cinemas - Page 3

WillowTheWhisp · 09-07-2007, 07:35

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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Originally Posted by beechy

i remember going to the empire cinema in
oswaldtwistle it was then turned into a dance place
i think

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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Originally Posted by Gayle

I used to work at Shifters. Never saw a ghost.

no i meant the the cinema

, i would have loved to have seen it, but then the punters in shifters looked half dead anyway

WillowTheWhisp · 09-07-2007, 11:44

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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Originally Posted by WillowTheWhisp

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

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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Originally Posted by beechy

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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Originally Posted by Doug

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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Originally Posted by West Ender

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.

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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Originally Posted by West Ender

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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Originally Posted by cashman

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.

You're right, of course.

cashman · 10-07-2007, 16:45

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Originally Posted by West Ender

The memory plays tricks when you get a bit long in the tooth.

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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Originally Posted by cashman

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.

i thought you would be to busy looking after kids falling out of trees

WillowTheWhisp · 10-07-2007, 17:04

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

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Originally Posted by WillowTheWhisp

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.