1982 photo:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/44435674@N00/24221611303/in/dateposted/
It was never a church, but the name of the Removal firm – “Bishop’s Move” – seems to have confused somebody.
Good close-up on postcard:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/44435674@N00/255148989/in/photolist-m5gFR-oxGUv-8n9K1T-48E19x-48J277-bVzxe9-bVawew-3YQHvQ-bmFoEm-23CLP2-48J2Xu-48J2Vs-48E1oK-48E1ex-48E1d4-48E1bB-48E17B-48DZZP-48DZYD-48DZMn-48J1Zu-3YQHFu-3YLsvr-48DZKv-241xHG-BoQJK-dxytWE-z37cLq-CVsPk-241xvo-2fmrSN-bVQp1E-sYes5u-bEKibh-4iEX4P-4iEzhk-4iEGjn-4iJDuq-4iEH5n-y5ntwe
That horrible cladding was removed a few years ago.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/44435674@N00/4829237702/in/photolist-4iQRWV-8mK781-bks6XT-bks6QK-bks6HB-bks6zZ-bks6tT-bUBWjo
For the record, the supermarket is on the ground floor in the area originally used as a garage.
The rinks/cinema were upstairs.
Belmont Road Picture House / Lido Cinema, Belmont Road, Liverpool 6.
Opened 1914.
Architects: Campbell & Fairhurst.
Closed 1959.
TV repairs warehouse (NEMS).
Wooky Hollow, etc.
The building has been altered & rebuilt so much it is now unrecognisable as a former cinema.
Presently selling kitchen appliances.
Sad.
Both the Scala and Futurist cinemas in Lime Street, Liverpool will probably be demolished, although the “Picture House” sign (set in stone) will probably be incorporated into what replaces it.
There is a campaign to save the facade…
SouthportMike, your link shows my 1980s photo of the Regal/ABC, posted before I learned to “watermark” my photos.
Incidently, the multiplex wasn’t called NBC, but something similar – it’s now Vue.
Here is the Regal/ABC:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/44435674@N00/4842132824/in/photolist-23CJPx-dRZPCS-23HaqW-23CKu2-23Hb6J-23Hbef-23Ha7w-23CKYp-23H9WL-4HSgG1-4zHWwm-4HSgTW-4zDEFR-8nTcoG-4iUWDY-4iUWBN-4iQSRr-3L5zsU-4iQSGx-bUBWq9
In its final days the Palace was indeed called ABC, as closed as such.
There is a funny photo with a banner on the front of the building, reading: “For the last frickin' time, we are not the NBC”, which was the original name of the multiplex, which killed off the Palace/ABC.
The heading is misleading, but perhaps it’s the policy of Cinema Treasures to list the final name.
Do links work?
https://www.flickr.com/photos/44435674@N00/226980028/in/photolist-m4kfL-6A4CsD-6A4CLD-bFVgZa-4iK2jm-AyMdw-6A8K5o-6A8K19-6A4Crc-6A4Cpi-6A4BsD-6A4Bop-6A8JVb-6A4Byp-6A8K77-4iErR2-4iEBpg-4iErUz
Isn’t it about time that cinemas (and other buildings) were Listed by English Heritage for their contribution to their neighbourhoods, rather than EH using the easy “get-out” that the interior’s been altered?
The Curzon (in my humble opinion) is Liverpool’s best art-deco exterior in Liverpool (and I’m including the Philharmonic and the Forum cinema).
Nitpicking perhaps, but it was the “Sefton Picturedrome”.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/44435674@N00/369756851/in/photolist-yF6Q8-Ri9TP-4yk8if-5S854o-4iK9cY
Hippodrome, Corporation Street, St Helens, Merseyside. WA10.
Architect: J A Brown (1902 Empire Palace Theatre).
It was called Hippodrome by 1904 when the proprietors were Thomas Barrasford, W Sley & F Willmot.
Proprietor: Frank E. Spring’s Circuit (date?).
Proprietor: South Lancs Theatres, +1929 KYB.
Closed 1937, the auditorium was completely remodelled for cinema use.
Reopened 8 August 1938 as New Hippodrome, with Anna Neagle in “Victoria the Great”.
Renamed Hippodrome.
Proprietor: Empire Cinema (Wigan) Ltd, by 1940 to 1943 KYBs.
