Taken from the Aqueduct after the opening of the War Memorial gardens in 1920. The largfe builkding at the far end of the garden is the Empire Cinema. This later became a factory, a workshop, and was then demolished and replaced with appartments – Hailwood House.
Categories 2: Cinema
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View from Palmerston Street
Shows houses on Hazelhurst Drive, Memorial Gardens and former cinema building. Photograph taken by David Dewsbury of Bollington Civic Society History Group on Sunday 24 April 1983. see 150/1-38
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Empire Cinema Interior
This mayor may not be the Bollington Empire. The postcard is in the collection of Len Stubbs. Many of his cards are of Bollington but the collection does include cards of the Whaley Bridge Chapel area.
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Bollington Empire
In September 1939 there was news that the Empire cinema could open as it was in a safety zone. This image was used to show the films of the period.
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Bollington east from aqueduct
Shows the Empire cinema probably soon after construction. A Whitehurst photo number 20 in series
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Empire cinema
The Empire Cinema was the primary entertainment in Bollington for many decades. It stood where Hailwood House is today.
