leeds cinemas past and present

parksider · Post by **parksider** » Fri 15 Jun, 2007 6:54 pm

As a cinema buff..before the days of the multi plexs...i often think back to my local ones..when they were in their hey day before the box invaded all our homes..Brought up in Hunslet and beeston i recall....The pavilion..or the pav...saturday morning matinees..always got two films..and a pathe news..and the mills and dean..adverts..not bad for a bob...then the Crescent which had all the epics..The robe..Solomon and sheba and spartacus..we used to queue down the side for those..now its a errrr...health club...up top was the rex..newly built at that time or seemed it...then the malvern down on the hill beeston rd..only small but very comfy..the same man owned it for years..took a pride in it and stood no nonsense..those were the days...

Trojan · Post by **Trojan** » Sun 03 Jan, 2010 3:39 pm

parksider wrote: As a cinema buff..before the days of the multi plexs...i often think back to my local ones..when they were in their hey day before the box invaded all our homes..Brought up in Hunslet and beeston i recall....The pavilion..or the pav...saturday morning matinees..always got two films..and a pathe news..and the mills and dean..adverts..not bad for a bob...then the Crescent which had all the epics..The robe..Solomon and sheba and spartacus..we used to queue down the side for those..now its a errrr...health club...up top was the rex..newly built at that time or seemed it...then the malvern down on the hill beeston rd..only small but very comfy..the same man owned it for years..took a pride in it and stood no nonsense..those were the days... I was trying to remember when the Pavilion Beeston closed, it must have been some time in the fifties. I only went there once with Mam and Dad to see "The Greatest Show on Earth" I must have been about 6/7 so it would be 1954 ish.

liits · Post by **liits** » Sun 03 Jan, 2010 4:00 pm

This site is worth a read. I've linked to the UK page as their home page is a bit of a dog to navigate.http://cinematreasures.org/location/cou ... &state=74/

Post by **chameleon** » Sun 03 Jan, 2010 4:14 pm

Trojan wrote: parksider wrote: As a cinema buff..before the days of the multi plexs...i often think back to my local ones..when they were in their hey day before the box invaded all our homes..Brought up in Hunslet and beeston i recall....The pavilion..or the pav...saturday morning matinees..always got two films..and a pathe news..and the mills and dean..adverts..not bad for a bob...then the Crescent which had all the epics..The robe..Solomon and sheba and spartacus..we used to queue down the side for those..now its a errrr...health club...up top was the rex..newly built at that time or seemed it...then the malvern down on the hill beeston rd..only small but very comfy..the same man owned it for years..took a pride in it and stood no nonsense..those were the days... I was trying to remember when the Pavilion Beeston closed, it must have been some time in the fifties. I only went there once with Mam and Dad to see "The Greatest Show on Earth" I must have been about 6/7 so it would be 1954 ish. It's mentioned several times in the LOST Cinemas thread Trojan but no date given.

BLAKEY · Post by **BLAKEY** » Sun 03 Jan, 2010 5:36 pm

Trojan wrote: [I was trying to remember when the Pavilion Beeston closed, it must have been some time in the fifties. I only went there once with Mam and Dad to see "The Greatest Show on Earth" I must have been about 6/7 so it would be 1954 ish. Do you mean Pavilion Dewsbury Road Trojan ??If so, it opened on 4th August 1911, and closed with "Eye Witness" on Saturday 29th September 1956.There was another "Pavilion" at 50 Low Road Hunslet, but that one was renamed to the familiar "Regal" in the 1930s, before our time of course

Trojan · Post by **Trojan** » Sun 03 Jan, 2010 7:09 pm

BLAKEY wrote: Trojan wrote: [I was trying to remember when the Pavilion Beeston closed, it must have been some time in the fifties. I only went there once with Mam and Dad to see "The Greatest Show on Earth" I must have been about 6/7 so it would be 1954 ish. Do you mean Pavilion Dewsbury Road Trojan ??If so, it opened on 4th August 1911, and closed with "Eye Witness" on Saturday 29th September 1956.There was another "Pavilion" at 50 Low Road Hunslet, but that one was renamed to the familiar "Regal" in the 1930s, before our time of course No it's the one on Dewsbury Road that is now the Pavilion Stores I think. Thanks. Wasn't the cinema at Stanningley called the Pavilion too?

blackprince · Post by **blackprince** » Sun 03 Jan, 2010 8:26 pm

Trojan wrote: BLAKEY wrote: Trojan wrote: [I was trying to remember when the Pavilion Beeston closed, it must have been some time in the fifties. I only went there once with Mam and Dad to see "The Greatest Show on Earth" I must have been about 6/7 so it would be 1954 ish. Do you mean Pavilion Dewsbury Road Trojan ??If so, it opened on 4th August 1911, and closed with "Eye Witness" on Saturday 29th September 1956.There was another "Pavilion" at 50 Low Road Hunslet, but that one was renamed to the familiar "Regal" in the 1930s, before our time of course No it's the one on Dewsbury Road that is now the Pavilion Stores I think. Thanks. Wasn't the cinema at Stanningley called the Pavilion too? THE Pavilion was in Stanningley at the junction of Stanningley Rd and Half Mile La if memory serves me correct. it was also the bus/tram terminus.I never knew there were so many others elsewhere (Far Pavilions!).

Trojan · Post by **Trojan** » Sun 03 Jan, 2010 8:55 pm

blackprince wrote: Trojan wrote: BLAKEY wrote: Trojan wrote: [I was trying to remember when the Pavilion Beeston closed, it must have been some time in the fifties. I only went there once with Mam and Dad to see "The Greatest Show on Earth" I must have been about 6/7 so it would be 1954 ish. Do you mean Pavilion Dewsbury Road Trojan ??If so, it opened on 4th August 1911, and closed with "Eye Witness" on Saturday 29th September 1956.There was another "Pavilion" at 50 Low Road Hunslet, but that one was renamed to the familiar "Regal" in the 1930s, before our time of course No it's the one on Dewsbury Road that is now the Pavilion Stores I think. Thanks. Wasn't the cinema at Stanningley called the Pavilion too? THE Pavilion was in Stanningley at the junction of Stanningley Rd and Half Mile La if memory serves me correct. it was also the bus/tram terminus.I never knew there were so many others elsewhere (Far Pavilions!). And Morley

BLAKEY · Post by **BLAKEY** » Mon 04 Jan, 2010 9:21 am

[quotenick="blackprince"][THE Pavilion was in Stanningley at the junction of Stanningley Rd and Half Mile La if memory serves me correct. it was also the bus/tram terminus.I never knew there were so many others elsewhere (Far Pavilions!). [/quoteThe handsome Pavilion buinding at Stanningley remains intact, although now used for business purposes.

BLAKEY · Post by **BLAKEY** » Mon 04 Jan, 2010 9:24 am

[quotenick="Trojan And Morley I seem to have lost touch with Morley of late - was that Pavilion somewhere on the corner of the High Street and the bottom of Fountain Street ?? - the steep pavement seems to jog my memory.