Co-Operative Cinema De Luxe

Philip Picturedrome on February 5, 2021 at 3:57 am

By 19th February 1910 Hamilton and Hughes said they had carried on a “variety entertainment and cinematograph show” at the Co-op hall in Widnes “for the last twelve months”, and wanted to renew their licence which had first been granted in 1906. Robert Hamilton said he had 12 years’ experience “of some of the best music halls in the country”, but the Co-op Hall would not be “a music hall performance”.

The licence was granted on the condition the gallery was closed.

Hamilton and Hughes created Cheshire County Cinemas in 1922.