Leeds lost cinemas

drapesy · Post by **drapesy** » Fri 05 Dec, 2008 12:32 am

ricky wrote: thanks ;drapesy your a star.keep up the fantastic work Cheers mate

Si · Post by Si » Fri 05 Dec, 2008 8:49 am

drapesy wrote: ricky wrote: hi all. bieng new lad on the block so to speak. forgive me if i going over used ground, but has any body mentioned THE LIDO cinemabramley town street.it stood between the old unicorn pub(still there}and the old cardigan arms.the lido and the cardigan were both demolished to make way for present bramley centre,(YUK) well, Ive trawled through the whole thread - and remarkably, Ricky, i dont think the Lido has had a mention!!(The New Western in Armley has been covered - including pics before.)[as an aside , looking back at the posts does anyone know what happened to JanCee and why she went to the trouble of removing all her posts?]Anyway the Lido. - here's a Leodis pic from 1937. The cinema was opened in 1912 and was called 'Bramley Picture Palace' until it changed to the 'Lido' in 1931. last film shown was on 08/03/1961 - 'The Nudist Story' !I believe it was invariably called the 'Bug Hutch' . You can just make out a remarkable structure on the right hand side of the building - a staircase up to the projection room - by way of a fire escape. Wasn't JanCee banned from the site long ago when it used to be policed? I don't know why, I was new here myself at the time.

Brandy · Post by **Brandy** » Fri 05 Dec, 2008 11:00 am

Si wrote: drapesy wrote: ricky wrote: hi all. bieng new lad on the block so to speak. forgive me if i going over used ground, but has any body mentioned THE LIDO cinemabramley town street.it stood between the old unicorn pub(still there}and the old cardigan arms.the lido and the cardigan were both demolished to make way for present bramley centre,(YUK) well, Ive trawled through the whole thread - and remarkably, Ricky, i dont think the Lido has had a mention!!(The New Western in Armley has been covered - including pics before.)[as an aside , looking back at the posts does anyone know what happened to JanCee and why she went to the trouble of removing all her posts?]Anyway the Lido. - here's a Leodis pic from 1937. The cinema was opened in 1912 and was called 'Bramley Picture Palace' until it changed to the 'Lido' in 1931. last film shown was on 08/03/1961 - 'The Nudist Story' !I believe it was invariably called the 'Bug Hutch' . You can just make out a remarkable structure on the right hand side of the building - a staircase up to the projection room - by way of a fire escape. Wasn't JanCee banned from the site long ago when it used to be policed? I don't know why, I was new here myself at the time. Wasnt it the infamous Scandy Bramley vs phil d debate? well i say debate it was more of a one sided insult aimed at phill, and then Jan cee jumped on board.To tell you the truth from my recollection she wasnt banned it was more of "im taking my ball home"sort of situ lol

Reginal Perrin · Post by **Reginal Perrin** » Fri 05 Dec, 2008 11:12 am

BLAKEY wrote: ads wrote: Don't forget the Rothwell Empire (now Blackburn Hall) That interests and surprises me ads - I've passed that building hundreds of times and often thought "it looks as if it was once a cinema." Then I've thought to myself that although it looks vaguely like one, it was probably built as a meeting hall.You learn summat new every day on here you know. Blakey, Blackburn Hall was never a Cinema, the building prior to it being built was the Empire.

BLAKEY · Post by **BLAKEY** » Fri 05 Dec, 2008 11:19 am

drapesy wrote: ricky wrote: hi all. bieng new lad on the block so to speak. forgive me if i going over used ground, but has any body mentioned THE LIDO cinemabramley town street.it stood between the old unicorn pub(still there}and the old cardigan arms.the lido and the cardigan were both demolished to make way for present bramley centre,(YUK) Anyway the Lido. - here's a Leodis pic from 1937. The cinema was opened in 1912 and was called 'Bramley Picture Palace' until it changed to the 'Lido' in 1931. last film shown was on 08/03/1961 - 'The Nudist Story' !I believe it was invariably called the 'Bug Hutch' . You can just make out a remarkable structure on the right hand side of the building - a staircase up to the projection room - by way of a fire escape. Fascinating picture from 1937. Notice the tram standard and lines on the Rodley service, which was cut back to Bramley Town End on 17th May 1938. Personally I don't remember The Lido so this picture is most interesting to me.

