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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.
Showtime
Showtime was first published in 1964 by the Rank Organisation as a competitor to ABC’s Film Review, it had similar content but ceased publication by the late 1960′s.
Gender roles portrayed in cinema
Gender roles portrayed in the cinema where sometimes untrue to life but helped to reinforce stereotypes
Visit to the North West Sound Archive
The memories of Going to the Pictures we have recorded for the project will be stored within the North West Sound Archive so that part of our local cinema heritage is preserved for future generations
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.
Cinema Heritage Interactive Map
Explore this map of 21 local cinemas within a 3 mile radius of the Plaza, from 1930 to 1960.
Memorabilia
The project has been very fortunate in having several people who have come forward with items or collections of cinema memorabilia. Volunteers through the project have helped to scan and digitize materials.
The Picture House / Broadway / Gaumont / Odeon – Stanley Road, Bootle.
The Broadway Cinema – Stanley Road Bootle
The Documentary Film – The Story of the Project
Local film maker Tim Brunsden has followed the Going to the Pictures project development and has created a documentary which tells the story of the project.
