Now I like it when you get a chance to get a look inside a cinema which closed its doors ages ago.
It’s that mix of getting to see what has been hidden from view, with the chance of discovering a cinematic gem.
I have never been to the Palace Cinema in Conway, but lots of people will have, and will remember with fondness sitting in the darkened auditorium watching a film or playing Bingo.
So, this is for all those who on a wet Monday afternoon in Conway spent a few hours in the company of Ginger Rogers, and James Bond or despaired as Mrs. Trellis got a full bingo card for the third time, before anyone else.
The place has featured on the blog, which included one of Any Robertson’s pictures, and a bit of its history.*
It opened in 1936, closed in the 1980s and for a while doubled as a Bingo Hall before going dark in 2012.
And yesterday Andy sent over a collection of new pictures, this time of the interior, taken by his sister in law.
I await the full story of how she got in and what if any plans there are for the cinema.
Leaving me just to reflect on the faded glory of the Palace, and a link to another short history of the place, which offers up some snippets on the buildings which wee lost wen the picture house was built.**
Location; Conway,
Pictures; inside the Palace Cinema, Conway, courtesy of Gwen Roberts and Eunice Long
*A little bit of cinema history …….. in Conway, where they do it well, https://chorltonhistory.blogspot.com/2019/11/a-little-bit-of-cinema-history-in.html
**Former Palace Cinema, Conwy, https://historypoints.org/index.php?page=former-palace-cinema-conwy
I have never been to the Palace Cinema in Conway, but lots of people will have, and will remember with fondness sitting in the darkened auditorium watching a film or playing Bingo.
So, this is for all those who on a wet Monday afternoon in Conway spent a few hours in the company of Ginger Rogers, and James Bond or despaired as Mrs. Trellis got a full bingo card for the third time, before anyone else.
It opened in 1936, closed in the 1980s and for a while doubled as a Bingo Hall before going dark in 2012.
And yesterday Andy sent over a collection of new pictures, this time of the interior, taken by his sister in law.
I await the full story of how she got in and what if any plans there are for the cinema.
Leaving me just to reflect on the faded glory of the Palace, and a link to another short history of the place, which offers up some snippets on the buildings which wee lost wen the picture house was built.**
Location; Conway,
Pictures; inside the Palace Cinema, Conway, courtesy of Gwen Roberts and Eunice Long
**Former Palace Cinema, Conwy, https://historypoints.org/index.php?page=former-palace-cinema-conwy
Thanks for the memory I must have seen at least 1 film in this cinema in the late 1960's, unfortunately I can't be sure which one
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