Compo 10,328 Posted July 4, 2019 Report Share Posted July 4, 2019 Does anyone know anything about the King's cinema on Front Street? According to a website I saw, the cinema was closed in 1947 and demolished in 1956. However, I clearly recall going up the steps and into a Woollworth's store on the site up until the late 50s or early 60s. Am I worng and I am remembering a time before '56? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
sue B 48 1,226 Posted July 4, 2019 Report Share Posted July 4, 2019 Woollies was defiantly there in the early 60s Compo, I also remember walking up the steps. Can't remember much after that. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,466 Posted July 4, 2019 Report Share Posted July 4, 2019 A quick look through a couple of 'Old Arnold' books produced two references. One said "...this picture house opened in 1915 and lasted until the early 1960s" and the other said "...opened in 1912, it later became a dance hall and then a shop before demolition..." 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DaveN 1,118 Posted July 5, 2019 Report Share Posted July 5, 2019 A book I've got about Nottingham cinemas says it was aka Empress, it had 800 seats, opened in May 1913, became Kings in 1934 and closed December 1947. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Stuart.C 491 Posted July 5, 2019 Report Share Posted July 5, 2019 Definitely Woolies after 1955, when I moved to Arnold, untill they moved across the road into what is now Iceland. References on here to Empress; https://wooliesbuildings.wordpress.com/2019/04/26/arnold-store-313/ Just found this, it was Empress, then Kings then Empress agin; http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/57126 But it says demolished 1956 which is clearly wrong,? those steps look remarkably like Woolies old ones. Picture here labelled as Kings. Small building next door I remember as Rowbottoms Butcher, then Cross Keys pub, still there today up to the corner of Ravenswood. http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/57126/photos/241483 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,466 Posted July 5, 2019 Report Share Posted July 5, 2019 Going off at a tangent, the Woolworth's link in Stuart C's previous post is interesting. It lists more than 300 branches of Woolies, but doesn't mention the one which was closest to me as a kid, the branch on Southchurch Drive, Clifton. And there's a Woolworth thread on here...... https://nottstalgia.com/forums/topic/9475-how-many-woolworths/ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,160 Posted July 5, 2019 Report Share Posted July 5, 2019 Sure I remember that one cliff ton,,when i worked at the Savemore on Southchurch,,in the 60s,, Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,466 Posted July 5, 2019 Report Share Posted July 5, 2019 I should've guessed you'd been there ! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,160 Posted July 5, 2019 Report Share Posted July 5, 2019 Nice girl was Beryl lived on Surgeys avenue,,liked a run out for a drink,,at the Sun inn Gotham City,, Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.