Comments about ABC Leeds in Leeds, GB

Mike_Blakemore on September 25, 2011 at 2:52 pm

Have load 3 pictures of ABC..

smoothie on May 6, 2010 at 7:20 am

Multi-photographed portfolio of ABC Vicar Lane photographs on the Leeds Library and Information project ‘Leodis’. Most photographs in relation to the nearby expressway construction in the late 1960’s; but more recent, dormant, photos from the mid-2000’s.

www.leodis.net Easy way in is using the Advanced Search facility right from the word go, linked immediately under the main heading. Then just search for ‘ABC’ in the Keyword space. Don’t touch any of the other drop-downs!

tony11 on May 6, 2010 at 6:48 am

The ABC was at the end of Vicar lane next to the A64 ring road.The last time i was down there they hadn’t built anything it was just empty waste ground!!! what a shame and a waste.I loved that place far too many good memories to mention.

StruttingRooster on April 8, 2010 at 4:55 am

Whereabouts on Vicar Lane was the ABC? Whats replaced it?

KenRoe on March 21, 2010 at 6:17 am

A set of four vintage photographs of the ABC:
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abcman on March 17, 2009 at 11:54 am

Always a good cinema to relieve when I was in ABC Cinema management as it was always a busy house. Use to enjoy working in the Advance Booking Office there.

Ian on December 25, 2007 at 10:42 am

A few pictures from 1986 here:–

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woody on December 18, 2007 at 4:57 pm

photos taken (i think) in 2001
http://www.flickr.com/photos/woody1969/2121480102/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/woody1969/2120699815/

LouiseC on July 11, 2006 at 3:49 pm

Thanks for posting the pics of the cinemas in their last sorry state; if there had been one cinema in Leeds I would love to have seen resurrected it would have been the ABC. Many happy times spent there, especially in the small cinemas with the strangely positioned aisles and bizarre sound.

capnb on March 2, 2006 at 6:48 am

There are more pics here:

http://photos.jml.net/c877488.html

Taken by myself on 28th February – some structural evidence of the stalls and stage still there (the stage-side is still definitely in place), but now no roof and a huge hole in the front. Interior is pretty much all rubble now.

Super8 on February 6, 2006 at 7:55 am

Below are links to two pages on flickr. I took lots of pictures during the strip out in December 2005. It’s very sad as the building was certainly not in a bad condition.

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Ian on February 4, 2006 at 8:26 am

Two pictures of demolition here:–

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Patsy on February 4, 2006 at 6:41 am

Very sad to see the same thing happening in England as in the USA.

KenRoe on November 6, 2005 at 4:26 am

A February 2005 photo of the abandoned ABC Leeds. Note the 1959 era panels that have fallen off revealing the original facade underneath.
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ABC Leeds

Vicar Lane, Leeds, LS2 7NL

Vicar Lane,
Leeds, LS2 7NL