Now it is always a joy to open an email from Andy Robertson whose quest for recording our history knows no bounds, and is limited only by where his bus pass will take him.
And so here after a tram ride on a wet grey March day Andy offered up this grand old relic of the cinema age.
It is the Art Picture House on Haymarket Street in Bury.
It was built in 1922 on the site of a theatre which had originally Baptist Chapel which was then converted into a warehouse.*
Today it is a Wetherspoons, all of which makes for a rich and varied
history which has been researched by the Theatre Trust.*
And the more I look at it there are distinct similarities with the that cinema on Oxford Road, once known to many as "Studios one to a million."
There is more, but for that you will have to read their blog and go up to Bury following in the tramstops of Andy Robertson.
Picture; the Art Theatre, Bury, 2015 from the collection of Andy Robertson
*The Theatres Trust Theatres Database,
http://www.theatrestrust.org.uk/resources/theatres/show/2233-art-picture-house
It is the Art Picture House on Haymarket Street in Bury.
It was built in 1922 on the site of a theatre which had originally Baptist Chapel which was then converted into a warehouse.*
Today it is a Wetherspoons, all of which makes for a rich and varied
And the more I look at it there are distinct similarities with the that cinema on Oxford Road, once known to many as "Studios one to a million."
There is more, but for that you will have to read their blog and go up to Bury following in the tramstops of Andy Robertson.
Picture; the Art Theatre, Bury, 2015 from the collection of Andy Robertson
*The Theatres Trust Theatres Database,
http://www.theatrestrust.org.uk/resources/theatres/show/2233-art-picture-house
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