Closed 31 August 1963.
Reopened 1 Sep 1963 as a Bingo Hall.
Later Surewin Bingo by the1980s.
Still operating (2013) as Hippodrome Bingo.
Are you sure this was built in 1873?
The Salvation Army was still very much in its infancy in the 1870s, and I doubt it had reached the provinces until the 1880s, with purpose-built citadels arriving much later.
This wasn’t built as a cinema.
It was built as the “Palace of Light” for the showman C. B. Cochran, and opened 4 July 1908.
It originally had 1,000 light bulbs on the exterior.
Cochran was well-known at the time, and presented all kinds of live performances, usually called “Cochran Revues”.
However, he didn’t present films.
It was renamed the Gem in 1910, which is when it probably became a cinema.
Incidently, there are hardly any purpose-built cinemas with original frontages dating from before 1911.
The front of the Picture House in Birmingham survives.
The Electric in Portobello Road, the Bedford (Edit: since demolished) and the Kensington, both in Liverpool survive. All 3 opened in December 1910.
There might (arguably) be one or two more from 1910, but it has to be admitted that original cinema facades are now an endangered species.
If anybody needs correcting, it’s the late Harold Ackroyd.
I soon learned not to repeat anything he said unless I could find the original source.
The operating company at the year ending 31 December 1957 was the “Futurist (Liverpool) Ltd”.
Alderman Alfred Levy was the Managing Director.
By March 1960 it was an ABC house.
Eric.
The Seaforth Stella was demolished years ago.
You might be interested to know that the police station next to the Palladium has been demolished, and the site redeveloped.
I’ve added a potted history to my photo, and made the other photo private, so here it is again:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/44435674@N00/5936795277/in/photostream
1982 photo: https://www.flickr.com/photos/44435674@N00/24221611303/in/dateposted/ It was never a church, but the name of the Removal firm – “Bishop’s Move” – seems to have confused somebody.
Good close-up on postcard: https://www.flickr.com/photos/44435674@N00/255148989/in/photolist-m5gFR-oxGUv-8n9K1T-48E19x-48J277-bVzxe9-bVawew-3YQHvQ-bmFoEm-23CLP2-48J2Xu-48J2Vs-48E1oK-48E1ex-48E1d4-48E1bB-48E17B-48DZZP-48DZYD-48DZMn-48J1Zu-3YQHFu-3YLsvr-48DZKv-241xHG-BoQJK-dxytWE-z37cLq-CVsPk-241xvo-2fmrSN-bVQp1E-sYes5u-bEKibh-4iEX4P-4iEzhk-4iEGjn-4iJDuq-4iEH5n-y5ntwe
That horrible cladding was removed a few years ago. https://www.flickr.com/photos/44435674@N00/4829237702/in/photolist-4iQRWV-8mK781-bks6XT-bks6QK-bks6HB-bks6zZ-bks6tT-bUBWjo For the record, the supermarket is on the ground floor in the area originally used as a garage. The rinks/cinema were upstairs.
Belmont Road Picture House / Lido Cinema, Belmont Road, Liverpool 6. Opened 1914. Architects: Campbell & Fairhurst. Closed 1959. TV repairs warehouse (NEMS). Wooky Hollow, etc. The building has been altered & rebuilt so much it is now unrecognisable as a former cinema. Presently selling kitchen appliances.
Demolition might have started in March 2015, but it continues in May 2015.
Sad. Both the Scala and Futurist cinemas in Lime Street, Liverpool will probably be demolished, although the “Picture House” sign (set in stone) will probably be incorporated into what replaces it. There is a campaign to save the facade…
SouthportMike, your link shows my 1980s photo of the Regal/ABC, posted before I learned to “watermark” my photos. Incidently, the multiplex wasn’t called NBC, but something similar – it’s now Vue.
Here is the Regal/ABC: https://www.flickr.com/photos/44435674@N00/4842132824/in/photolist-23CJPx-dRZPCS-23HaqW-23CKu2-23Hb6J-23Hbef-23Ha7w-23CKYp-23H9WL-4HSgG1-4zHWwm-4HSgTW-4zDEFR-8nTcoG-4iUWDY-4iUWBN-4iQSRr-3L5zsU-4iQSGx-bUBWq9
In its final days the Palace was indeed called ABC, as closed as such. There is a funny photo with a banner on the front of the building, reading: “For the last frickin' time, we are not the NBC”, which was the original name of the multiplex, which killed off the Palace/ABC. The heading is misleading, but perhaps it’s the policy of Cinema Treasures to list the final name.
