Supplied by Anthony ‘Nan’ Morland
Carrie Dowling-Waite Sawatzky… Was this in London Road?
Alan Esdaile… Yes
Julian Deeprose… Magnificent building
Elaine Venables… Where abouts in London Road was this please?
Dave Weeks… Ocean House
Dave Weeks… Another great building lost
Lynda Whatley… Saturday minors !! Comes to my mind – Back in my childhood “good o’le days!
Mick Barrow… Lynda, Yes and me
Linda Gowans… Passed it many a time when we lived in Alexandra Road in the 1950s.
Jonathan Mendenhall… obviously a 1930’s Deco builing..no longer with us. Similar to the Dawn and Dorset Laundry..
Mick O’Dowd… My Mum & Dad used to frequent this establishment!
Richard Moore… The Town Hall in Ossett, Yorkshire was one of the first Town Hall installations in the UK, having been started in 1964. The Compton-Christie organ was built up from parts which were added to the five unit Compton from the Rialto cinema in Bebington. The piston relays and setter boards are from the Odeon, Swiss Cottage and Regal, St Leonards, the shutters are from the Fitton & Haley cinema organ in the Greengates Cinema Bradford. The console is from the New Victoria, London (being the only Compton console with three sweeps of stop-keys) and the platform on which it sits is from the Plaza, Chorley. The whole thing was put together by a team led by Frank Hare and Reg Mander and completed and officially opened on 4th January 1970.
Alan Esdaile… I’m pretty sure Reg Kennett said he play this and at other places, when the silent films were shown.
Malt Jones… Where Ocean house is now. Does anyone know when it was built? Great picture.