Cinema in Church
 

As an old lad of 77 who was born in Church, I have been trying to remember if there was ever a Cinema in Church? I can very vaguely remember the Queens Hall on Blackburn Road, but was that ever a Cinema and was it in Church or Accrington/ Can anyone help?

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I think it started off as a cinema, but when I first went there in the early 60s it was a cabaret club. It later became a bingo club and at present is a snooker club.

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Yes it was a cinema in the early fifties and it was called the Queens.

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I can remember it opening, but is it in Accy or Church, to be quite honest I just can't think where the boarder is. In the Phone directory its FC Snooker Blackburn Road Accrington:confused:

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The Queen's Hall Picture Palace was at No 1, Blackburn rd, the first building over the boundary. It became the Tudor cinema in the late 50s, then a bingo hall. There were no other pictures places until either Ossie, Clayton or Accy

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It is on the Church side of the border if the road sign 'Welcome to Accrington' is positioned right. That sign is between the club and the Oak Tree Inn

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and this one

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The Palladium is in Oswaldtwisle isn't it?

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It is..........there was one across the road called the Empire and was there another one in Rhyddings Street opposite what was Shopfitters?

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Hall Picture Palace was at No 1, Blackburn rd, the first building over the boundary. It became the Tudor cinema in the late 50s, then a bingo hall. There were no other pictures places until either Ossie, Clayton or Accy.

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Roy we are now showing our age to the world the picture house opposite shopfitters was called the Palace and what was shopfittere is now a doctors surgery .

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I was born and fetched up near there.
The building that once was Shopfitter's office was originally the Liberal Club.
The Palace was our regular Saturday evening venue - 1st house - 4 seats on middle of front row balcony - booked every week.
There are houses on the site now.

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Might be wrong bondi, but I think the docs surgary as now moved :confused:

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where to is it the new one down by fredrick street sorry if i was wrong i did know there was a new doctors there but did not know it was that one from rhyddings street.

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if you were born and bred in ossy i must know you depending on age please will you pm me we may have things to talk abou