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Burnley cinema

Post by cricketfieldclarets » Wed Aug 30, 2017 6:36 pm

Anyine been recently?

Went for first time in a while last night and its been completely renovated. Has that just been done?

Looks and feels miles better and has some brand new, COMFORTABLE, seats. Last ones were well old and tatty. Jist realised its 20 plus years old now which is scary.

Anyway its massively improved and only £6.50 tuesday and wednesdays which is a bargain!

Usually go out of town bit will be more inclined to go there in future. Juat needs a nandos on site ;)
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Re: Burnley cinema

Post by ClaretTony » Wed Aug 30, 2017 6:59 pm

There's been work going on there for months. It's been a £2 million project so I assume they are going to have to get some numbers through the door.

It is 20 years old, it had been opened a few weeks when I took my niece to see the first Mr Bean film and that was August 1997.

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Re: Burnley cinema

Post by clarethomer » Wed Aug 30, 2017 7:02 pm

Saw some posts on facebook. Looks much improved.

https://www.facebook.com/reelcinema/pho ... =3&theater" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

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Re: Burnley cinema

Post by cutsy123 » Wed Aug 30, 2017 7:04 pm

Old news. Renovated ages ago

Your too busy dossing out in Serbia to notice

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Re: Burnley cinema

Post by cricketfieldclarets » Wed Aug 30, 2017 7:05 pm

ClaretTony wrote:There's been work going on there for months. It's been a £2 million project so I assume they are going to have to get some numbers through the door.

It is 20 years old, it had been opened a few weeks when I took my niece to see the first Mr Bean film and that was August 1997.
It was fairly busy last night and theyl make some money. Just needs more on the site to attract people.

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Re: Burnley cinema

Post by Clarinetclaret » Wed Aug 30, 2017 7:06 pm

cutsy123 wrote:Old news. Renovated ages ago

Your too busy dossing out in Serbia to notice
If ages ago means the last few months then yes it has. A drive through Burger King is nearly built as well in the same building.
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Re: Burnley cinema

Post by cricketfieldclarets » Wed Aug 30, 2017 7:07 pm

First thing i watched there was speed 2 followed by austin powers :lol:

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Re: Burnley cinema

Post by cricketfieldclarets » Wed Aug 30, 2017 7:09 pm

cutsy123 wrote:Old news. Renovated ages ago

Your too busy dossing out in Serbia to notice
Hahaha what a strange man.
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Re: Burnley cinema

Post by ClaretTony » Wed Aug 30, 2017 7:18 pm

It's good news if it is doing well. The town needs a cinema. Before that people were driving to the one at Pilsworth, Bury which was by the M66 but now closed down. Didn't know they were putting a Burger King in as well. Some time since there was one in Burnley.
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Re: Burnley cinema

Post by Claret Kitch » Wed Aug 30, 2017 7:34 pm

Where was the BK in Burnley? Can't remember it at all.

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Re: Burnley cinema

Post by cutsy123 » Wed Aug 30, 2017 7:35 pm

Happy eater had the burger king next to the big roundabout. Was good but not cheap. Kenanks is there now

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Re: Burnley cinema

Post by Steddyman » Wed Aug 30, 2017 7:35 pm

I've been. Those seats are ace.

Looking forwards to the BK opening too.

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Re: Burnley cinema

Post by clarethomer » Wed Aug 30, 2017 7:35 pm

Claret Kitch wrote:Where was the BK in Burnley? Can't remember it at all.
Was on corner where Skipton Building Society is - opposite Game

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Re: Burnley cinema

Post by Claret Kitch » Wed Aug 30, 2017 7:36 pm

Just remembered, across from Game.

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Re: Burnley cinema

Post by LoveCurryPies » Wed Aug 30, 2017 7:41 pm

I vaguely remember going to a Burnley cinema around 1970. Where was that? :shock:

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Re: Burnley cinema

Post by burnmark » Wed Aug 30, 2017 8:50 pm

Going tomorrow for the first time since renovation- taking the little one to see Cars 3.

