Cinemas that no longer exist.

winsomeyen · Post by **winsomeyen** » Mon Feb 27, 2017 8:26 pm

Back in the day there were loads of cinemas within the Borough of Burnley, I believe around 15.

Could any of our older supporters (including me) name them?

May I start with the Roxy which was behind the town hall.

California Colner · Post by **California Colner** » Mon Feb 27, 2017 8:29 pm

Odeon
Closed 17th November 1973

Loyalclaret · Post by **Loyalclaret** » Mon Feb 27, 2017 8:32 pm

Brierfield and Nelson?

Frenchclaret · Post by **Frenchclaret** » Mon Feb 27, 2017 8:33 pm

Pentridge

Ptangyangkipperbang · Post by **Ptangyangkipperbang** » Mon Feb 27, 2017 8:33 pm

Rosegrove

mrhungryone · Post by **mrhungryone** » Mon Feb 27, 2017 8:34 pm

Tivoli

Vino blanco · Post by **Vino blanco** » Mon Feb 27, 2017 8:34 pm

Roxy, Tivoli, Coliseum, Pentridge, Empire.

Frenchclaret · Post by **Frenchclaret** » Mon Feb 27, 2017 8:35 pm

Palace

Frenchclaret · Post by **Frenchclaret** » Mon Feb 27, 2017 8:36 pm

Oxford

mrhungryone · Post by **mrhungryone** » Mon Feb 27, 2017 8:36 pm

Majestic stoneyholme

winsomeyen · Post by **winsomeyen** » Mon Feb 27, 2017 8:37 pm

I think there were two together in the town centre one being the Palace,could be wrong though.

The Enclosure · Post by **The Enclosure** » Mon Feb 27, 2017 8:37 pm

Imperial

mrhungryone · Post by **mrhungryone** » Mon Feb 27, 2017 8:37 pm

Empress

The Enclosure · Post by **The Enclosure** » Mon Feb 27, 2017 8:38 pm

Savoy

Croydon Claret · Post by **Croydon Claret** » Mon Feb 27, 2017 8:39 pm

Studios 123

mrhungryone · Post by **mrhungryone** » Mon Feb 27, 2017 8:39 pm

Studio 1/2 ? Next to broadsword

Vino blanco · Post by **Vino blanco** » Mon Feb 27, 2017 8:41 pm

I think there was an Alhambra on Trafalgar and an Empress up near the Angel pub.

winsomeyen · Post by **winsomeyen** » Mon Feb 27, 2017 8:42 pm

Where was the Oxford F/C dont remember that, not that my memory is anything to boast about.

The Enclosure · Post by **The Enclosure** » Mon Feb 27, 2017 8:44 pm

The Royal

The Enclosure · Post by **The Enclosure** » Mon Feb 27, 2017 8:47 pm

The Grand...next to the Palace

winsomeyen · Post by **winsomeyen** » Mon Feb 27, 2017 8:49 pm

Well we have named 15 between us ,not sure about Oxford and Royal.

Think they may be cigarettes

ClaretAndJew · Post by **ClaretAndJew** » Mon Feb 27, 2017 8:51 pm

Globe Works in Padiham? Is Padiham Burnley Borough?

The Enclosure · Post by **The Enclosure** » Mon Feb 27, 2017 8:52 pm

The Royal was on Robinson Street

winsomeyen · Post by **winsomeyen** » Mon Feb 27, 2017 8:53 pm

C&J There were two cinemas in Gods country but cant remember the name of the one next to the police station.

lovebeingaclaret · Post by **lovebeingaclaret** » Mon Feb 27, 2017 8:53 pm

Kings on Thorn street.

The Enclosure · Post by **The Enclosure** » Mon Feb 27, 2017 8:55 pm

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winsomeyen · Post by **winsomeyen** » Mon Feb 27, 2017 8:56 pm

Looking at all the replies there must be a rake of old buggers on the board,just waiting for CT now.

ClaretAndJew · Post by **ClaretAndJew** » Mon Feb 27, 2017 8:58 pm

The Grand Theatre was the one next to the Police Station

mrhungryone · Post by **mrhungryone** » Mon Feb 27, 2017 9:01 pm

winsomeyen wrote:Well we have named 15 between us ,not sure about Oxford and Royal.

Think they may be cigarettes

Was oxford not the pentridge?

winsomeyen · Post by **winsomeyen** » Mon Feb 27, 2017 9:03 pm

Did the Pentridge become the Embassy Club and then a night club.

mrhungryone · Post by **mrhungryone** » Mon Feb 27, 2017 9:03 pm

winsomeyen wrote:Looking at all the replies there must be a rake of old buggers on the board,just waiting for CT now.

Im just good at cinema history!

The Enclosure · Post by **The Enclosure** » Mon Feb 27, 2017 9:07 pm

winsomeyen wrote:Did the Pentridge become the Embassy Club and then a night club.

It became the Circulation club.It was on Holmes Street.

