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02-04-2010, 07:37
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What did the building used to be?....
this may have already been discussed, sorry if it has
Was out with Jedi and my mate last Saturday and we where stood in the beer garden behind the Railway, i looked over the fence to the side of the pub and saw a really nice building that i'd never ever noticed before, it's the one further down than Max Taxi's, i think its at the end (and i don't mean the sex shop) i was on the phone at the time and my mate said he thinks it used to be a cinema place....why isn't this building used for something nice? it's beautiful from the outside, maybe an art gallery or some sort of heritage place.....it's such a shame for it to go to waste 
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02-04-2010, 07:44
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Re: What did the building used to be?....
thanx Mick, just found a pic of it that Less took in one of the comps, it says Picture Palace on it, it's a stunning building
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02-04-2010, 08:20
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Re: What did the building used to be?....
It is beautiful.
If you look up, past the shop facades, there are many exquisite building in Accrington. On Blackburn Road, facing the Market Hall and Town Hall, and next to the Regency, going towards the arcade entrance in Church Street, there are some beutifully detailed buildings.
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02-04-2010, 08:49
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Re: What did the building used to be?....
before it was teh flats it was broughtons tile place and teh cinema ceiling was still in tact including the star lights they used in the cinema.
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02-04-2010, 09:14
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Re: What did the building used to be?....
was actually 2 cinemas yon, "Princes" and the "Empire" next door,where that car park now is.
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02-04-2010, 10:39
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Re: What did the building used to be?....
Is this the end of the same building?
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Re: What did the building used to be?....
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Re: What did the building used to be?....
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 Worked the other round too .. Think these may have been in the Princess in the circle. Had a gallery also .. was built as a theatre originally, unlike the Empire which was purpose built as a cinema. |
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12-04-2010, 19:20
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Re: What did the building used to be?....
empire and princess picture places.
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12-04-2010, 21:17
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Re: What did the building used to be?....
What year did the old picture place burn down? About '64 or '65, I think. Maybe Retlaw can tell - he probably helped put the fire out - or not, as the case may be,
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