There are always deals in Voucher Cloud and Groupon. We've got tickets for £4.60 each tomorrow.

Liar, Liar was my first film there!

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Re: Burnley cinema

Post by BFCmaj » Wed Aug 30, 2017 8:53 pm

LoveCurryPies wrote:I vaguely remember going to a Burnley cinema around 1970. Where was that? :shock:
I remember one being at the top of the ramp next to the market. Saw ET there when it came out.

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Post by wilks_bfc » Wed Aug 30, 2017 8:56 pm

LoveCurryPies wrote:I vaguely remember going to a Burnley cinema around 1970. Where was that? :shock:
There use to be a cinema in the upper corner of the market square (above where the newsagents is now)
I can remember going there to watch He-Man for my brothers bithday in mid 80's

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Re: Burnley cinema

Post by gandhisflipflop » Wed Aug 30, 2017 9:04 pm

My first film at the cinema was Godzilla and mouse trap. Forget what year it was now.

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Re: Burnley cinema

Post by Rileybobs » Wed Aug 30, 2017 9:06 pm

With the addition of a drive thru' Burger King this promises a great night out.

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Re: Burnley cinema

Post by claretgilly » Wed Aug 30, 2017 9:18 pm

The Burger King bit of the renovation may fall behind unfortunately as the franchise behind it is in administration. Not sure whether they'll keep developing it or not to be honest.

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Re: Burnley cinema

Post by Clarinetclaret » Wed Aug 30, 2017 9:32 pm

wilks_bfc wrote:There use to be a cinema in the upper corner of the market square (above where the newsagents is now)
I can remember going there to watch He-Man for my brothers bithday in mid 80's
There was also a cinema in Rosegrove, think it closed in the 80s.

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Re: Burnley cinema

Post by Clarinetclaret » Wed Aug 30, 2017 9:34 pm

claretgilly wrote:The Burger King bit of the renovation may fall behind unfortunately as the franchise behind it is in administration. Not sure whether they'll keep developing it or not to be honest.
Still seem to be working on it. Won't Burger King just offer the franchise to someone else?

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Re: Burnley cinema

Post by SammyBoy » Wed Aug 30, 2017 9:42 pm

I went to see Dunkirk and it was literally a building site, I was amazed that they were actually open, or that health and safety didn't require patrons to wear a hard hat and a high-vis vest during the screening. Good to hear it's completed though, as people have said before, Burnley needs a cinema.

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Re: Burnley cinema

Post by claret wizard » Wed Aug 30, 2017 10:11 pm

I bet the one in Charter Walk is still there. That would be a real trip back in time to get in.

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Re: Burnley cinema

Post by ClaretEngineer » Wed Aug 30, 2017 10:19 pm

claret wizard wrote:I bet the one in Charter Walk is still there. That would be a real trip back in time to get in.
Is it The Empire Theatre you're thinking of or the old Burger King on the corner across from Game?

Burnley also used to have a Pizza Hut. Them were't days!

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Re: Burnley cinema

Post by bobinho » Wed Aug 30, 2017 10:25 pm

Studio 1-2-3 I think it was called. Next to the broadsword. Saw jaws and Star Wars there.

There was an odeon also. Memory tells me it was where the staples store is now. Could be wrong of course... memory tells me all sorts of shite these days.

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Re: Burnley cinema

Post by Dressinggown » Wed Aug 30, 2017 10:25 pm

Studio 1,2,3 ?

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Re: Burnley cinema

Post by Pstotto » Wed Aug 30, 2017 10:27 pm

Is now 54 :D

Le freak est chic!

Come on (literally????......) orange furry seats! How much muckment was rubbed into that? Doesn't bare thinking about. Can't remember the last film I saw there, but I remember them trying to vibrate the floor as part of the drama of watching the film Earthquake.

