

Thanks Philip.

**lindylou** · 03-25-2009

That's interesting.

So when we've been looking at clothes in Solitaire, we've actually been standing in the auditorium !! ??
Solitaire is still open. It never crossed my mind that it's where the cinema used to be.

Great info Philip

PhilipG · 03-25-2009

Hi Ged and Lindylou.
Has it gone back to Solitaire?
It was Bon Marche for quite a while.

In case anyone's wondering, we're talking about Williamson Street.

**tony parker** · 03-25-2009

there was a book called dream palaces off liverpool any help

**lindylou** · 03-25-2009

Originally Posted by PhilipG

Hi Ged and Lindylou.
Has it gone back to Solitaire?
It was Bon Marche for quite a while.

In case anyone's wondering, we're talking about Williamson Street.

Solitaire is next door to Bon Marche so the shops must cover the area of the former cinema.

**Ged** · 03-26-2009

Originally Posted by tony parker

there was a book called dream palaces off liverpool any help

Hiya Tony.

That book was by Harold Ackroyd and here is a snippet from Philip's posting (just above)

''The Tatler in Church Street, Liverpool opened in 1934. It wasn't the first in the country, as somebody (Mr Ackroyd?) claims.''

I don't know enough about the subject matter but trust Philip's research more in this field.

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