This cinema closed in September 2004, paving the way for its imminent demolition. Of course, it will be razed to the ground with the kind of disrespect that comes from profiteering. I’m sure there was a conscious decision to look at the Odeon site and demolish it, to be replaced by yet another horrible breeze block set of apartments. A total feat of characterless engineering. I recall a cinema advertising campaign during 1984 at the Odeon called ‘This Is Cinema’. Well, that WAS cinema. Nice one Manchester … 75 years of history, consigned to the scrapheap. An utter disgrace. Let’s see if anyone remembers the heritage of the yuppie apartment block replacement in 2080, 75 years from now.
Salford Carlton, Cross Lane. As a child of the ‘70s, I have fond memories of watching my first movies there, from Star Wars to several Spielberg films. A lot of my formative memories and experiences of the cinema came from watching movies at the Salford Carlton. It closed in 1984 and was finally demolished in 1989. As it was being pulled down, a friend and I sneaked in through the demolition site and actually managed to have a look around this old cinema, which was quite an odd experience, uncovering several disused film reels and posters. They should never have pulled it down. How dare they wipe away a local treasure and replace it with a Toyota showroom?
This cinema closed in September 2004, paving the way for its imminent demolition. Of course, it will be razed to the ground with the kind of disrespect that comes from profiteering. I’m sure there was a conscious decision to look at the Odeon site and demolish it, to be replaced by yet another horrible breeze block set of apartments. A total feat of characterless engineering. I recall a cinema advertising campaign during 1984 at the Odeon called ‘This Is Cinema’. Well, that WAS cinema. Nice one Manchester … 75 years of history, consigned to the scrapheap. An utter disgrace. Let’s see if anyone remembers the heritage of the yuppie apartment block replacement in 2080, 75 years from now.
Salford Carlton, Cross Lane. As a child of the ‘70s, I have fond memories of watching my first movies there, from Star Wars to several Spielberg films. A lot of my formative memories and experiences of the cinema came from watching movies at the Salford Carlton. It closed in 1984 and was finally demolished in 1989. As it was being pulled down, a friend and I sneaked in through the demolition site and actually managed to have a look around this old cinema, which was quite an odd experience, uncovering several disused film reels and posters. They should never have pulled it down. How dare they wipe away a local treasure and replace it with a Toyota showroom?