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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.
The Stella Cinema Seaforth Road Seaforth
The Stella Cinema a 1920′s gem which accommodated seating for 1200 patrons
The Queens Picture House South Road Waterloo
The Queens Picture House – The first purpose built cinema in Waterloo
The Advance of Television
The increased popularity in televisions in the home helped bring about the demise of regular cinema going.
The National Anthem was played at the end of the film shows
Patriotic Cinema goers would stand for the National Anthem which was played at the end of the film screenings.
Dracula
“The Essoldo (ice box) on Linacre road (opposite the corpy bus shed) When the Hammer (Dracula) pictures was on us Marsh Lane bucks never missed one of them . There was 4 or 5 of […]
Comic published to coincide with “How the West was Won”
‘How The West as Won’ 1962 was the first film released in Cinerama that actually told a story.
Advertising of cinemas in the Liverpool Echo
The Liverpool Echo would list over a 100 cinemas each night. I would travel all over Merseyside to watch certain films.
