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.
Cinemas would show episodes of a serial each week which would be left on a cliff hanger, this was a way of having regular cinema patrons return each week
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
The Plaza Cinema is one of only two remaining period cinemas in Liverpool
“I remember the club song which went like this: “To the Ode – Odeon we have come…”
As part of the project we have produced a specially designed Cinema Heritage Trail Map. 5000 have been printed and distributed locally - keep a look out at your local community centre, or pick one […]
As part of the project volunteers were given the opportunity to attend a Website Workshop in which they learnt skills on how to upload text and visual content to this website.
Moral issues have always been a concern when it has come to films and censorship