Do links work? https://www.flickr.com/photos/44435674@N00/226980028/in/photolist-m4kfL-6A4CsD-6A4CLD-bFVgZa-4iK2jm-AyMdw-6A8K5o-6A8K19-6A4Crc-6A4Cpi-6A4BsD-6A4Bop-6A8JVb-6A4Byp-6A8K77-4iErR2-4iEBpg-4iErUz
The original facade was still basically intact in 1982.
Isn’t it about time that cinemas (and other buildings) were Listed by English Heritage for their contribution to their neighbourhoods, rather than EH using the easy “get-out” that the interior’s been altered? The Curzon (in my humble opinion) is Liverpool’s best art-deco exterior in Liverpool (and I’m including the Philharmonic and the Forum cinema).
Nitpicking perhaps, but it was the “Sefton Picturedrome”. https://www.flickr.com/photos/44435674@N00/369756851/in/photolist-yF6Q8-Ri9TP-4yk8if-5S854o-4iK9cY
1982 photo: https://www.flickr.com/photos/44435674@N00/227025693/in/photolist-81nW1D-4zHXkY-2hq8LJ-m4yQ6-bEKins-4iJSGE-4iJDpA
This cinema was at 18-26 Smithdown Road.
The Pavilion in Lodge Lodge is visible from the site.
This is how the Palace first appeared in 1913 as a purpose-built cinema. The front was modernised in the 1930s.
How do we get rid of the unnecessary advert?
Hippodrome, Corporation Street, St Helens, Merseyside. WA10. Architect: J A Brown (1902 Empire Palace Theatre). It was called Hippodrome by 1904 when the proprietors were Thomas Barrasford, W Sley & F Willmot. Proprietor: Frank E. Spring’s Circuit (date?). Proprietor: South Lancs Theatres, +1929 KYB. Closed 1937, the auditorium was completely remodelled for cinema use. Reopened 8 August 1938 as New Hippodrome, with Anna Neagle in “Victoria the Great”. Renamed Hippodrome. Proprietor: Empire Cinema (Wigan) Ltd, by 1940 to 1943 KYBs. Closed 31 August 1963. Reopened 1 Sep 1963 as a Bingo Hall. Later Surewin Bingo by the1980s. Still operating (2013) as Hippodrome Bingo.
Are you sure this was built in 1873? The Salvation Army was still very much in its infancy in the 1870s, and I doubt it had reached the provinces until the 1880s, with purpose-built citadels arriving much later.
This wasn’t built as a cinema. It was built as the “Palace of Light” for the showman C. B. Cochran, and opened 4 July 1908. It originally had 1,000 light bulbs on the exterior. Cochran was well-known at the time, and presented all kinds of live performances, usually called “Cochran Revues”. However, he didn’t present films. It was renamed the Gem in 1910, which is when it probably became a cinema. Incidently, there are hardly any purpose-built cinemas with original frontages dating from before 1911. The front of the Picture House in Birmingham survives. The Electric in Portobello Road, the Bedford (Edit: since demolished) and the Kensington, both in Liverpool survive. All 3 opened in December 1910. There might (arguably) be one or two more from 1910, but it has to be admitted that original cinema facades are now an endangered species.
The ABC Princess wasn’t on the Promenade, and was opposite the Metropole Hotel (not Theatre), whose front was on the Promenade.
If anybody needs correcting, it’s the late Harold Ackroyd. I soon learned not to repeat anything he said unless I could find the original source. The operating company at the year ending 31 December 1957 was the “Futurist (Liverpool) Ltd”. Alderman Alfred Levy was the Managing Director. By March 1960 it was an ABC house.
Eric. The Seaforth Stella was demolished years ago. You might be interested to know that the police station next to the Palladium has been demolished, and the site redeveloped.
I’ve added a potted history to my photo, and made the other photo private, so here it is again: http://www.flickr.com/photos/44435674@N00/5936795277/in/photostream