Cinemas

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Title

Cinemas

Subject

Cinemas in Marple and District.

Description

Folder containing items relating to Cinemas in Marple.

Creator

Data Protection Checked/Update : June 2021 : JC

Date

Edited SR : Jan 2023

Identifier

CIN/01

Collection Items

Last Booking ticket for the Gem Cinema : 1931
Photocopies of the last ticket for the Gem Cinema, stamped August 1931 and with "Final Performance" handwritten across top. Also information card mentioning Gem Cinema demolished and Marple Metal Works erected on site. Photograph included states the…

Notes and memories of Regent Cinema with two programmes
Handwritten draft and typed copy of information on the Regent Cinema from 1968 - 69 when closed: refusal by Council for application for change of use to bingo hall; the withdrawal of the proposed compulsory purchase order by the Council; other…

History Project on The Regent Cinema : Kate Phillips : 1990's
Photocopy of handwritten project entitled History Around us : Site Investigation : The The Regent Cinema by Kate Phillips, 1990's from Marple Hall School.Comprehensive history of the building, and its changing use from Union Rooms to cinema…

Newspaper cutting re Future of Cinema : 1965
Newspaper article from the North Cheshire Herald dated 17.1.65 heading "Marple needs Civic Centre and not Bingo" giving information on the future of the cinema and the council's plan to take it over.

Photographs of Cinema/Union Rooms
Photographs of Regent Cinema / Union Rooms.
1. Black & White Photograph and two photocopies of Union Rooms, Stockport Road 1895 which were built in 1878.
2. 2003 colour photograph showing building and architectural features.
3. Photograph of Union…

Compulsory Purchase Order : Regent Cinema : 1996
Partial photocopy of draft of Compulsory Purchase Order (CPO) 1969 of Regent Cinema, Marple.Photocopies of correspondence( 5 May 1969 and 18 Jun 1969) from Marple Urban District Council 1969 with reference to the Compulsory Purchase Order to be…

Newspaper references to the Union Rooms 1881 - 1908
Three pages of handwritten notes giving details of articles from Stockport Advertiser relating to events held at the Union Rooms from 1881 - 1908 from several newspapers.Events recorded included a garden party held by the Carver family (1904);…

Newspaper /Magazine Articles : Regent Cinema
Newspaper cutting from The Review Spring 2002 headlined "David 'Star' of the Regent" on David Lillis Proprietor. Includes brief history of cinema, information about film distribution/costs and occasional mishaps with film reels.Single page magazine…

The Regent Cinema : Magazine Articles
Two page article showing a photograph of the Regent Cinema, Marple in 1986, from unknown publication under the headline "Marple" giving a brief history of The Regent Cinema.Includes mention of first Marple film hall in 1911 at Shepley Hall ( now…

Material relating to Regent Cinema Projectionist : E Arnfield
Two laminated documents relating to the Regent Cinema from E Arnfield the Chief Projectionist.
a. Authorisation letter on headed memo paper dated from 1940 certifying Edwin Arnfield has full charge of the cinema.
b. Handwritten diagram and letter…

Photograph of One Penny Token : Union Coffee Tavern
Photograph of a token "good for one penny 169" on one side and Union Coffee Tavern Marple on reverse with a 20pence piece to show scale.

Original token stored in Artefacts Box 2 : Shelf 03/18
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