Ladbroke Film Centre
Nottingham Road and Meadow Lane,
Derby,
DE21 6LZ
Nottingham Road and Meadow Lane,
Derby,
DE21 6LZ
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Some cinema history
Hi Woody; Thanks for the Herbie correction, I thought ‘Goes Back’ didn’t sound familiar (details were taken from Sam Winfield’s book ‘Dream Palaces of Derby’).
Yes you are correct that the building was called Cascades Bingo at some stage, this was before Top Rank Bingo, the last operators, who closed it down on 15th October 2000. According to my records, the building was demolished in March 2001. Prior to demolition, the disused building had been set on fire three times in December 2000.
I have posted the Majestic Super Cinema, Chaddesden and the Rex, Alvaston (my local for the first 21 years of my life when I lived in Derby) onto Cinema Treasures. More to come…..
Hi Ken, a correction – one of the closing films was “herbie goes bananas” the derby evening telegraphs witty headline was NOBODY GOES BANANAS AS CINEMA CLOSES. At some point in the late 80’s the building had a lot of money spent on it and the mini cinemas were removed and the whole building was opened up to bingo, I think at this point it was called Cascades Bingo.
It was only demolished a year ago to be replaced by a supermarket, a fate that had befallen its nearby competitor the Majestic – another terrific deco super cinema with a similar fin tower. Derby was very lucky to have some amazing cinema buildings, virtually all of which have now gone.
Interesting note – if you look at photos of the Gloria you can see that the brickwork above the deco grill is a lighter colour, this is where it received bomb damage in the war and a large curve of brickwork was replaced.