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Memories are made of this… Project overview
The aim of the Going to the Pictures Project has been to help preserve a part of our local cinema heritage by collecting and recording memories from people who used and worked in the local picture houses from the 1930′s to the 1960′s.
Cinema Heritage Interactive Map
Explore this map of 21 local cinemas within a 3 mile radius of the Plaza, from 1930 to 1960.
Souvenir Film Brochures (2)
A further selection of souvenir film brochures that were available to buy in cinemas
The National Anthem was played at the end of the film shows
Patriotic Cinema goers would stand for the National Anthem which was played at the end of the film screenings.
Queues to get into the cinemas
There were often queues to get into the cinemas because they were so popular.
The Picture House / Broadway / Gaumont / Odeon – Stanley Road, Bootle.
The Broadway Cinema – Stanley Road Bootle
The role of cinema during the wars
The cinema during the war years played an important role in keeping up morale and finding out news and information. It also was a place to escape for a few hours and get lost in the land of film.
Harold Ackroyd
A fantastic book about the Picture Houses of Liverpool has been a great source of information for the project and has in some cases worked as an aid memoir in collecting and helping jog memories. […]
The interior decoration of the old Palladium cinema
This image shows the interior of the old Palladium Cinema in Seaforth. The ornate decorative features have lasted for almost a century within this building which has had many uses including the cinema, a warehouse […]
