Hi there Something different this month with some classic football in the mix. Wednesday 7 February - Celtic v Inter Milan (1967) Thursday 8 February - Planet...
Does anyone have any pictures of the Odeon in York- especially from the 70s and 80s? I've seen most of the ones already online- ie on the Cinema Treasures...
Prepared a short video tribute for my favourite building, here it is... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kgGpY-AKfrk I don't think it turned out to well but at...
Created a video tribute for my favourite building, here it is... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kgGpY-AKfrk Not to happy with the quality but at least it's a...
None from the 70's and 80's I'm afraid but I did cover the exterior over the last 4 years in some detail for our Save the Odeon campaign, one of which was used...
Having heard that the Bolton Odeon is to be demolished next year, does anyone out there know if the interior retains/retained any of its original fixtures and...
Hi Does anyone have any contact details for the present owners of the former Ritz/Robins in Burton upon Trent, and the Torbay Picture House. I'm doing some...
... From: cta-uk@yahoogroups.com [mailto:cta-uk@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf Of Gordon Leek Sent: 09 February 2007 19:42 To: cta-uk@yahoogroups.com Subject:...
Very well done Gordon!!! What a great pleasure to hear from another fan of the Odeon Morecambe - it is my favorite Odeon too!!! - Every time I see it [and...
Good on you Gordon for having a go. I wouldnt mind having a look inside too if you are thinking of organising something as I only live down the road so to...
Here’s another member for the Odeon Morecambe fan club. Although I live in Harrogate now I come from Lancaster and still have family in the area. I did some...
Dear All, The Rank Group announced today that they are closing nine Mecca Bingo clubs - at Fulham, Islington, Hull, Liverpool, Reading, Sheffield, Swansea,...
More then worrying! Some of these were great cinemas and their closure will lead to some ending up being demolished. I know most of the Odeons concerned. The...
This latest news regarding the Mecca closures are sadly no surprise to those of use north of the border, where the Scottish smoking ban has been in place for ...
Hi there I'd like to bring you up to date with the latest film schedule for the Classic. A couple of new films are being tried, as are some themed double...
Wish I lived closer, Enter the Dragon used to be a firm favourite back in the 70's as a Sunday fill in - We used to double it up with Blazing Saddles a bizarre...
... great cinemas and their closure will lead to some ending up being demolished. I know most of the Odeons concerned. The Odeon Flat Street Sheffield is...
I came across a video interview given to the local newspaper by two of the campaigners from McGuffin about the Granada/EMD Walthamstow. It also shows interior...
Jeremy, I think the one in Fulham is the bingo hall in the old theatre in Vanston Place at the end of North End Road- its got a classical interior with cherubs...
Perhaps we're nearer? The Feckenodeon Cinema in Feckenham, near Redditch shows classic and contemporary films on the last Saturday of each month. Our shows are...
In Liverpool, Mecca's last bingo hall in a former cinema is the Regal, Norris Green. They have a number of purpose-built halls, and I've noticed that the ones...
Thanks Gordon for posting the pictures. Looks to be heavily bingo'd to me. Has anyone been to this former Odeon in its bingo days? Did the foyers retain any...
Funnily enough, this article appeared in the Glasgow Herald today, putting some facts and figures on the effects of the smoking ban on Scottish bingo ...
Please find three additional photographs of Bolton Odeon. The first is a photograph taken as the interior was in the last stages of preparation for opening in...
I have added an album of photos showing the interior of the former Empire/Odeon, Aldershot. This fine cinema built and opened in 1930 (seated 1700) is...
Mecca Bingo is to close the former Regal cinema. The closure has been blamed on the smoking ban. The Regal opened on 27 January 1930 and was Liverpool's first...
Hi For those who haven't seen the pics and info of the Regal Uxbridge on my UKCinemaOrgans Yahoo group, I've posted them here too. See the Regal Uxbridge...