BLAKEY · Post by **BLAKEY** » Fri 05 Dec, 2008 11:25 am

Reginal Perrin wrote: BLAKEY wrote: ads wrote: Don't forget the Rothwell Empire (now Blackburn Hall) That interests and surprises me ads - I've passed that building hundreds of times and often thought "it looks as if it was once a cinema." Then I've thought to myself that although it looks vaguely like one, it was probably built as a meeting hall.You learn summat new every day on here you know. Blakey, Blackburn Hall was never a Cinema, the building prior to it being built was the Empire. Ah thank you sir, that explains my imagined discrepancy in the appearance of the present building.

Post by **tyke bhoy** » Fri 05 Dec, 2008 11:47 am

Brandy wrote: Wasnt it the infamous Scandy Bramley vs phil d debate? well i say debate it was more of a one sided insult aimed at phill, and then Jan cee jumped on board.To tell you the truth from my recollection she wasnt banned it was more of "im taking my ball home"sort of situ lol Although registered on the site since day one, I missed the majority of the "spat" but from recollection of what little I did see only Scandy was banned and I agree with Brandy that Jancee just took her bat home either because of the warning admin issued her or the end result of Scandy not heeding his.

Reginal Perrin · Post by **Reginal Perrin** » Fri 05 Dec, 2008 12:48 pm

BLAKEY wrote: Reginal Perrin wrote: BLAKEY wrote: ads wrote: Don't forget the Rothwell Empire (now Blackburn Hall) That interests and surprises me ads - I've passed that building hundreds of times and often thought "it looks as if it was once a cinema." Then I've thought to myself that although it looks vaguely like one, it was probably built as a meeting hall.You learn summat new every day on here you know. Blakey, Blackburn Hall was never a Cinema, the building prior to it being built was the Empire. Ah thank you sir, that explains my imagined discrepancy in the appearance of the present building. It could be a really valuable resource but it barely gets used. I would love to see it house regular plays, comedy nights, children's theatre, classical and popular music but it seems to house tea dances, fit / fat clubs and one off private functions. It's really disappointing.

ads · Post by **ads** » Fri 05 Dec, 2008 1:23 pm

Reginal Perrin wrote: BLAKEY wrote: ads wrote: Don't forget the Rothwell Empire (now Blackburn Hall) That interests and surprises me ads - I've passed that building hundreds of times and often thought "it looks as if it was once a cinema." Then I've thought to myself that although it looks vaguely like one, it was probably built as a meeting hall.You learn summat new every day on here you know. Blakey, Blackburn Hall was never a Cinema, the building prior to it being built was the Empire. Whilst I only have my old maps to go on, it always being Blackburn Hall in my lifetime, the 2500 series maps show the outline of the building which whilst being extended, still has the same footprint as the original cinema. If you look at the ariel photos of the building, you can compare the original outlines and the extensions, also, whilst it is a bit of a presumption, there is a picture on Leodis showing the re-opening of the Blackburn Hall, which I took to be the conversion of the Empire to Blackburn Hall. The 54 & 58 maps show it as the Empire Ballroom.. Also if my memory serves me right, you could see where the camera used to project from on the wall, the last time I went in there was when the local rock groups played there in the early 80's Unfortunatly I can't post my maps to show you what I mean.

Reginal Perrin · Post by **Reginal Perrin** » Fri 05 Dec, 2008 3:27 pm

ads wrote: Reginal Perrin wrote: BLAKEY wrote: ads wrote: Don't forget the Rothwell Empire (now Blackburn Hall) That interests and surprises me ads - I've passed that building hundreds of times and often thought "it looks as if it was once a cinema." Then I've thought to myself that although it looks vaguely like one, it was probably built as a meeting hall.You learn summat new every day on here you know. Blakey, Blackburn Hall was never a Cinema, the building prior to it being built was the Empire. Whilst I only have my old maps to go on, it always being Blackburn Hall in my lifetime, the 2500 series maps show the outline of the building which whilst being extended, still has the same footprint as the original cinema. If you look at the ariel photos of the building, you can compare the original outlines and the extensions, also, whilst it is a bit of a presumption, there is a picture on Leodis showing the re-opening of the Blackburn Hall, which I took to be the conversion of the Empire to Blackburn Hall. The 54 & 58 maps show it as the Empire Ballroom.. Also if my memory serves me right, you could see where the camera used to project from on the wall, the last time I went in there was when the local rock groups played there in the early 80's Unfortunatly I can't post my maps to show you what I mean. Ads you could be right there, I will consult some older friends to see if that was the case. The frontage is 50's brick as are some bits addedd on the side, I had always assumed the whole thing was rebuilt. Not sure now you say that. I'll be that local rock group in the arly 80's was Argon. They also had a Friday night disco but it clashed with similar ones at the Windmill and Parish Hall too.