Andrew Simpson

This is Trafalgar Road in the spring of 1968 . It was taken by John King, and I am grateful that he has given me permission to use it, becau...

It is as they say … all in the detail, and it was the detail that drew me to the former Plaza Cinema on Witton Street in Northwich. My cinem...

Now, when Andy went to Atherton I knew among the pictures he took there would be stories. Palace Cinema, 2023 And so today from his photogra...

  I have fond memories of the Aaben Cinema in Hulme. Although I have to say my time there was pretty much limited to the late 1970s. By the ...

I suppose there will be few who now remember Tom Mix, Lillian Gish and a host of other silent movie stars. Few also, who will be able t...

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 wha...

One of the great bonuses of my friendship with Andy Robertson is the wonderful collection of pictures he has stored away in the collection....

I never went to the cinema in Gatley. I wasn’t born when it opened its doors as the Tatton Kinema, on October 14, 1937, with Dorothy La...