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Post by Steddyman » Wed Aug 30, 2017 10:30 pm

ClaretEngineer wrote:Burnley also used to have a Pizza Hut. Them were't days!
We still do. There is a Pizza Hut delivery shop attached to Kitchens garage.

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Post by Clarets4me » Wed Aug 30, 2017 10:31 pm

ClaretEngineer wrote:Is it The Empire Theatre you're thinking of or the old Burger King on the corner across from Game?

Burnley also used to have a Pizza Hut. Them were't days!
The one in the Market Square, was known as Studios 1 & 2...
Rosegrove's was the Coliseum...

http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/47887
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Re: Burnley cinema

Post by ClaretAL » Wed Aug 30, 2017 10:33 pm

Studio 1-2-3 was fantastic, gad to go to Brierfield when that closed. Thing is it's just a vacant space and has been as far as I am aware since it closed

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Post by ClaretEngineer » Wed Aug 30, 2017 10:35 pm

Steddyman wrote:We still do. There is a Pizza Hut delivery shop attached to Kitchens garage.
Yeah but it's not the real deal though is it.

The one in town was a restaurant (of sorts) and that makes it a bit more special.

I once had a birthday party there (EEEEEEEE when I were a lad :lol: )

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Post by nil_desperandum » Wed Aug 30, 2017 10:58 pm

LoveCurryPies wrote:I vaguely remember going to a Burnley cinema around 1970. Where was that? :shock:
Most likely the Odeon, which closed in 1973. it was one of the most magnificent buildings in the area, (Art Deco style as many of these cinemas were).
It held over 2,000, (inc. over 1400 in the stalls).
It was a real shame that it was demolished, but I suppose it would have been difficult to maintain a building like that in Burnley once it was no longer viable as a cinema.
Many on here will recall how magnificent it was, and for those who don't know, it was just by the roundabout near the culvert, where there is now a Poundstretcher. (Some may recall that it was originally demolished for a Sainsburys, before Sainsbury's relocated to its present site).

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Post by Dyched » Wed Aug 30, 2017 11:03 pm

nil_desperandum wrote:Most likely the Odeon, which closed in 1973. it was one of the most magnificent buildings in the area, (Art Deco style as many of these cinemas were).
It held over 2,000, (inc. over 1400 in the stalls).
It was a real shame that it was demolished, but I suppose it would have been difficult to maintain a building like that in Burnley once it was no longer viable as a cinema.
Many on here will recall how magnificent it was, and for those who don't know, it was just by the roundabout near the culvert, where there is now a Poundstretcher. (Some may recall that it was originally demolished for a Sainsburys, before Sainsbury's relocated to its present site).
Just googled Burnley Odeon as im too young to remember it.

What a magnificent looking building.

What utter crap it was replaced with.

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Post by nil_desperandum » Wed Aug 30, 2017 11:05 pm

Dyched wrote:Just googled Burnley Odeon as im too young to remember it.

What a magnificent looking building.

What utter crap it was replaced with.
For anyone interested there's some good photos and info about the Odeon here:
http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/34269/photos/204313" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/34269/photos" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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Post by 3putt » Wed Aug 30, 2017 11:27 pm

nil_desperandum wrote:For anyone interested there's some good photos and info about the Odeon here:
http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/34269/photos/204313" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/34269/photos" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
As mentioned above it was a magnificent looking building what a shame it had to be pulled down. Ironically It's ugly neighbour - the Keirby Hotel is still standing.
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Post by nil_desperandum » Wed Aug 30, 2017 11:41 pm

3putt wrote:As mentioned above it was a magnificent looking building what a shame it had to be pulled down. Ironically It's ugly neighbour - the Keirby Hotel is still standing.
And perhaps equally ironically, the Keirby was regarded as one of the most upmarket and trendy hotels in the region at that time.
When built in the early 60s it was apparently the only 4 star hotel in Lancashire - (outside of Manchester and Blackpool).

