Ian
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Cosy Cinemaon
Oct 15, 2013 at 11:51 am
No. I made a similar mistake in identification on a photo in my flickr stream and got (quite rightly) pulled up! There was also a third cinema (the Savoy) in the same street. The Cosy is – somewhat mystifyingly – uncertain as to when it opened. This is obviously an old, possibly 1930’s, photo yet the Cosy is not in any KYB that I have until 1954. Yet it is clearly (once you know) separate from the Kinema next door.
I sadly have dodgy eyesight and an increasingly dodgier memory!!!!
Ian
commented about
Cosy Cinemaon
Oct 15, 2013 at 9:51 am
The Cosy was still listed in the 1954 KYB. Then it was operated by Vin Lockey of Withernsea and had 280 seats.
Ian
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Cosy Cinemaon
Oct 15, 2013 at 9:35 am
There are actually two cinemas in this picture, next door to one another. The Cosy is the nearer one entered through what appears to be an earlier terraced property with a bay window above the canopy. The Kinema is beyond in a more traditional style of cinema architecture, and it is this building which is the amusement arcade today.
The Kinema had 666 seats (KYB 1940) in stalls and balcony.
The Coronet is now threatened with development, despite operating successfully. The adjacent Shopping Centre is likely to be rebuilt and wants to include the theatre site in the redevelopment. Photos from July 2013 here:–
The Theatre Royal had a foyer extension built in 1967, designed by Patrick Gwynne, in a starkly modern yet complimentary style to the Gothic theatre. It is located behind what appeared to be a garage on the left of the photo above, whilst the ground floor has been opened up and is part of the pedestrian thoroughfare of St Leonard’s Place. More recently a studio theatre was added.
The Google image here is way out – go west along Halifax Road until the junction with Burnley road is visible. The Hippodrome is on the North side of Halifax Road, near the junction about where the A646 number is on the map.
Film shows are continuing at the Hippodrome, under the “Electric Palace” banner, using a digital projector. Meanwhile stage shows continue unabated, flooding in the Upper Calder Valley permitting – the theatre (and town) has now been flooded three times, but a new defence plan has just been announced.
The former Palace is now The Showbar after Brannigans closed. A fair amount of the theatre survives, mostly hidden away behind false floors and ceilings. The lower nightclub extends over the stage, but above this the stripped-out flytower survives.
No. I made a similar mistake in identification on a photo in my flickr stream and got (quite rightly) pulled up! There was also a third cinema (the Savoy) in the same street. The Cosy is – somewhat mystifyingly – uncertain as to when it opened. This is obviously an old, possibly 1930’s, photo yet the Cosy is not in any KYB that I have until 1954. Yet it is clearly (once you know) separate from the Kinema next door.
I sadly have dodgy eyesight and an increasingly dodgier memory!!!!
The Cosy was still listed in the 1954 KYB. Then it was operated by Vin Lockey of Withernsea and had 280 seats.
There are actually two cinemas in this picture, next door to one another. The Cosy is the nearer one entered through what appears to be an earlier terraced property with a bay window above the canopy. The Kinema is beyond in a more traditional style of cinema architecture, and it is this building which is the amusement arcade today.
The Kinema had 666 seats (KYB 1940) in stalls and balcony.
A more recent photo here: KINEMA
The very damaged remains of the building are still there, awaiting some form of restoration.
Interior photos from July 2013 here:–
EMPIRE 1
EMPIRE 1
FOYER
EMPIRE 4
PROJECTION SUITE
Some recent exteriors – including the side revealed by demolition of buildings on Seven Sisters Road – July 2013
ENTRANCE
STAGE & DRESSING ROOMS
INNER SIDE
The Coronet is now threatened with development, despite operating successfully. The adjacent Shopping Centre is likely to be rebuilt and wants to include the theatre site in the redevelopment. Photos from July 2013 here:–
EXTERIOR
CIRCLE FOYER
BALCONY
AUDITORIUM FROM STAGE
AUDITORIUM FROM BALCONY
Now in use as a storage facility (July 2013). Worryingly the interior was said to be stripped and re-plastered.
FULL FACADE
DETAIL OF ARCH
CLOSE-UP OF FACE
Photos from July 2013 here
EXTERIOR
SCREEN 3
FORMER STALLS BAR
MAIN SCREEN TOWARDS REAR
MAIN SCREEN TOWARDS FRONT
A photo from circa 1974 here:–
PAVILION THEATRE
A scanned slide of the theatre taken around 1979 – some work seems to be being done to the façade.
WHITE ROCK PAVILION
“ .. the brick exterior was rather plain”
Masterful understatement Ken!
TONBRIDGE RITZ
Photographed circa 1990 as the Bejam supermarket.
The Theatre Royal had a foyer extension built in 1967, designed by Patrick Gwynne, in a starkly modern yet complimentary style to the Gothic theatre. It is located behind what appeared to be a garage on the left of the photo above, whilst the ground floor has been opened up and is part of the pedestrian thoroughfare of St Leonard’s Place. More recently a studio theatre was added.
THEATRE ROYAL FOYER
The Theatre Royal is grade 2* listed.
Current auditorium view here:–
THEATRE ROYAL AUDITORIUM
Some photos from 1993 here:–
EXTERIOR
FOYER
AUDITORIUM & STAGE
AUDITORIUM SIDE BOXES
In 2013 the building is still derelict.
BACUP REGAL
It was Club Ice when the google imaging vehicle went past – it is Saint’s Bar now (2013).
Photo from June 2013 here:–
REGAL ST IVES
The Google image here is way out – go west along Halifax Road until the junction with Burnley road is visible. The Hippodrome is on the North side of Halifax Road, near the junction about where the A646 number is on the map.
Film shows are continuing at the Hippodrome, under the “Electric Palace” banner, using a digital projector. Meanwhile stage shows continue unabated, flooding in the Upper Calder Valley permitting – the theatre (and town) has now been flooded three times, but a new defence plan has just been announced.
Photos from June 2013 here: ENTRANCE
AUDITORIUM FROM STAGE
AUDITORIUM FROM REAR BALCONY
The Olympia appears to have been demolished and replaced by a Morrisons Supermarket on a much enlarged site.
This cinema has now been demolished.
A photo from 1976 here:–
PAVILION THEATRE
A 1986 photo as an amusement arcade here:–
QUEENS HALL
Some 1986 photos of the cinema here:–
EXTERIOR INCLUDING LEGS
INTERIOR TOWARDS SCREEN
INTERIOR TOWARDS REAR
1986 shot of the art deco auditorium which bears a passing similarity to the Alexandra Theatre in Birmingham
AUDITORIUM
The former Palace is now The Showbar after Brannigans closed. A fair amount of the theatre survives, mostly hidden away behind false floors and ceilings. The lower nightclub extends over the stage, but above this the stripped-out flytower survives.
Some photos from May 2013 here:– EXTERIOR
PROJECTION ROOM
TOP OF PROSCENIUM