CITY OF CHESTER (Chester in General)

Member Name: DAVELL

Product:	Chester in General
Date:	06/12/08 (20 review reads)
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Advantages: EXTRA INFO ON CHESTER'S HISTORY

Disadvantages: NONE

Chester in General is a good article but there are mistakes. The Music Hall cinema wasn't in Brook Street, it was in Werberg Street. It didn't go over to bingo. The author is mixing it up with the Majestic, which was in Brook Street. Bingo was transferred from there in 1970, due to road widening in Hoole. After closing as a cinema the Music Hall became a Lipton supermarket. Today it is a Superdrug store. The Majestic's auditorium was demolished to make way for the road widening.
Matt mentions two cinemas but not the rest and the theatre that was on City Road. Other cinemas were the Picturedrome (1909), the Glynn (1911), Odeon (1936), the Regal (1937), the Tatler/Classic (1936), the Gaumont Palace (1931), the Pat Collins Cinema Deluxe/ Majestic (1921) and the Park in Saltney (1923). The Music Hall had been the Theatre Royal. In City Road stood the Royalty theatre, which opened in 1882 with the pantomime Alladin. By coincidence the last pantomime was also Alladin. The building was demolished in 2002

Summary: Updated review on Chester piece