Palladium Cinema
Union Road,
Oswaldtwistle,
BB5 1HZ
Union Road,
Oswaldtwistle,
BB5 1HZ
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The Palladium Cinema is located on Union Road near the corner of Moscow Mill Street, Oswaldtwistle. It opened prior to 1934 when it was sold by Regent Cinemas to ABC, who kept it only until 1940 before selling it on to an independent.
It is a free standing building constructed of brick with a tiled roof. In 1943 it had an 18 foot proscenium arch and 1,027 seats. The cinema closed around 1968 in favour of bingo, but there are reports that it reopened for Asian films.
However by 2000 it had closed and is now in a poor state, though there are persistent rumours of reopening as a dual cinema / theatre. When last seen, there were holes in the roof and urgent remedial work was needed if the building were to be saved.
It has survived at least two fires, one in 1944 when repairs were quickly made and the cinema reopened on 22 December 1944, and lately in February 2004 when arsonists set fire to some of the seats piled up in the derelict building.
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Ian Grundy
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Photo from 1998, when still in use for bingo, here:–
http://flickr.com/photos/12494104@N00/342497753/
Boy, they must love BINGO in England.
Yes they do and they do not seem to raze many of their old buildings and theatres.
Plans to demolish the theatre during 2010 have been announced in the local press.
I would like to re open the building as a cimema and maybe bingo hall? What do yo think? It would be good for Oswaldtwistle – Yes?