IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Wood View, MANCHESTER, M22 4GD
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to Wood View, M22 4GD by members of the Geograph project.
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Image Map
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Image Listing (29 Images Found)
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The Assembly Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses
The Assembly Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses on Palatine Road, Northenden is the largest Jehovah's Witness Kingdom Hall in the area.
The building was originally the Forum Cinema which opened on 22nd November 1934, and was a project of the independent Forum Cinema Company.
The building is designed in a stylish "Jazz Modern" Art Deco style and has seating in stalls and circle. It was equipped with a Wurlitzer 3Manual/8Rank theatre organ which was opened by organist Kevin Buckley. The Wurlitzer had originally been installed in the Cameo Theatre, Cleveland, Ohio, USA. It also had a fully equipped stage and large stage house and dressing rooms, which in the early years hosted an annual pantomime. There was also a ballroom and a cafe for the convenience of its patrons.
From 15th April 1936 the Forum was taken over by Associated British Cinemas (ABC) and they operated it for the remainder of its cinematic life. It was re-named ABC in February 1964 and was advertised as the ABC Wythenshawe. The ABC closed on 23rd February 1974 with Bruce Lee in "Fist of Fury". http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/22563 (Cinema Treasures)
The building was used for several years as a live theatre, known as the Forum Theatre. It was taken over and became an Assembly Hall for the Jehovah’s Witnesses in 1976. It is a Grade II Listed building http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-485461-assembly-hall-of-jehovahs-witnesses-
Image: © Gerald England
Taken: 21 May 2014
0.09 miles
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Assembly Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses, Northenden
The Assembly Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses on Palatine Road, Northenden is the largest Jehovah's Witness Kingdom Hall in the area. The building dates from the 1930s and was originally a cinema called The Forum.
Image: © David Dixon
Taken: 27 Sep 2011
0.09 miles
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Jehovah's Witness Assembly Hall, Northenden
Originally this building was the ABC Forum Cinema on Palatine Road, Northenden and it opened in 1934. It had a Wurlitzer organ and could also put on stage shows.
Since 1976 it has become the Assembly Hall for Jehovah's Witnesses.
Image: © Eirian Evans
Taken: 23 Apr 2009
0.09 miles
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Was this house once "Avago"
If my memory serves me correctly, the right-hand house of this pair was in the 1950s the home of Wilfred Pickles. He had a successful radio programme "Avago" (Have a Go!) at that time. I visited this spot recently after nearly 50 years and it was hard to identify. I do recall in the late sixties that it had become "47". The only evidence I can find of the original house is on an old Pathe News clip at: http://www.britishpathe.com/video/stills/behind-the-voice-the-man-with-a-20-000-000-audienc
Image: © John Rostron
Taken: 6 Sep 2012
0.12 miles
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Airport Hotel, Northenden
Conveniently situated near Princess Parkway.
Image: © Eirian Evans
Taken: 23 Apr 2009
0.13 miles
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Britannia Airport Hotel, Northenden
The Britannia Airport Hotel on Palatine Road, Northenden.
Image: © David Dixon
Taken: 27 Sep 2011
0.13 miles
