History
Originally opened on 15th November 1911 as the Hockley Picture House, it had 506 seats. It was re-built and enlarged & then re-opened as the New Palladium Cinema on 8th November 1922. The opening film was Isobel Elsom in "The Game of Life". The 3-storey building had a tiled mansard roof on top of its facade. Inside the auditorium, there was an elegant decorative scheme and seating was locating in stalls and circle levels. The projection box was located beneath the circle, above the rear stalls seating area. From 22nd October 1936, it was taken over by the Associated British Cinemas(ABC) chain, and was re-named Palladium Cinema. It continued to operate successfully as a cinema for many years. The Palladium Cinema was closed on 13th February 1965 with Gerald Hatray in "The Spy" and Francoise Arnoul in "Daggers Drawn"(A Couteaux Tires). It was then shortly used as a bingo club, which operated until closing in the late 70’s.
The Explore
So this place has been done well quite a few times before but id never done it so as i was in the area i thought id pop down and see if it was still doable.
Of course it was, so in i went.
Considering this place has been empty since the late 70s i would say its not doing to badly, Plenty of bird shit about but decaying rather nicely
The Pictures
Originally opened on 15th November 1911 as the Hockley Picture House, it had 506 seats. It was re-built and enlarged & then re-opened as the New Palladium Cinema on 8th November 1922. The opening film was Isobel Elsom in "The Game of Life". The 3-storey building had a tiled mansard roof on top of its facade. Inside the auditorium, there was an elegant decorative scheme and seating was locating in stalls and circle levels. The projection box was located beneath the circle, above the rear stalls seating area. From 22nd October 1936, it was taken over by the Associated British Cinemas(ABC) chain, and was re-named Palladium Cinema. It continued to operate successfully as a cinema for many years. The Palladium Cinema was closed on 13th February 1965 with Gerald Hatray in "The Spy" and Francoise Arnoul in "Daggers Drawn"(A Couteaux Tires). It was then shortly used as a bingo club, which operated until closing in the late 70’s.
The Explore
So this place has been done well quite a few times before but id never done it so as i was in the area i thought id pop down and see if it was still doable.
Of course it was, so in i went.
Considering this place has been empty since the late 70s i would say its not doing to badly, Plenty of bird shit about but decaying rather nicely
The Pictures
. Yes it's not doing to bad at all really. I wouldn't even consider it to be dangerous yet
