Odeon Warrington
41-43 Buttermarket Street,
Warrington,
W1A 2LY
41-43 Buttermarket Street,
Warrington,
W1A 2LY
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1986 photo: https://www.flickr.com/photos/44435674@N00/2171813000/sizes/l
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 '
In 1964 projection equipment at the Odeon was Kalee 21 machines with President arc lamps and Duosonic sound. Projectomatic automation was another feature enabling auto changeovers etc. The chief projectionist was Fred Laird. Trainee operator was John Forster. He went on to work for ABC and later as a relief operator for Cheshire County Cinemas based at the now demolished Empress Runcorn. John is now working at the Odeon in Bournemouth. A few doors up from the Odeon in Warrington stood the Empire, demoished in the early 1960s. It had a large poster on the side advertising stereophonic sound. It said it was the only cinema in Warrington with stereophonic sound. Eventually the Kalee machines were removed from the Odeon and replaced by Cinemeccanica equipment.
Three vintage photographs of the Odeon Warrington:
Playing the Odeon release in August 1949:
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In the mid-1960's
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