Grand Cinema

dizzydevil on August 17, 2023 at 8:14 am

I was lucky enough to visit the grand when it was a Bingo hall in the Late 80s early 90s when i worked for Coral then gala bingo on what they called Seaside Jamboriees …basicaly they were trips to thier seaside clubs shuch as southport, Blackpool ( regent and coral Island) etc from other clubs ( iworked at the ashton under lyne club that used to be the old Pavillion cinema ,still standing luckily as a furniture shop … was bought for that when we left in 1999…but sadly they ripped out a lot of stuff there balcony and plaster work still intact but projection rooms etc have gone) I’m not sure what bingo company owned the grand before (could have been Granada as coral / gala tooK thier bingo clubs over around the same time as i worked for them! loved visiting the old cinema bingo halls back then as Gala in the mid to late 90s started a new build program .Im glad the grand is still standing and has recently took on a new lease of life as the grand Brasseire as of 2022 /2023

Philip Picturedrome on May 15, 2016 at 5:19 am

Best of Luck. I suppose you know it’s a Listed Building? But then, so were the Palace/ABC, and the Palladium/Odeon, but they were demolished. Have you contacted the CTA and English Heritage, and the local press?

madorganplayer on February 4, 2012 at 9:17 am

The 2nd grand Compton was removed in the 1990`s and reinstalled in a music room in Tarleton-about 7-8 miles outside Southport.Oddly enough ,the first Compton is now being installed in Hesketh Bank(previous at Chorley Town Hall)which is an adjoining Parish.so now both grand organs are now within a couple of miles of each other!

Ian on January 7, 2008 at 11:16 am

A photo of the Grand, as a bingo hall here:–

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