It was supposed to become a Lidl, but the brand has since pulled out
A much-loved cinema site that's welcomed thousands through its doors for new movies, shopping, bingo and snooker has lived many lives.
Mr Lancashire said: "Liverpool is well to the forefront in halls of entertainment. Recently the Royal Court was opened and soon we shall have The Philharmonic Hall completed. Those responsible for the erection of this theatre have added one more magnificent building to the list." Back in 2006, Peter Grant shared his fond memories of the cinema. He said: "The grand Abbey cinema in Wavertree was my favourite with its wide screen and Sensaround. A whole new world to a wide-eyed lad like me.
The article reads: "For the cinema, which first opened nearly 40 years ago, is being turned into a supermarket and two mini cinemas are to be housed in the new shopping complex At an auction on Tuesday, cinema equipment, including some of historical value, will be sold off." By the 1980s, Lennon's opened one of its largest stores in Wavertree and announced plans to expand further with more branches farther north and in Wales. On August 19, 1981, the ECHO reported: "The new store, near to the famous landmark, Picton Clock Tower, is filling a long-felt need, according to local residents.
By the end of the 2010s, all Somerfield shops closed after the company was bought by the Co-operative group. The snooker club inside the site later close too and it wasn't long before the former cinema was a Co-Operative supermarket.In March 2020, the ECHO reported how nearly a dozen jobs were at risk as staff were suddenly told Wavertree's Co-op was closing. It was the first time staff had been told about the Church Road North branch closing for good, the Co-Op confirmed.
Jonathan Brown, who wrote the listing application, also told the ECHO : “To replace an elegant 82 year old survivor of the Blitz with a single storey shed in a car park is like recording over an Oscar-winning epic with a wobbly home movie. " By August, Lidl had drawn up plans for the new store which would see the much-loved building repaired and restored. But in March this year, the ECHO reported how the bran had pulled out of controversial plans to convert the former cinema into a new store.
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