Tivoli Picture House
Colne Road,
Burnley,
BB10
Colne Road,
Burnley,
BB10
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Located in the Burnley Lane district to the northwest of Burnley. The Tivoli Picture House was opened in February 1913. Seating was provided in stalls and circle levels and the proscenium was 30 feet wide. It was equipped with a Western Electric(WE) sound system in 1930.
The Tivoli Picture House was closed in 1965 and was converted into a bingo club. It was later closed and the building was demolished in 1973.
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The Tivoli owners had expected to be ready to be given a licence at the licencing magistrates' hearing on 11 December 1912, but the cinema was incomplete (seats had not arrived) and the application was adjourned sine die.
The Tivoli was given the necessary licences from the magistrates on Wednesday 5 February 1913.
“Mr Mossop, in making the application, said that the premises were built, completed and ready for opening. The building was of brick and stone, with cement floors and slated roof, and was an absolutely up-to-date theatre in every possible convenience, well furnished and capable of holding 1050.”
The licence was given until the end of March 1913 when all cinematograph licences in Burnley would be up for renewal.
At the same hearing, the ubiquitous architect William Heap provided plans for an 820 seat cinema to be built in Parliament Street (no name given). The applicant was a Mr N Tomlinson ‘chemist and druggist’ of Gannow Lane. The Bench decided they had no powers to award a licence for premises at only the plan stage; and they expressed the opinion that there were sufficient halls in that area already.
The 1944 KYB has the owners as the New Empire (Burnley) Ltd., Cinemascope had been installed by the 1966 KYB operated by AMB Cinemas Ltd. of Prestwick, the screen was noted as being 27 ft. wide, 850 seats.