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.
Explore this map of 21 local cinemas within a 3 mile radius of the Plaza, from 1930 to 1960.
The lives and views of the stars were big news and the film stars would become as much as a draw to the cinema as the films themselves
Flyers distributed in cinemas were a popular way to advertise forthcoming features.
The fantastic five storey building was built in 1911 as a theatre and described as “artistic throughout”
Through the project we have invited people into the Plaza Community Cinema to share their cinema memories on camera
The Lathom was a Picture house, now over 100 years later it plays homage to its cinematic roots and is decorated with film and music memorabillia.
I remember watching ‘The Night of the Living Dead’ with my wife, who hid throughout the whole film.
“The Essoldo (ice box) on Linacre road (opposite the corpy bus shed) When the Hammer (Dracula) pictures was on us Marsh Lane bucks never missed one of them . There was 4 or 5 of […]