Report - Durham Palladium - April 2014

[The Stig]

Visited with Auntie Knickers, Skapunkmetalskater. This place has been on my "todo" list for some time now, and boy, she was a proper gem of a building and didnt let us down at all, well apart from when Skapunkmetalskater almost went though the upper floor and had a brown trousers moment

History
The Palladium Cinema opened on 18th March 1929 with Alice Terry in “Garden of Allahâ€￾. Seating was provided in stalls and circle levels It was the first cinema in Durham licenced to operate on Sundays. On Sundays they were restricted to one evening performance and the programme had to be approved by both the Chief Constable and the Bishop of Durham.

The Palladium Cinema was damaged by a fire on 16th January 1934. It was refurbished and re-opened on 5th March 1934 with Leslie Henson in “It’s A Boyâ€￾.

ThePalladium Cinema was refurbished in late-1967, re-opening with “The Bible-In the Beginningâ€￾. The cinema closed in 1976 and operated as a Bingo Hall until 1982 when it became a Church.

It has now stood empty since 2004

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[catbalou]

hasnt changed too much in 3 years by the looks of it... but the bingo machine seems to have disappeared
Thanks for posting that

 

[projectionman]

excellent pics there especially of the projection room many thanks for sharing

 

[host]

Cracking report...

 

[scrappy]

i loved it here when i went about 4 years ago, i thought it was going to collapse back then. glad its still standing and great shots of it!

 

[emilia]

wow the shots are really beautiful!!

 

[WildBoyz]

Does the power still work? Did back in 2012.

 

[H1971]

nice one, liking the chair and stair shot

 

[Linsy]

Can you say if its hard to get in

 

[The Stig]

Can you say if its hard to get in

I can say but I will get shoot and my nuts chewed off, if your interested drop me a message

 

[gaorirathore]

Thanks for share the post with us.

 

[slayaaaa]

That staircase shot tho... :3