Leeds lost cinemas

[arry_awk]

Hi Jamesy08go back four pages on this thread and you'llfind 'The Malvern' cinema amongst some othersposted for me by Scandy.( I hadn't learned the techy-pic-posting stuff back then!)Hope you can find it! Bit on the small side!CheersArry    

[BLAKEY]

jamesy08 wrote: does any one have pictures of the malvern picture saw knocked down in the 80s and replaced by sheltered housing for the aged us to play in it when i was a kid in the projection room nothin everything was stripped bare can any one tell me last film there too Closed Saturday 28th August 1971 with a double "rib tickler" bill :-"CARRY ON SERGEANT" and "CARRY ON TEACHER."

[sundowner]

Hi new to this site just wondered if the palace picture house had been covered in this thread it used to be were meadow lane and beeston road met .Not far from the main gates to the gas works A nother one i remember was the queens picture house that was at     the junction of Beeston road and jack lane                     I remember there were two or three balconys inside i think they only used th e bottom one It was a theater long before my time    

[drapesy]

sundowner wrote: Hi new to this site just wondered if the palace picture house had been covered in this thread it used to be were meadow lane and beeston road met .Not far from the main gates to the gas works A nother one i remember was the queens picture house that was at     the junction of Beeston road and jack lane                     I remember there were two or three balconys inside i think they only used th e bottom one It was a theater long before my time     There's a bit about the Palace, and a photo, on page 6 of this thread. This links to a picture of the Queens and some interesting commentshttp://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?resourceIde ... 4_90604800

[sundowner]

Thanks for that info drapesy just been to look at both photos .They have brought back memorys of happy times.I found a picture of the strand picture house on jack lane in leodis another place i used to go We used to collect old news papers and sell them to a waste paper place on meadow lane to get the money to get in Sorry about that getting of the thread .Old age does that at times

[Patexpat]

I've scoured the thread but can't find any reference to The Pavilion Picture House, which as at the junction of Stanningley Road and Leeds/Bradford road (I think). (Otherwise known as Half Mile Lane) where the number 14 tram and later bus service to Halton started .. I was a member of the Saturday club which if I remember for 6d got me admission to a special childrens show every Saturday morning; I've a vague feeling the price might even have included a Lucky bag or similar but can't be sure! (remember those folks?)On the topic of lost cinemas, does anyone remember being taken on school outings to a temporary cinema that I think was on Woodhouse Moor, that seemed to appear there once a year. It was a big 'widescreen' experience featuring 70mm Cinemascope productions or some such modern novelty, and typically showed big block busters such as 'The Greatest Story Ever Told' that could be loosely called educational and so a great excuse for a school trip!    

[Si]

Hi Patexpat,Yes, I remember the Pavilion. The building is still there, opposite the Waggon and Horses. I saw the original Batman film (1960s) there.There is another thread on here somewhere about the screenings on Woodhouse Moor. It's called "Big Screen" and is under "Buildings and Structures." They showed "How The West Was Won" in Cinerama. I remember Lucky Bags, too!    

[Patexpat]

Thanks for that Si - I'll look up the other thread - if my memory doesn't play tricks I think I saw The Sound Of Music on that big screen ... I guess if I saw the same structure now it wouldn't seem quite so big

[Si]

If it was in Cinerama, it still would look huge!

[sundowner]

Hi who is this lucky bags you are talking about?Ho Ho Ho Just think Si you have found an hunslet lad with a sense of humour.