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WillowTheWhisp 09-07-2007 07:35
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I have been reliably informed by 'an old fogey' that The Regal was indeed the one which was renamed The Odeon which then became The Classic.

garinda 09-07-2007 07:41
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Quote:
Originally Posted by beechy (Post 446202)
i remember going to the empire cinema in
oswaldtwistle it was then turned into a dance place
i think:confused:
It was. We had a thread about it earlier this year.

http://www.accringtonweb.com/forum/f...ire-28841.html

panther 09-07-2007 09:33
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Gayle (Post 445743)
I used to work at Shifters. Never saw a ghost.:D
no i meant the the cinema:D, i would have loved to have seen it, but then the punters in shifters looked half dead anyway:eek::p;)

WillowTheWhisp 09-07-2007 11:44
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It was supposed to be upstairs at the cinema wasn't it? I remember going up some stairs and along a corridor for a party there when I was very young, before there ever was a Shifters, when it was all the same building belonging to the cinema.

cashman 09-07-2007 13:32
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Quote:
Originally Posted by WillowTheWhisp (Post 446308)
It was supposed to be upstairs at the cinema wasn't it? I remember going up some stairs and along a corridor for a party there when I was very young, before there ever was a Shifters, when it was all the same building belonging to the cinema.
yeh thats what i heard, always sat upstairs n never encountered it though.it must have had more sense.:)

Doug 09-07-2007 14:11
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I have memories of the Empire and the Princess, was it the Princess that was taken over by the Asian community for Brollywood films? I seem to remember something like that happening before I left town.

West Ender 10-07-2007 16:10
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Quote:
Originally Posted by beechy (Post 445670)
the one and only
your mum has good taste


Good old Ron Wycherley, I liked him. There's a statue of him in Liverpool. Last Summer it was being stored, along with some other artwork, at the back of one of the museums but it was due to go back on display when alterations were finished by the docks

West Ender 10-07-2007 16:13
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Doug (Post 446368)
I have memories of the Empire and the Princess, was it the Princess that was taken over by the Asian community for Brollywood films? I seem to remember something like that happening before I left town.

Way, way back, the Hippodrome Theatre was across the road from those two cinemas. I remember Frank Randle buying the Hippodrome, I saw a few plays and pantomimes there, but I don't think it lasted very long.

beechy 10-07-2007 16:27
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Quote:
Originally Posted by West Ender (Post 446842)
Way, way back, the Hippodrome Theatre was across the road from those two cinemas. I remember Frank Randle buying the Hippodrome, I saw a few plays and pantomimes there, but I don't think it lasted very long.
:confused:hi
i think the hippodrome was on the street that led down to the bus
depot dont know the name of the street
the fair ground was always on the spare ground at the bottom
and i think the accy pals signed on there

cashman 10-07-2007 16:29
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Quote:
Originally Posted by West Ender (Post 446842)
Way, way back, the Hippodrome Theatre was across the road from those two cinemas. I remember Frank Randle buying the Hippodrome, I saw a few plays and pantomimes there, but I don't think it lasted very long.
slightly out westender,the hippodrome was down the street where the bus depot was,the back of it was on ellisons tenement.:)oops we musta wrote that together beechy lol

West Ender 10-07-2007 16:40
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Quote:
Originally Posted by cashman (Post 446846)
slightly out westender,the hippodrome was down the street where the bus depot was,the back of it was on ellisons tenement.:)oops we musta wrote that together beechy lol

The memory plays tricks when you get a bit long in the tooth. :D You're right, of course.

cashman 10-07-2007 16:45
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Quote:
Originally Posted by West Ender (Post 446851)
The memory plays tricks when you get a bit long in the tooth. :D You're right, of course.
only reason for my better memory- we used to play in it as kids,had great fun in the dim hole,using the trapdoors from under the stage.:)

beechy 10-07-2007 16:51
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Quote:
Originally Posted by cashman (Post 446853)
only reason for my better memory- we used to play in it as kids,had great fun in the dim hole,using the trapdoors from under the stage.:)
:Di thought you would be to busy looking after kids falling out of trees:D

WillowTheWhisp 10-07-2007 17:04
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We have some photos on here somewhere of the Hippodrome. I remember when it was still there but in decline.

jambutty 11-07-2007 12:44
Re: cinemas
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by WillowTheWhisp (Post 445985)
Wasn't there one called 'The Regal' too?
The Regal? That was the Odeon before it was the Odeon.

There was the Queens Hall in Church and the Palladium in Ossy and Great Harwood had a cinema too as did Rishton and Clayton-le-Moors. Can’t remember the names though.

Although not a cinema don’t forget the Hippodrome theatre.
Plus the various dance halls like The Ritz, Conservative Club, Joe Mort’s, Knowlmere Street and Church Con.

There was lots for people to do in their leisure time in those days.


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