I thought members might be interested to see this website: www.regalgroup.org.uk Take a look at the wonderful restoration examples of projection equipment and...
A petition has been raised to save the Derby Hippodrome Theatre. Intended re-use is as a live theatre, after many years as a bingo club and recent attempts by...
Hello All, I thought you might be interested to know about this screening of Buster Keaton's 'The General' at the Black Country Musuem on 17th May. I have ...
here are some photos i took yesterday, there is a waterfall cascading down over the balcony fronts, someone must have turned on a mains water pipe in the roof...
... Ian, well spotted : here's a picture from the CTA tour August 2006 ? : unfortunately we weren't allowed inside...but here's a link to an exterior...
Just found the date of the reopening on 22nd may thursday on reel cinemaswebsite york page link- Opens with Indiana Jones- No more information - any one know...
I don't know anymore but this is excellent news long awaited. Tim should be proud best seats in the house. We need you at Chester Tim any chance ian...
Well Done Tim, we need your help in Chester, incidently th Hippodrome is still standing, its in pretty poor shape but still there 2 years after the planning...
just went to have another look after seeing the advert on the york page of reel cinemas website - It stated indiana jones at reel york from 22nd may. Now the...
just went to have another look after seeing the advert on the york page of reel cinemas website - It stated indiana jones at reel york from 22nd may. Now the...
Stephen Peart, former Anglia Television film editor and author of 'The Picture House in East Anglia', was interviewed by Maggie Secker on BBC Radio Norfolk on...
Actually a new Lens as Squidoo calls its user build pages. I'd appreciate it if you could post some feedback on the page ahead of me opening it up to a wider...
Next Saturday sees another British Film Collectors' Convention, held at Ealing Town Hall in West London. As well as lots of dealer stalls, there is a...
Hi All, as mentioned on page 27 of the new Bulletin, the Tyneside Cinema, Newcastle-on-Tyne, reopened yesterday, May 22nd. Guided tours, and self-guided tours...
Hello All Just uploaded in the Photos section, you'll find a folder of cinemas in Romania following a recent visit. The views include cinemas in Bucharest,...
Hello All, Lots of News - Due to a lack of time I haven't had time to do the news stories in May. As a temporary fix until I can add them to the database I ...
Morning everyone, Haven't been on the message boards for a while but thought I'd seriously dropped the ball and they'd open the Reel York without me knowing...
I have a letter from Derby City Council saying the application to demolish has been withdrawn. I had written opposing it on the grounds that their duty is to...
Well done Ian, This cannot be allowed to happen if the owner of the building can get away with it with all the publicity who's next. Andrew Ian Meyrick...
More sad news as a fire sweeps through the former Hippodrome Theatre (later a twin cinema) in Wrexham, North Wales today (16th June 2008) Details on the...
Hi Ken & All The damage was done long ago, the place was gutted behind closed doors. under the nose's of the local council, This because the local college...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/northeast/sites/wrexham/pages/cinemas.shtml?1 Stumbled across the above on my search for Wrexhams cinema history. Interestingly...
... (later ... goes.Wrexham FM broadcast from the old snooker room on the top floor of the Hippodrome in wrexham having been given use of the room by the late...
... doors. ... an Arts centre and hence preservation, new owners wanted a cafe bar so stripped it out the planning application for the bar was never given and...
Hi Jo, Thank you for clearing up some of the loose ends on the demise of the Hippodrome. I'm not surprised at the lack of support by the council the...