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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 Plaza, The Odeon, The Classic, The Apollo – Crosby Road North, Waterloo
The Plaza Cinema is one of only two remaining period cinemas in Liverpool
Visit to the North West Sound Archive
The memories of Going to the Pictures we have recorded for the project will be stored within the North West Sound Archive so that part of our local cinema heritage is preserved for future generations
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
Exchanging jam jars and running errands
Tommy remembers exchanging jam jars and doing odd jobs to earn money to go to the pictures.
Gender roles portrayed in cinema
Gender roles portrayed in the cinema where sometimes untrue to life but helped to reinforce stereotypes
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.
Souvenir Film Brochures (2)
A further selection of souvenir film brochures that were available to buy in cinemas
Cinema Programme Bootle Gaumont February 1962
Cinema program from Boole Gaumont February 1962. Films showing at the cinema at that time included two ‘abridged versions’ this means that the films had been edited into shorter versions often in order to fit around the main feature
