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Scholes Picture House, c1932.
Photo: Tom Atherton
Photo: Tom Atherton
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Item #: 1779
Item #: 1779
The picture house in Scholes, Wigan.
It is a copy of the original which is still in the possession of our famaily. it is dated about 1932 and was taken to celebrate the cinema being adapted for sound.
At the back is my grandfather Tom Atherton, grandmother Margaret, my father Tom who died in 1996, and my Aunts Monica who died in 1983 and Wyn who died in 1999.
It is a copy of the original which is still in the possession of our famaily. it is dated about 1932 and was taken to celebrate the cinema being adapted for sound.
At the back is my grandfather Tom Atherton, grandmother Margaret, my father Tom who died in 1996, and my Aunts Monica who died in 1983 and Wyn who died in 1999.
Comment by: Tom Walsh on 22nd January 2012 at 17:20
I went to The Scholes Picture House every Saturday afternoon ,Roy Rogers,Hop- along-Cassidy Three Stooges etc.,It was 3d. For the front stalls(wooden seats) 4p.for the back stalls(red upholstered seats) we alway went to the front to save 1d. An ice lolly cost 3d. O'Happy Days!.
Comment by: kathleen on 23rd March 2013 at 20:04
the last picture( film ) i saw there was mother riley, that was in august 1951
Comment by: Marcus on 9th April 2014 at 14:29
1932 ! Sorry to contradict Tom but according to this picture, the film showing at the time was "King of the Khyber Rifles" which (according to Wiki) starred Tyrone Power and Terry Moore but wasn't made until 1953 !
Comment by: RON HUNT on 9th April 2014 at 14:50
Yes that was a later release. THIS film was released in 1929
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