Royal Pavilion Theatre

9 Rigby Road,
Blackpool, FY1 5DE

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Philip Picturedrome
Philip Picturedrome on July 16, 2020 at 5:27 am

I’ll make a post on my Flickr page (in the next few days) showing the news clippings, which prove there wasn’t enough time to build a purpose-built cinema. I didn’t say the building was originally the Kings Hall. It was the Kings Hall Garage. (I’ve no idea where the name Kings Hall came from.) It initially opened in 1909 (for a very short while) as the Kings Hall cinema. I don’t like posting to Cinematreasures, because the descriptions end up being too confusing, with different people making contributions, but only one person claiming credit. Here’s a link to my Flickr page: https://www.flickr.com/photos/44435674@N00/ Regards from Philip.

Philip Picturedrome
Philip Picturedrome on May 24, 2020 at 8:11 am

The Royal Pavilion was a conversion of the Kings Hall Garage, and was intially called the Kings Hall.
See The Lancashire Evening Post for 8 March 1909.

Philip Picturedrome
Philip Picturedrome on March 20, 2020 at 3:16 pm

Despite what is said in the current CTA Bulletin, the Royal Pavilion was not purpose-built. It was a conversion of a garage. Blackpool’s first purpose-built cinema was the Waterloo in 1912.

sisu
sisu on October 25, 2013 at 7:12 am

aaaaaaahhh found it,at last, this was my home for 16 weeks as relief projectionist 1979.nice little cinema, very happy days and nice staff, made me feel welcome, with the b&b opposite it was one of the best holidays ever,still got the prezzie they bought me. happy days

samhain
samhain on June 28, 2013 at 10:38 am

I used to go here in the early 80s for Saturday afternoon horror double bills.

Ian
Ian on September 9, 2011 at 9:20 am

At some point the auditorium was horizontally sub-divided with the theatre / cinema operating from the former balcony and the stage above the front stalls area as this picture shows:– AUDITORIUM I believe at this point that films were still possible using the old (the one sticking out of the façade) projection room.

The rear stalls became, I think a bar and the front stalls a cafe.

The cinema/theatre entrance at this point was around the corner in Tyldesley Road through a former balcony exit stairwell, with the bar accessed from Rigby Road. A photo from circa 1992 here:– EXTERIOR AS A CINEMA