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.
To research and collect memories of Going to the Pictures we have worked with several community groups, organisations and individuals and would like to thank them all.
The ABC Film Review magazine was available in all ABC Cinemas from 1950 onwards. This magazine told cinema goers of forth coming film attractions
The cinema became a place of respectable employment and offered roles to both men and women
The Winter Gardens cinema was a popular place for showing ‘X’ certificate films and memories have been shared
A further selection of souvenir film brochures that were available to buy in cinemas
The Cinema’s of the 1930′s to the 1960′s were often seen as being a quite luxurious venue for the public to go. They were an important part of the community for socialising and magnificent places of entertainment