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Post by LoveCurryPies » Thu Aug 31, 2017 12:34 am

nil_desperandum wrote:Most likely the Odeon, which closed in 1973. it was one of the most magnificent buildings in the area, (Art Deco style as many of these cinemas were).
It held over 2,000, (inc. over 1400 in the stalls).
It was a real shame that it was demolished, but I suppose it would have been difficult to maintain a building like that in Burnley once it was no longer viable as a cinema.
Many on here will recall how magnificent it was, and for those who don't know, it was just by the roundabout near the culvert, where there is now a Poundstretcher. (Some may recall that it was originally demolished for a Sainsburys, before Sainsbury's relocated to its present site).

That would be it...Odeon big old cinema. The one above the market was a small multi screen replacement. Unit 4 opened in Brierfield around same time.

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Post by Wile E Coyote » Thu Aug 31, 2017 12:38 am

cinema is great, except for noisy inconsiderate littering , nose picking, **** you have to endure.
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Post by Fretters » Thu Aug 31, 2017 6:56 am

My first film there was Titanic in 1997. I remember being pi$$ed off on my way in when I overheard someone giving away the ending.
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Post by LoveCurryPies » Thu Aug 31, 2017 8:28 am

As a young teenager, I applied for a job at Unit 4 Cinema in Brierfield and in the interview was told ice-cream sellers had to be female. Apparently men wouldn't buy ice-cream from a man! The interviewer was a woman.

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Post by Beano » Thu Aug 31, 2017 9:04 am

nil_desperandum wrote:For anyone interested there's some good photos and info about the Odeon here:
http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/34269/photos/204313" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/34269/photos" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Great to see this old photos, my father was the manager of the Odeon from 1966 until its closure, so I spent some time in that place as a kid. Shame it was closed, but it was too big to be viable. My dad said it was considered for convertion by Rank for multiplexing but the public support at the time was poor. Still brings back good memories.
Saturday morning club and all that...
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Post by get stuck in tracy » Thu Aug 31, 2017 10:10 am

Im sure ive seen the x manager of Unit 4 going on the turf

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Re: Burnley cinema

Post by Clevedon Claret » Thu Aug 31, 2017 10:58 am

On the subject of Cinema's

Here in Clevedon the local Cinema has been in continuous service now since 1912 :o

https://www.curzon.org.uk/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; Anyone interested in Cinema, Listed Buildings and History should take a look.

They have not too long ago added a Bar/ Restaurant at the rear of the building, this has made the Cinema night experience so much better, and also means it's a full house most nights.

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Post by Claretforever » Thu Aug 31, 2017 11:31 am

I'd been last year and it was in such a state. Arm rests missing, foam ripped, sticky seats etc. Okay that was one screen, but the others weren't much better, and I've been quite a bit.

Went in July and what a transformation. Miles better now, and everying is brand new. The seats are great and even things like the drink holders with plastic mesh bottoms, so you can put other things in without them falling through like on the old ones where you could only put large paper cups in.

There's also a drive through Burger King going next door as part of the revamp. Thought it was all due to be finished the end of this month anyway.

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Post by Rubstuds » Thu Aug 31, 2017 1:56 pm

Fretters, surely you must have had some idea of the ending, even if you hadn't overheard the spoilsports. After all it was about the Titanic.

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Post by NottsClaret » Thu Aug 31, 2017 2:01 pm

The last time I went to Burnley cinema was to see that Lock Stock film which has Vinny Jones in. Just before it started Shaun Ryder and Dexter Fletcher came in and sat in front of us. Bit odd as Fletcher was in the film.

Ryder was completely off his tits. It must have been during his ill-advised sojourn to Burnley to try and get off drugs. Anyway, good to hear it's doing well again.

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Re: Burnley cinema

Post by cricketfieldclarets » Tue Sep 05, 2017 7:47 pm

Detroit tonight. Only showing in premium lounge whatever that is. Anyone been in?

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Re: Burnley cinema

Post by cutsy123 » Tue Sep 05, 2017 7:51 pm

Detroit great film

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