I visited The A.B.C cinema during the week for a little night time explore.
The cinema was opened on December 9th 1935, as the Regal and formed the centrepiece for the council’s redevelopment scheme in that part of Wakefield. Apart from film shows it also held stage performances. It became the ABC in the 1960s. The cinema closed as the Cannon in 1997, in the face of competition from the newly opened multiplex Cineworld.
Anyway the place is badly flooded with the cellar under 6' of water. We had to were wellies for this trip
I'm glad we hadn't just watched jaws!
This is the only way to the seated area. The water has a fine oil slick surface and is 12-18'' deep.
This sign is at least 23 years old as the half penny was taken out of circulation in 1984, A useless and short lived coin that was only in circulation for 13 years. There were few people sad to see the back of it.
On the other hand hillards was a small North of England supermarket chain taken over in 1987 by guess who??..Tescos of course!
The place was in total darkness so i lit this shot from the projectionists room with the big 5 mill candle torch.
Now showing... Close encounters of the third kind.
We climbed up into the roof space above the stage. The ladder leads onto the roof but you've got to be carefull as there's big gaps in it & one hell of a drop below :icon_evil
While the other guys got some arial shots up there i played around with the torches under the roof section as it was too bloody cold to go up there for long
It was well gone midnight and absolutely FREEEZZZING when we got out of there so we grabbed a few external shots and vanished into the night sharpish
The cinema was opened on December 9th 1935, as the Regal and formed the centrepiece for the council’s redevelopment scheme in that part of Wakefield. Apart from film shows it also held stage performances. It became the ABC in the 1960s. The cinema closed as the Cannon in 1997, in the face of competition from the newly opened multiplex Cineworld.
Anyway the place is badly flooded with the cellar under 6' of water. We had to were wellies for this trip
I'm glad we hadn't just watched jaws!
This is the only way to the seated area. The water has a fine oil slick surface and is 12-18'' deep.
This sign is at least 23 years old as the half penny was taken out of circulation in 1984, A useless and short lived coin that was only in circulation for 13 years. There were few people sad to see the back of it.
On the other hand hillards was a small North of England supermarket chain taken over in 1987 by guess who??..Tescos of course!
The place was in total darkness so i lit this shot from the projectionists room with the big 5 mill candle torch.
Now showing... Close encounters of the third kind.
We climbed up into the roof space above the stage. The ladder leads onto the roof but you've got to be carefull as there's big gaps in it & one hell of a drop below :icon_evil
While the other guys got some arial shots up there i played around with the torches under the roof section as it was too bloody cold to go up there for long
It was well gone midnight and absolutely FREEEZZZING when we got out of there so we grabbed a few external shots and vanished into the night sharpish
Really must get round to taking a trip out of Leicester and exploring a cinema one day. All the ones around here have been demolished or converted now 
