Visited with the invisableman, big thanks for going back with me 
History nicked off trankmast
Originally opened on 15th November 1911 as the Hockley Picture House, it had 506 seats. It was re-built and enlarged to the plans of architect L.L. Dussault, re-opening as the New Palladium Cinema on 8th November 1922. The opening film was Isobel Elsom in “The Game of Lifeâ€. The 3-storey building had a tiled mansard roof on top of its facade. Inside the auditorium, there was an elegant decorative scheme and seating was locating in stalls and circle levels. The projection box was located beneath the circle, above the rear stalls seating area.
From 22nd October 1936, it was taken over by the Associated British Cinemas(ABC) chain, and was re-named Palladium Cinema. It continued to operate successfully as an inner city neighbourhood cinema for many years.
The Palladium Cinema was closed on 13th February 1965 with Gerald Hatray in “The Spy†and Francoise Arnoul in “Daggers Drawnâ€(A Couteaux Tires). It became a bingo club, which operated until closing in the late-1970’s. The building then lay empty and unused for many years, and still stands in a deteriorating condition in 2011.
This is probably my favourite site visited, dont know why but i enjoyed every minute being in here. Apologies for the pic's, the light was poor earlier in the shoot and harsh as the sun came up.
Pictures :
As always thanks for looking
History nicked off trankmast
Originally opened on 15th November 1911 as the Hockley Picture House, it had 506 seats. It was re-built and enlarged to the plans of architect L.L. Dussault, re-opening as the New Palladium Cinema on 8th November 1922. The opening film was Isobel Elsom in “The Game of Lifeâ€. The 3-storey building had a tiled mansard roof on top of its facade. Inside the auditorium, there was an elegant decorative scheme and seating was locating in stalls and circle levels. The projection box was located beneath the circle, above the rear stalls seating area.
From 22nd October 1936, it was taken over by the Associated British Cinemas(ABC) chain, and was re-named Palladium Cinema. It continued to operate successfully as an inner city neighbourhood cinema for many years.
The Palladium Cinema was closed on 13th February 1965 with Gerald Hatray in “The Spy†and Francoise Arnoul in “Daggers Drawnâ€(A Couteaux Tires). It became a bingo club, which operated until closing in the late-1970’s. The building then lay empty and unused for many years, and still stands in a deteriorating condition in 2011.
This is probably my favourite site visited, dont know why but i enjoyed every minute being in here. Apologies for the pic's, the light was poor earlier in the shoot and harsh as the sun came up.
Pictures :
As always thanks for looking
