This was our first purpose-built cinema which was opened in 1914, in what had once been part of the large garden owned by the Holt family.
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| The Palais De Luxe cinema, circa 1928 |
Mr Ireland had studios in Manchester, lived briefly on High Lane in what is now the Buddhist Centre before removing to a large mansion on the corner of Edge Lane and Kingshill Road.
And the cinema, along with Mr. Ireland and the Holt’s often feature on the blog and yesterday I followed Charles Ireland and snapped a series of pictures of the former cinema being demolished and posted onto social media with the caption “Goodbye, cinema, repair shop and supermarket ... you served us well”.
It followed on from an earlier blog story, Goodbye Hanbury’s …. the Palais de Luxe .... and .... 408 Barlow Moor Road .... heaps of Chorlton change.*
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| Shopping at Hanburys, circa 1988 |
I expected memories of the Palaise de Luxe, Radio Rentals and the supermarket Hanbury’s which occupied the Picture House after the cinema went dark.
I reasoned there might even have been the odd memory from those who remembered it when it was a Tesco.
What tumbled from the comments was a series of observations about the proposed new development. Some were speculation about what might be built with others perhaps having done their homework becoming quite irate about more apartments in Chorlton.**
Now as someone who washed up here in 1976, I have no problem with “newcomers”, after all, historically Chorlton has always been a go to place since the early 19th century through to the great building boom of the 1880s into the 1900s, and again in the 1970s onwards.
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| Goodbye, cinema, repair shop and supermarket, 2023 |
Added to which despite the environmental issues most do not offer sufficient car park spaces which inevitably will mean a squeeze on street parking.
One development I recall argued in its planning application that because this was Chorlton the new residents would relinquish the car for the bike and public transport.
All of which reads well and ticks the box of environmental concerns but is not always realistic.
So there you are, stories don’t always go as planned, and a fresh debate on housing provision has burst forth
Location Barlow Moor Road
Pictures; the Palais De Luxe cinema, circa 1928, Charles Ireland, GD10-07-04-6-13-01 courtesy of East Dunbartonshire Archives, Hanburys shopping bag, courtesy of Catherine Brownhill, “Goodbye, cinema, repair shop and supermarket ... you served us well”, 2023, from the collection of Andrew Simpson
*Goodbye Hanbury’s …. the Palais de Luxe .... and .... 408 Barlow Moor Road .... heaps of Chorlton change, https://chorltonhistory.blogspot.com/2023/08/goodbye-hanburys-palais-de-luxe-and-408.html
**097667/FO/2011/S1, Erection of a part 3/part four storey building to form a commercial use on the ground floor and 13 self-contained flats above, with associated car parking (5 spaces) and cycle storage, following demolition of existing property, Manchester City Council Planning Portal, https://pa.manchester.gov.uk/online-applications/applicationDetails.do?keyVal=LTKO3CBC06N00&activeTab=summary
Did it become a night club in later years?
ReplyDeleteNo had various uses including supermarkets.
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