Casino Cinema
164 Wilmslow Road,
Manchester,
M14 5LQ
164 Wilmslow Road,
Manchester,
M14 5LQ
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Following demolition, the site remains anything but ‘vacant’ as stated. Vacant of a building it may be, but sited as it is, directly opposite the stem of a very busy ’T' junction, it now earns more regular revenue than it ever did as a cinema. It is a prime advertising site, leased to the agency Classic Channel. It hosts two large hoardings, one of which is now a digital TV screen. Sadly, during 2016 it was allowed to become run-down due to lack of maintenance. That has since been addressed.
HI THE CINEMA WAS BUILT BY MISS ADA KENYON WHO ALSO BUILT THE ARDWICK CINEMA AND THE NEW ROYAL CINEMA SHE SOLD THEM ALL TO ABC FOR £250 000 BEN KANTER BUILT THE THREE RIVLOI CINEMAS IN CHORLTON COLYHURST AND GORTON THESE WERE LATER SOLD TO ESSOLDO YOURS CINEMA HOG
ABC: Associated British Cinemas were the best cinema chain and had the most distinctive Neon signs, indicating the cinema’s name across the center.
It was a shame when they dropped all of their names and went with just ABC where ever. Everything, today, seems to be just bland initials!
A vintage photograph of the Casino Cinema in March 1958 (playing the Odeon circuit release):
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