How cinemas have played a part in Burton's history - Derbyshire Live

Once, the town boasted at least eight picture houses

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Over the years, film has played an important role in the lives of Burtonists.

Townsfolk has been able to watch some of the biggest movie stars on the screen in front of their house.

At one time, the town had at least eight cinemas, and everyone was likely to show another movie.

Although we have already bid farewell to electric cinemas, cinemas like Picturedome and Derby Turn Picture Palace, we still have the Cineworld cinema in Burton city centre and the red carpet cinema in Barton Pier.

People in the town will miss the old "picture house" for various reasons, including many people who are there for the first time.

Of course, one of the most famous cinemas is the Ritz Hotel, also known as Odeon and

It was closed in 2000 to make way for Cineworld in Middleway Park near Guild Street.

Who can remember a few small shops on Odeon Street, where eager children would stock penny bits and then spend these pictures on Saturday morning?

We visited some movie theaters in and around Burton. Please let us know your memories in the comments below.

Electric was specially built on the Empire Tea Store site, with 750 velvet dump-style seats and a tea room. It was owned by the National Electric Theater and was eventually taken over by Gaumont.

The Electronic Theater opened in "Betty's Lost" on October 25, 1910.

In 1928, it was taken over by the Gaumont British Theatre Chain Group and closed to rebuild the auditorium.

It reopened on September 10, 1928, and its seating capacity increased by 1,025, which was later increased to 1,050 by 1941.

The cinema even has a cafe for you to spend a good evening.

In 1929, the first walkie-talkie photo in a sound film was "King of the Khyber Rifle".

The cinema, like all cinemas, was closed for a few days after the outbreak of the Second World War in 1939, but soon reopened, starring Basil Rathbone’s Sherlock Holmes (Sherlock Holmes) Special screening.

It was renamed Gaumont on November 28, 1949, and closed on May 29, 1956. The building now houses a casino.

But did you know that the film history of the town can be traced back to 1900 due to the little-known comfort corner of Station Street?

It once represented roughly the status of Burton menswear today.

It existed until at least 1907, but it is believed to have closed in 1910 because it did not comply with new regulations to regulate such buildings.

The cinema opened on Curzon Street in 1913. You could have spent 2D, 3D, 6D or 1s watching old movies.

In 1920, the organ of the London church was even installed there.

The building was replaced by a high-level building in 1931.

The cinema was acquired by Odeon Theaters Ltd. in 1955.

At the time it had 1,599 seats. On July 16, 1956, it was renamed Odeon, when it had 1,296 seats.

The Odeon Theater closed on June 5, 1965. The building became the top club for bingo games and later became the top club for bingo games in Mecca.

The club closed around December 2003. Now, an apartment occupies the site.

Next is the Anglesey Picture House, which is located at the same location as the Anglesy Hall of the Friars Walk and is part of the complex built by the YMCA .

Around 1907 or 1908, movie screenings were released, but when the nearby Electric Cinema opened in 1910, Anglesey began to perform live performances, and the concert hall only showed occasional movies.

However, the license has been retained. In 1924, the Angersey Studio was advertised as being under new management.

Gaumont, the owner of the electric company, next to the Andressey Passage, may have taken away the tenant or persuaded the YMCA to terminate the lease, because Anglesey later switched to live performances and danced Into the 1930s.

Derby Turn Picture Palace (Derby Turn Picture Palace), also known as the Regent, existed in the form of a cinema at the junction of Dallow Street and Horninglow Road from 1920 to 1939 .

The Mirror Palace of Derby opened on November 17, 1920 and has 900 seats.

It displayed its first walkie-talkie "The Innocents of Paris" on July 28, 1930.

In 1932, the cinema was sold to the opposition company Burton-on-Trent Picturedrome Company, which renamed it Regent Cinemas.

The cinema was closed as a cinema shop by the government in 1940. After the war, it became a post office.

It was later turned into a bingo hall for bingo games. The bingo hall was closed around 2005. The building was used by the Church of the Christian International Ministry until November 2008 when the building was destroyed by fire.

A store was subsequently established on the site.

Originally, the building on Guild Street was originally the Opera House (also known as the Arena), which was acquired by Burton Picturedome Company in 1934 and reopened as the Ritz Hotel in 1935.

In 1937, it became Gaumont, then changed back to The Ritz, and then renamed Odeon in 1974 under the name of Odeon. Since then, the town’s first three-screen cinema has undergone a £60,000 reconstruction.

Odeon became Robins, which was later closed in 2000 to make way for the existing 1,700-seat Cineworld Cinema in Middleway Park near Guild Street, which created 70 jobs.

After a long period of closure, it later became a world cafeteria.

Cineworld, a nine-screen cinema built for this purpose, opened in October 2000 and is widely acclaimed. It was the first company to live in the newly built Middleway Park near Guihui Street.

It includes 1,700 seats.

It was officially opened by the then Mayor of East Staffordshire Peter Haynes and Burton Albion Football Club Manager Nigel Clough.

Kate and Ian Silverwood opened a two-screen movie theater in August 2013, and it has continued to grow and provide movies through a deal.

The Red Carpet Cinema is an independent cinema and cafe that focuses on smart mainstream and art movies at Barton Marina near Barton under Needwood.

After receiving support from the "Local Growth Fund", it created 32 jobs.

After being refused financing by mainstream lenders, the couple turned to the Greater Birmingham and Solihull Local Business Cooperation through the East Staffordshire Borough Council.

The fund exists to initiate development projects that have stalled due to financing difficulties.