Scala Cinema
79 High Street,
Runcorn,
WA7 1AH
79 High Street,
Runcorn,
WA7 1AH
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The Palace was re-named Scala in 1919 in common with other Scalas in the Levy Circuit.
Alfred Levy was the managing director of Palace, Runcorn, Ltd., from the earliest days, certainly by 1915
The Scala opened on the 20th March 1913 with the film A Tale of Two Cities.
The Palace Cinema, Runcorn was completely new in 1913. The Ordnance Survey map, revised in 1905, shows the site to be empty. Another source (not repeated here) claims that there was a theatre (1897) on the site. Definitely wrong! That “Urban Myth” came from “Curtains” – one of many mistakes in that publication. There had been a Victorian theatre nearby, but that’s another story, and it wasn’t even on the same road.
As of May 2013 the Scala is gone, demolished possibly as long as six months ago. The site shows no signs of re-use and the empty space is fenced-off.
A photo when still operating as a bingo hall here:– SCALA RUNCORN
Found an early picture
Thanks for the photos woody.
interior photos from 28 days later, showing little remains due to huge holes in the roof
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photos here show how much remains of the original frontage
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