The Empire. - Page 2

cherokee · 01-03-2007, 16:07

country kitchens used to be the royal arms pub and my mum used to go to the empire when she were young , i think its some kind of garage now ,

cashman · 01-03-2007, 18:07

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Originally Posted by garinda

I think it is the building behind Country Kitchens in the photograph.
You go down the little alley between Country Kitchens and the building you marked with the yellow asterix, and it's the building running northish to southish in the photograph.

Hope that's clear (...as mud.)

Thanks Lolly.

think thats it cos you went down to the bottom of the alley. if memory serves me well.

firefighter753 · 02-03-2007, 18:01

I think this is it.

garinda · 02-03-2007, 18:04

That's the building.

Thanks very much Firefighter.

garinda · 02-03-2007, 18:06

On the gable end you can clearly see a bricked up gothic arched window, which made me think it might have originally been connected with a church, but I'm really just guessing on that one.

katex · 02-03-2007, 18:10

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Originally Posted by firefighter753

I think this is it.

Correct firefighter, however, the entrance has been knocked down.

Great nights up there, but in retrospect, was a little grotty. Had to go up to the balcony to snog your latest ...itchy seats ... had a mirror in the corridor which a certain 'beau' used to attend regularly to comb his quiff into place ..

panther · 02-03-2007, 19:48

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Originally Posted by firefighter753

I think this is it.

ive lived in ossy all me life and i didnt even know that was there!!

I must walk round with me eyes shut

WillowTheWhisp · 03-03-2007, 14:32

Oooh thanks for the photo. Went to look for it today but sort of got a bit lost. Is it just an alleyway you can only walk down?

garinda · 03-03-2007, 14:39

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Originally Posted by WillowTheWhisp

Oooh thanks for the photo. Went to look for it today but sort of got a bit lost. Is it just an alleyway you can only walk down?

Yes, it's dead ended back (side) alley, you'd struggle to drive down it.

WillowTheWhisp · 03-03-2007, 14:40

I shall try to persuade Busman to do a little detour tomorrow - but as we'll have an elderly lady in the car with us he might have a good excuse for coming straight home.

cherokee · 08-03-2007, 01:41

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Originally Posted by garinda

On the gable end you can clearly see a bricked up gothic arched window, which made me think it might have originally been connected with a church, but I'm really just guessing on that one.

ummm you could have a point there garinda...would be interesting to know ...

West Ender · 10-03-2007, 18:55

It was the Empire cinema when I was young and I went there fairly often. It was a bit lower down the pecking order than the Palladium but higher than the Queens Hall, which later became the Tudor. All three were better than the Ritz in Accy, known locally as the Bug Hut.

aromalady · 11-03-2007, 19:14

you learn something new every day i thought it was the palladeum which like the queens then became a bingo hall aroma lady

WillowTheWhisp · 11-03-2007, 19:19

The Palladium did become a bingo hall too.

We actually found the Empire next time we went past- not exactly easy to miss is it, it's not as if it's a long way down that alley. I'm amazed we missed it the first time!

moonshiner · 11-03-2007, 19:42

Had some very good nights up there many years ago also some good old scraps between church and ossy lads. we,ll never see the likes of places
like that again