Derelict cinemas that Speed and I have not been in are rather thin on the ground these days, so after seeing Bovine's report of the forgotten upstairs of the Hippodrome I made some calls and got us a slim window to have a mooch whilst we were in the area piking up 500 1970's beer cans
The Hippodrome is an Edwardian theater which is now used as a bingo hall. The circle, plasterwork and foyer are pretty intact, and through a non descript door lies the projection and operating rooms which sit in a state of disuse and dereliction. We followed a staircase which would not be out of place in a building derelict for twenty years to find that much still remains including switch gear, rectifiers and piles of random stuff left over from the buildings days as a cinema.
The tea bar in the upper floors is also very beautiful, and sits below the cinema's old organ, now being kind of restored by the bingo hall's manager.
The Hippodrome is an Edwardian theater which is now used as a bingo hall. The circle, plasterwork and foyer are pretty intact, and through a non descript door lies the projection and operating rooms which sit in a state of disuse and dereliction. We followed a staircase which would not be out of place in a building derelict for twenty years to find that much still remains including switch gear, rectifiers and piles of random stuff left over from the buildings days as a cinema.
The tea bar in the upper floors is also very beautiful, and sits below the cinema's old organ, now being kind of restored by the bingo hall's manager.
