
Studios 1-2-3-4
120 Bolton Street,
Chorley,
PR7 3DX
120 Bolton Street,
Chorley,
PR7 3DX
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When The Plaza was tripled in 1970, my dad Jim Monks, a former projectionist at the cinema who sadly passed away at the beginning of 2024, documented the conversion work on 16mm film.
I’ve posted a short video showing some of this footage on Youtube, which can be seen here;
https://youtu.be/0_5LkSYfEXs
I’m working on a longer video about this cinema and will post an update here when that’s available.
The site is now a used car lot which incorporates the closed and converted, adjacent Eagle Hotel.
This was not twinned in 1970 but in fact tripled from the start. Studio 4 was then added by utilising the old restaurant space just off the circle foyer. It was the fastest conversion at the time with only 21 days elapsing from the Plaza closing to the Studios 1-2-3 opening. The building was demolished in 2012.
map placement is way out
The former Plaza/Studios building, photographed in November 2008:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/davel59/3004644515/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/davel59/3004645599/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/davel59/3005482672/