CTA Archive

Archive of the Cinema Theatre Association, recording the history of cinemas, cinema-going and the exhibition industry for the UK.

[CTA Archive @CTA_Archive]

Unidentified photo - We have many mysteries in the CTA_Archive including photographs we simply can't identify. Here is an example, an Odeon cinema foyer. Any suggestions?

[Foster Wilson Size @FosterWilsonArc]

We're delighted to see the launch of Trafalgar Theatre's major multi-million pound restoration project, reinstating the theatre interior to the original 1930’s Art Deco design, a recently completed Foster Wilson Size project.
#fosterwilsonsize #restoration https://t.co/0oVPofaDzx

[CTA Archive @CTA_Archive]

#EmpoweringArchives #IAW2021 #archive #cinematheatreassociation #uk #research #InternationalArchives #ExploreArchives #Archives @CTheatreAssoc

[CTA Archive @CTA_Archive]

After 52 years of temporary accommodation, in 2019 the CTA Archive moved to spacious premises in Southend on Sea, UK, offering a first-class service to researchers.
Details at the CTA website https://t.co/lgrCIyaHQl

[CTA Archive @CTA_Archive]

#EmpoweringArchives #IAW2021 #archive #cinematheatreassociation #uk #research #InternationalArchives #ExploreArchives #Archives @CTheatreAssoc

[CTA Archive @CTA_Archive]

It’s International Archives Week! Founded in 1967, recently the CTA Archive moved to spacious premises in Southend on Sea, UK, offering a first-class service to researchers.
Details at https://t.co/lgrCIyaHQl

Take a walk through the new Archive here https://t.co/niVMGVflLU

[ℝ𝕚𝕡𝕡𝕖𝕣 @The_East_End]

The Old Ford Picture Palace - Originally built in 1910 , it was located at the junctions of Corner Street, St Stephens Road and Roman Road in Old Ford - it was renamed The Ritz in 1937, before succumbing to a fire which destroyed it in 1961... #eastend #history #Cinema

[Hyde Park Picture House @HydeParkPH]

Two weeks to go before work on the #PictureHouseProject begins, we’re busy sorting through an Aladdin’s cave of ‘stuff’ we’ve accumulated over the years.

From projection equipment to old brochures & posters, we’re keeping what’s important & finding new homes for everything else.

[Genesis Cinema @GenesisCinema]

This is what we found when we cracked those boarded up doors open back in 1997! To think that this stunning piece of architecture had been derelict for 10 years is insane. Lucky for us though 😍

[Bexley Archives @BexleyArchives]

#MapMonday Bellegrove House in 1890s was the home of the Turtle family of florists & it became the site of the Granada #cinema in #Welling which opened in 1938 - here shown in 1964 @LBofBexley @bexleymagazine

[Liverpool1207 @Liverpool1207]

The Forum Cinema on Lime Street opened in 1931. It closed on 29th January 1998, and sadly still lies empty, strewn with graffiti, and continues to deteriorate.
Lime Street needs this building to utilised.

[Liverpool1207 @Liverpool1207]

27th January 1930 - The Regal Cinema, Broadway, Norris Green, opens, the first cinema in Liverpool specially built for the talkies https://t.co/JKYf8Az9VI

[CTA Archive @CTA_Archive]

Happy Christmas from the Cinema Theatre Association Archive - a Christmas gem from the Archive, cinema not yet identified #ChristmasEveEve

[CTA Archive @CTA_Archive]

Happy Birthday, Abbeydale cinema, 387 Abbeydale Road, Sheffield. Opened 20 December 1920 - 100 today. Architect Pascal J Stienley (Dixon & Stienlet. Grade II listed. Photo from @CTA_Archive.

[CTA Archive @CTA_Archive]

Happy 85th Birthday - Regal Cinema Wells, Somerset. Opened 12 November 1935. Architect Ernest S Roberts. Grade II listed. Photo from the ⁦@CTA_Archive⁩

[CTA Archive @CTA_Archive]

Happy 85th Birthday - Regal Cinema Wells, Somerset. Opened 12 November 1935. Architect Ernest S Roberts. Grade II listed. Photo from the ⁦@CTA_Archive⁩

[CTA Archive @CTA_Archive]

Fantastic collection of photographs plans and drawings of Odeon cinemas from the 1930s has just been received - an exciting day at the Archive

[CTA Archive @CTA_Archive]

Fantastic collection of photographs plans and drawings of Odeon cinemas from the 1930s has just been received - an exciting day at the Archive

[Curzon Cinema & Arts @CurzonClevedon]

Restored, revamped & revealed. For the first time in 48 years, you can visit us from tomorrow and gaze up at the incredible detail on the tin-panelled roof, from your seat in the auditorium. We’re back, and we’re not doing it by halves. @empiremagazine @IntoFilmSW @FilmHubSW

[CTA Archive @CTA_Archive]

Happy 90th Birthday- Apollo/New Victoria, 17 Wilton Road, Victoria. Opened 15 October 1930. Architects Ernest Walmsley Lewis and William Edward Trent. Grade II* listed. Photo from the CTA Archive