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Hebden Bridge Picture House - BIM00103
Opened in 1921.
The History of Cinema-going in the Upper Calder Valley
ONCE there were six cinemas in the Upper Calder Valley. Now there’s just one - the Picture House in Hebden Bridge.
Not all were purpose-built (shows were held in venues…
The History of Cinema-going in the Upper Calder Valley
ONCE there were six cinemas in the Upper Calder Valley. Now there’s just one - the Picture House in Hebden Bridge.
Not all were purpose-built (shows were held in venues…
Hebden Bridge Movies - ALC00322
The Royal Electric Theatre' on New Road opened in 1913 on what is now the Memorial Gardens. It ceased as a cinema June 24th 1921 when the present day Picture House opened.
Hebden Bridge - General View - ALC00412
Date unknown but probably late 1940s/early 1950s as the first steel pre-fabricated houses at Dodnaze on Wadsworth Lane can be seen. Central Street and Riverside Schools feature prominently
Halifax Electric Cinema - KST00802
Huddersfield Road
Gold work - ATC00111
The old ABC cinema in Halifax still has its amazing ceiling decor in place
Burnley Road, Todmorden - CRN00352
With Whirlaw in the background and the former cinema on the left
Broad Street, Halifax, 1964. - CBC06217
This is a view up Broad Street. The then new bowling alley was later converted into a supermarket and has since been demolished. The bowling alley was opened in February 1964 by Coronation Street star Pat Phoenix who played Elsie Tanner. The large…