Notts Explorer 4 Posted May 11, 2016 Report Share Posted May 11, 2016 Hi guys I visited the site of the former Queens Cinema near Nottingham railway station today and took a couple of interior photos through a gap in the Arkwright Street frontage. I wonder if anyone in the know (e.g. anyone who actually saw a film there) could definitively confirm that the photos show the former cinema auditorium. It certainly looks like a cinema interior. You can see the photos via the following link (sorry, couldn't figure out how to paste them into this post): https://twitter.com/GorillaSpotting/status/730435209972330498 Thanks. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DaveN 1,118 Posted May 11, 2016 Report Share Posted May 11, 2016 Have a look at the link below - it might help! http://www.picturethepast.org.uk/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;NTGM012499&pos=2&action=zoom&id=63947 Here's a brief resume of the cinema Queens aka Midland Electric Picture Palace. Arkwright Street. 400 seats. Opened December 1911 – Closed June 1935 Reopened as “Queens” January 1936 – Closed January 1955 Demolished Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,467 Posted May 11, 2016 Report Share Posted May 11, 2016 I guess it must be the former cinema. I knew it used to have an entrance on Arkwright Street, but I hadn't realised it also went round onto Queen's Road. This map demonstrates the point. Arkwright St is the one coming up the centre. The pink building you show in your Twitter link (where you took the photos ?) isn't on Arkwright Street, it's on Queens Road. I remember this building as a motorbike showroom by the 60s-70s. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted May 11, 2016 Report Share Posted May 11, 2016 Nice one,thanks..never knew one existed. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
trevorthegasman 150 Posted May 12, 2016 Report Share Posted May 12, 2016 I can confirm the pink building was the cinema with the entrance around the corner,not happy about the JAN 1955 as the closing date because I remember going to see Clamity Jane there on the same night as the family set off for Hamburg in the early morning, train to Derby and onto Harwich to Hook of Holland that was 1955 but not in January,somethings you never forget...... Germany had won the world cup a year before we went...... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Notts Explorer 4 Posted May 12, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 12, 2016 Thanks chaps. Cliff Ton: you're right, of course - I took the photos through a gap in the Queens Road frontage, not Arkwright Street. My mistake. I got carried away in the excitement of the discovery! 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted May 14, 2016 Report Share Posted May 14, 2016 Nice Blog as well Notts Explorer, nice to see it included in your signature. I too never knew this was a Cinema, and came to Notts (Meadows) in 1963 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Notts Explorer 4 Posted May 15, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 15, 2016 Thanks mick2me. I only realised recently that it used to be a cinema. It may well have been a thread on this fine site that tipped me off. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,467 Posted May 16, 2016 Report Share Posted May 16, 2016 The only picture I can find of the place when it was still a cinema. It's the dark building with the arched door to the left of the tram. 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kendaldrac 40 Posted May 16, 2016 Report Share Posted May 16, 2016 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
trevorthegasman 150 Posted May 19, 2016 Report Share Posted May 19, 2016 Nice one I went there every Saturday morning with all the other kids for Hoppalong,Flash Gordon etc,I remember one christmas they gave us all 3d and an orange,gee I miss it all, no money but not a care in the world.... 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jasonxavier 0 Posted February 2, 2021 Report Share Posted February 2, 2021 Hello all, I'm selecting this abandoned building as one my case study. Wondering if anyone has more internal images of the cinema or even a rough floor plan of this cinema or even when it converted into other uses? Even a rough floor plan from any flyers about this building or desciptions from your memory will be helpful. Really appreciate this! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beekay 5,150 Posted February 2, 2021 Report Share Posted February 2, 2021 Jasonxavier, if you're still wanting a ground floor plan of Radford boulevard, I should be able to post you a copy tomorrow. Unfortunately got waylaid today. Are able to receive PMs, or will be OK on open thread? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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