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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.
‘Rock around the Clock’
When the film ‘Rock Around the Clock’ was released in cinemas the music had people dancing in the aisles and many people were asked to leave the cinema.
The Regal Cinema Church Road Litherland
The Regal was built as a purpose built cinema and opened 1939. With a white frontage, the sail shape building was a very popular venue especially with courting couples who remember the double ‘Love Seats’
The influence of cinema on society and the role of newsreels
The role that cinema has played in modern society cannot be underestimated. Films have helped to form fashions, fads and opinions, offered views and educated and entertained the masses, whilst providing a place to escape the reality of life.
Programme from the Gaumont Cinema, Bootle – August 1962
Typical program from Gaumont Cinema Bootle 1962, advertising films that where to be shown at the cinema during the month of August.
Female stars of the screen through the decades
Some of the females stars through the decades who drew in the crowds at the cinema
The Hollywood Influence on British Cinema Goers
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
