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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 Lathom Hall Picture Palace
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.
The Going to the Pictures Project Film
The cinema memories we have recorded through the project have helped to create a short film which gives a glimpse into what Going to the Pictures was like from the 30′s to the 60′s.
The Plaza cinema was opened and closed on same day
“The Plaza opening was on 2nd September 1939 and closed by the 3rd September 1939, owing to the war. I had a ticket for the opening, I can’t remember what the film was. My favourite […]
Seeing ‘Oliver’ at the Plaza
My first memory of the pictures is coming to the Plaza to see ‘Oliver’.
Programme for Odeon Bootle 1963 – X rated!
Program for the Odeon Bootle 1963, as well as showing what films were on some interesting adverts can be found within the pages of the cinema memorabilia which tell a part of our social history.
Morality at the Cinema
After the Second World War, the church and educationalists raised concerns regarding what was being shown within the children’s cinema matinees, and in the cinemas in general, highlighting Hollywood’s glamorization of immoral behavior and crime.
The Metropole Stanley Road Bootle
The fantastic five storey building was built in 1911 as a theatre and described as “artistic throughout”
