I remember Sam. I’d done some work for him before I went to Uni in 1968, but after that was working at Bolton Odeon, so lost touch with the Palace. If anyone remembers him, Gilbert Taylor was manager during my time. Nice to find there’s still someone who remembers the place.
I was the projectionist here from 1965 until conversion. It was an after school job when I was in the 6th form! The manager at the time was Gilbert Taylor, the cashier Mrs Booth (Edith, I think!), the usherettes Lilian and Doreen and the caretaker Arthur Plimmer.Various other projectionists came and went. I stuck it out (I needed the cash)
I was at the Palace and I only remember the Unit4 not the criterion. Wasn’t it a bowling alley before it became Unit4? Emerys owned a cinema in Swinton, but that had closed before I was on the scene. As to the Bull’s Head, I gather that it’s now a Wetherspoons, so the berr might have improved!
Sorry to correct you, but the Palace and Unit 4 were 2 separate cinemas. The Palace is as you describe it, but was situated on the A6 next to the Bull’s Head? hotel (a Threlfalls pub with awful beer!) and was converted into a bingo hall in about 1968-9. The Unit 4 was on Bolton Rd just north of the shopping centre. My credentials for saying this are that I was the projectionist there almost up to conversion (a moonlighting job whilst I was in 6th form) It was owned by Emery’s up to conversion.
I remember Sam. I’d done some work for him before I went to Uni in 1968, but after that was working at Bolton Odeon, so lost touch with the Palace. If anyone remembers him, Gilbert Taylor was manager during my time. Nice to find there’s still someone who remembers the place.
I was the projectionist here from 1965 until conversion. It was an after school job when I was in the 6th form! The manager at the time was Gilbert Taylor, the cashier Mrs Booth (Edith, I think!), the usherettes Lilian and Doreen and the caretaker Arthur Plimmer.Various other projectionists came and went. I stuck it out (I needed the cash)
I was at the Palace and I only remember the Unit4 not the criterion. Wasn’t it a bowling alley before it became Unit4? Emerys owned a cinema in Swinton, but that had closed before I was on the scene. As to the Bull’s Head, I gather that it’s now a Wetherspoons, so the berr might have improved!
Sorry to correct you, but the Palace and Unit 4 were 2 separate cinemas. The Palace is as you describe it, but was situated on the A6 next to the Bull’s Head? hotel (a Threlfalls pub with awful beer!) and was converted into a bingo hall in about 1968-9. The Unit 4 was on Bolton Rd just north of the shopping centre. My credentials for saying this are that I was the projectionist there almost up to conversion (a moonlighting job whilst I was in 6th form) It was owned by Emery’s up to conversion.