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The happy memories of the Odeon Cinema, Waterloo (now the Plaza)
When we were all younger, we used to go to the Odeon cinema for the the Saturday Morning Club. We would pay our 6(d) pence to go in, buy our sweets and walk into the main auditorium were a man played the organ.
Visits to various picture houses in the area with family and friends
My father did shift work, so every third week we would all go to the pictures either to the Regent, Plaza or the Corona…
The Plaza, The Odeon, The Classic, The Apollo – Crosby Road North, Waterloo
The Plaza Cinema is one of only two remaining period cinemas in Liverpool
The Queens Picture House South Road Waterloo
The Queens Picture House – The first purpose built cinema in Waterloo
The Electric Picture Palace
The Electric Picture Palace – this image is a coloured postcard showing the old picture house and how Bridge road looked c.1911
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.
The Winter Gardens Theatre / Apollo Theatre – Pembroke Road Bootle
Another early cinema was on Pembroke Road in Bootle it was called The Winter Gardens Theatre and also Apollo Theatre. The building which stood was built in the 1890’s and was originally known as Beaconsfield […]
