Cinema in Church
 

As an old lad of 77 who was born in Church, I have been trying to remember if there was ever a Cinema in Church? I can very vaguely remember the Queens Hall on Blackburn Road, but was that ever a Cinema and was it in Church or Accrington/ Can anyone help?

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I think it started off as a cinema, but when I first went there in the early 60s it was a cabaret club. It later became a bingo club and at present is a snooker club.

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Yes it was a cinema in the early fifties and it was called the Queens.

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I can remember it opening, but is it in Accy or Church, to be quite honest I just can't think where the boarder is. In the Phone directory its FC Snooker Blackburn Road Accrington:confused:

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The Queen's Hall Picture Palace was at No 1, Blackburn rd, the first building over the boundary. It became the Tudor cinema in the late 50s, then a bingo hall. There were no other pictures places until either Ossie, Clayton or Accy

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It is on the Church side of the border if the road sign 'Welcome to Accrington' is positioned right. That sign is between the club and the Oak Tree Inn

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and this one

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The Palladium is in Oswaldtwisle isn't it?

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It is..........there was one across the road called the Empire and was there another one in Rhyddings Street opposite what was Shopfitters?

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Hall Picture Palace was at No 1, Blackburn rd, the first building over the boundary. It became the Tudor cinema in the late 50s, then a bingo hall. There were no other pictures places until either Ossie, Clayton or Accy.

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Roy we are now showing our age to the world the picture house opposite shopfitters was called the Palace and what was shopfittere is now a doctors surgery .

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I was born and fetched up near there.
The building that once was Shopfitter's office was originally the Liberal Club.
The Palace was our regular Saturday evening venue - 1st house - 4 seats on middle of front row balcony - booked every week.
There are houses on the site now.

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Might be wrong bondi, but I think the docs surgary as now moved :confused:

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where to is it the new one down by fredrick street sorry if i was wrong i did know there was a new doctors there but did not know it was that one from rhyddings street.

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if you were born and bred in ossy i must know you depending on age please will you pm me we may have things to talk abou

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Marian I think you may wasting your time...there are not many of us left.
What happened to Riley Moors and Kevin Pilkington....David Harker and many others who we knew back then?
I know that Donald Eddleston is a member and visits now and again.
Maybe we are the shy one's who have lived the life and don't regret it?

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Riley Moores has been gone for about 6 or 7 years, I remember reading his obit. I drank a few pints with him up James St. W.M.C. many years back.

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Kevin Pilkington Roy, did he keep pigeons?

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Sorry.....I dont know the answer to that one John.

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Hiya
Riley Moors did die 5 0r 6 years ago he lived round the corner from me his wife Margaret has also died . Kevin Pilkington not see him around for a while so dont know.
David Harker is still with us he married Brenda Bewley did you know her i see them a lot they are members of the bowling green just at the top of my lane .
Oh forgot Rileys sister Alice she died they cremated her last week i am full of usefull information lol

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Hi bondi, did Kevin Pilkington have a pen behind the Bull back in the 60/70, seem to remember this bloke and his dad had a pen and kept pigeons, I asked Roy and he didn't know, but the name Kevin Pilkington rings a bell in that department

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i dont think Marian is wasting her time !

Some of us just need a bit of a kick start to get us going.
I worked with RILEYS brother RAYMOND [MOOSE] at J T ROTHWELLS in the 1964 to 1972 era
If i remember correctly RILEY was involved in whippet racing on White Ash
playing fields in the early 1970s

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Thats right Peter we do need a kick start but i dont remember Riley racing whippets but i will find that one out from his son Jim did you know him,. but i do know Riley had a pen and he did race pidgeons.

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Hiya John and my name is Marian Yes i think you are right about Kevin having a pen now i come to think about it i think you got pub mixed up it would be white bull as he lived up here in the little cottages on the left opposite the baptist which is no longer there now it is 2 houses correct me if i am wrong which i am sure you will.

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We just called it the Bull in those days, when Ernie Gribble was the Landlord. Those houses did one belong to Albert Bensons' daughter:confused:

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dont think so albert had the big house at the end of grove street and pat and her husband who has now passed away has the big house across the road from that being the first house on the right from nook lane does that answer your question.