The Enclosure · Post by **The Enclosure** » Mon Feb 27, 2017 9:12 pm

The Coliseum in Rosegrove also became a Cabaret club..I think tjat was called the Embassy or maybe just the Cabaret club.not sure now.

Steve-Harpers-perm · Post by **Steve-Harpers-perm** » Mon Feb 27, 2017 9:12 pm

Picture House, Rawtenstall.

Clarets4me · Post by **Clarets4me** » Mon Feb 27, 2017 9:17 pm

Found this from the Burnley Express....

http://www.burnleyexpress.net/news/opin ... -1-6871446

Legend has it that the Unit4 at Brierfield was technically the first " Multiplex Cinema " in the UK when it re-opened as a Cinema in 1969..although, as ever, I stand to be corrected...

winsomeyen · Post by **winsomeyen** » Mon Feb 27, 2017 9:20 pm

The Enclosure, It was called the Caberet Club in Rosegrove with a sister club in Brierfield, the artistes ?used to do two shifts a night,one at the Caberet club and one at the club in Brierfield.
The clubs were owned by Brian Tattersall who I used to play cricket with.
When the powers that be stopped gambling at the clubs they could no longer afford to pay for quality turns and went by the wayside.

winsomeyen · Post by **winsomeyen** » Mon Feb 27, 2017 9:21 pm

I wish I could spell Cabaret

Vino blanco · Post by **Vino blanco** » Mon Feb 27, 2017 9:23 pm

The Coliseum in Rosegrove became the Cabaret Club. I used to work there as a waiter in the Summer months, when I was at Uni. That would have been in the late 60s. The owner was a guy called Brian Tatersall, who bought a flash, white convertible American car, which had been used in an early Bond film. It used to be parked outside the club regularly.
I think the Pentridge did become the Embassy before becoming the Circ. I ended up down the Circ the night of the famous one apiece draw with Preston, which got us promoted. There used to be pub opposite the Pentridge called, I think, the Bee Hive.
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bfccrazy · Post by **bfccrazy** » Mon Feb 27, 2017 9:47 pm

Just mentioned this to my old man and he had his 2 shillings to stick in.

Tivoli - on Colne Rd (used to play asian films on a Sunday)

The Grand - Centre of Nelson

The Empress - near DW/JJB in town which then became a bingo hall. He watched the last film shown in there he says starring Tommy Steele and was titled "Half a Sixpence".

The Odeon - Where TK Maxx/Staples is - He says they brought the car from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang there and he got to see it.

Picture House - Rawtenstall "I watched loads of films in there skiving school"

........ He's mentioned loads but most if not all have been mentioned already on here.

longsidetrumpet · Post by **longsidetrumpet** » Mon Feb 27, 2017 11:27 pm

There was one called the Continental up Duke Bar which specialised in films with saucy titles but (I am told as I, ahem, never went) that was about as saucy as they got

Clarets4me · Post by **Clarets4me** » Mon Feb 27, 2017 11:44 pm

I remember taking an early girlfriend to see " The Elephant Man " at Unit4, Brierfield.. The 4th screen always seemed to be showing heavily edited and censored " Gentleman's Interest " films, such as " The Devil in Miss Jones " & other such titles...

minnieclaret · Post by **minnieclaret** » Mon Feb 27, 2017 11:49 pm

Was the former bingo hall opposite Rockys new fire stn previously a cinema?
Hassys became a bingo hall before a store.

Lord Beamish · Post by **Lord Beamish** » Tue Feb 28, 2017 12:30 am

What was the name of the one on the corner of Shale St and Redruth St, just off Pendle Way?

green_parrot · Post by **green_parrot** » Tue Feb 28, 2017 12:43 am

It was the Imperial Picture House.

mrhungryone · Post by **mrhungryone** » Tue Feb 28, 2017 12:44 am

Was thinking empress... But it isn't became a bingo hall ???

9thMay1987 · Post by **9thMay1987** » Tue Feb 28, 2017 11:36 am

Savoy Colne, Saturday afternoon at flicks, 6p downstairs, 9p upstairs, fights everywhere.

Lord Beamish · Post by **Lord Beamish** » Tue Feb 28, 2017 11:41 am

green_parrot wrote:It was the Imperial Picture House.

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Thanks, Green_Parrot.

Ribble Claret · Post by **Ribble Claret** » Tue Feb 28, 2017 12:31 pm

Always remember my dad telling me, that there used to be loads of cinemas in Burnley and that they all began eith the letter T.
Obviously as a child this used to puzzle me, until he explained.
"Well there we Tivoli, t'imperial, t'empress, t'empire.......etc.

Unfortunately he passed away several years ago, but still miss him being daft.

ClaretTony · Post by **ClaretTony** » Tue Feb 28, 2017 1:55 pm

My dad used to be able to rhyme them all off, and there were so many of them years ago.

Are those pics of the Imperial as it is today? I used to have a great auntie & uncle lived on Shale Street.

Im_not_Robbie_Blake · Post by **Im_not_Robbie_Blake** » Tue Feb 28, 2017 2:21 pm

The Nuvic in Settle - now the Co-op.