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.
At the project launch event memories from cinema goers were collected in a number of ways. view some of the old style film bill posters created at the launch event
I remember watching ‘The Night of the Living Dead’ with my wife, who hid throughout the whole film.
Through the memories of cinema going we have recorded for the project, many people have commented on the growing influence America had upon British society through the cinema
There were often queues to get into the cinemas because they were so popular.
Cinema was very much a part of Derek’s life, becoming a manager and meeting his wife at the cinema. One memory was when Fulham Football team visited one of the cinemas he managed, before playing Liverpool the next day.
My father did shift work, so every third week we would all go to the pictures either to the Regent, Plaza or the Corona…
Through the project we have been filming cinema memories, some of these can be seen as small clips on the website and the whole interviews have been put into the North West Sound Archive
This image shows the interior of the old Palladium Cinema in Seaforth. The ornate decorative features have lasted for almost a century within this building which has had many uses including the cinema, a warehouse […]