Old cinemas of sheffield

[stpetre]

'Twas the Coliseum, Spider. Went there many times as a lad.

 

Twas indeed the 'Coli', Planned to go there on last film -anyone remember?- showing in November 1963, but Beatles were in town that night (City Hall I think) so went there. Third time I'd seen them that year in Sheffield too, altho' no one believes me!

[Texas]

Some great memories of the old cinemas. I'd completely forgotten about the Oxford, I think I went there once. And the Weston. I suppose everybody remembers that. In the 'Star', inside the front page, bottom left, there was a list of all the cinemas and what they were showing. You never saw the Weston in there. We used to go up Weston Park to the museum sometimes on a Sunday, and one time we walked back to Woodside thro' St Philips, down some street or other and there was the Weston cinema. One or two of us lads were surprised, we didn't know a cinema existed there. Somebody referred to it as a 'Bug Hut'. I don't remember it being on a corner though.

[sheilawragg1]

I remember the old cinema on Infirmary road, now a supermarket' I believe it was called the Roxy otherwise known as the flea pit. I worked there when it was turned into a Bingo hall and a bit of a casino where you could play Blackjack and roulette it was still a dive but I enjoyed it as it was not the job I was used to especially meeting some of the characters that went in there

[Kelvinlad]

I remember the old cinema on Infirmary road, now a supermarket' I believe it was called the Roxy otherwise known as the flea pit. I worked there when it was turned into a Bingo hall and a bit of a casino where you could play Blackjack and roulette it was still a dive but I enjoyed it as it was not the job I was used to especially meeting some of the characters that went in there

 

Do you mean the long demolished 'Roscoe'?

[Trevor A]

You've no idea how sad that makes me feel. She (and she was a she, just like the great ocean liners) was younger than me. Opened in 1961, what a short life. She had the most fantastic ceiling of any mid-twentieth century picture house. It looked a bit like the starship enterprise. And the screen!! Watching the curtains and the masking run out from the Pearl & Dean adverts (in wide screen) to to it's full width to show a 70mm feature was worth the ticket money by itself. Even better than watching a flick in cinemascope.

 

Modern multiplexes are but a mere imitation of the true cinematic experience.

 

I was brought up in Sheffield as my Dad was the manager of the ABC. The screen was the largest in Europe, in the late 60's, early 70's, and the auditorium seated 1200 people. I remember the queues were always massive, but it was great being able to walk past them and get some of the best seats available. Also helped out for a bit of pocket money at Saturday Morning Pictures and Tufty Club. My father (a WW2 veteran, in the Battle of Britain) passed away in 2005. My mother is still with us living in a residential home in North Notts, very near to me.

[jaffa1]

I remember the old cinema on Infirmary road, now a supermarket' I believe it was called the Roxy otherwise known as the flea pit. I worked there when it was turned into a Bingo hall and a bit of a casino where you could play Blackjack and roulette it was still a dive but I enjoyed it as it was not the job I was used to especially meeting some of the characters that went in there

There's never been a Roxy on Infirmary Road that changed to a supermarket

The Roscoe was demolish many years ago ,that went from being a cinema to a bingo hall. Then there were the Unity on Langsett road long gone.

[Janner]

In the late 30's & early 40's I used to go to the Saturday matinee at the Paragon at Firth Park , entrance 2d I think.

[Gdshef60]

I used to go to the pictures on barnsley road just down the hill from lane top. Saturday afternoon matinee, Zorro! Can't remember what it was called at the time,but it later became the capital. Does anybody remember?

[Elmambo]

There's never been a Roxy on Infirmary Road that changed to a supermarket

The Roscoe was demolish many years ago ,that went from being a cinema to a bingo hall. Then there were the Unity on Langsett road long gone.

 

The Roxy was at Page Hall, I think you mean the Roscoe

[jaffa1]

The Roxy was at Page Hall, I think you mean the Roscoe

That is exactly what I have just said in answer to " sheilawragg1" if you read the post correctly.