the hippodrome earlestown was the theater where
george formby ( as george hoy ) first performed ‘fred harrison a theater manager and friend of the formby family helped in getting george the booking ’ he played for one week ( circa 1921 ) his wage was 5 pounds for the week '
in 1966/67 i worked as the 3rd projectionist at the odeon
butter market street ‘ i remember fred ( always came to work
on his bike ) ‘ and john ’
and you are correct ‘ when i was there they had ’
cinemeccanica projectors ‘ and ( not very reliable )
projectomatic ‘ it was a nice cinema ’ shame all
we have now is the memories '
hi ‘ thank you for the info on the empire cinema butter market
street ‘ i think this was the first cinema i remember ( must
have been 4 or 5 years old ) '
a foot note '
in 1966/67 i worked as the 3rd projectionist at the odeon
butter market street ‘ i remember fred ( always came to work
on his bike ) ‘ and john ’
and you are correct ‘ when i was there they had ’
cinemeccanica projectors ‘ and ( not very reliable )
projectomatic ‘ it was a nice cinema ’ shame all
we have now is the memories '
but i believe ‘ the lower angel ’ the pub next door '
is still serving beer !'
and cinema keeps going '
the hippodrome earlestown was the theater where george formby ( as george hoy ) first performed ‘fred harrison a theater manager and friend of the formby family helped in getting george the booking ’ he played for one week ( circa 1921 ) his wage was 5 pounds for the week '