Prescot Rd ( where the Icleand is now )
To the far left is the Regent Cinema, then became Casino Cars ( the second pic ), later Kwik Save, now stands empty.
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Forgot to mention the Highfield House Lodges, seen in the first pic
Prescot Rd ( where the Icleand is now )
To the far left is the Regent Cinema, then became Casino Cars ( the second pic ), later Kwik Save, now stands empty.
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Forgot to mention the Highfield House Lodges, seen in the first pic
Last edited by hmtmaj; 05-31-2009 at 06:28 PM.
do know where this is .....
12 months before the Curzon Cinema was built ( ex Home Bargains ) this was the site, in 1935.
In the second pic, the Curzon is the building on the left hand side, Mart.
Great pics Martin..........before that cinema was built you could see our road!
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Great pic's Martin,but where was Highfield house?
Highfield House stood where Highfield School is now.
The drive up to it from the lodges on Prescot Rd must have been impressive at the time.
I do have a cople of pics of it on the website I will release soon !
Mart
Anyone remember which cinema was on the next corner to Baden Road?
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Depending on how long ago you're talking about, there were two. The Curzon was over the road to your left as you came on to Prescot Road from Baden Road and The Regent was on the same side to your right.
Links here...http://www.geograph.org.uk/search.php?i=6590030
Originally there were 3 and I'm sure Sirob or Philip G will correct me if I'm wrong.
The Curzon was on Dovercliffe / Prescot Rd.
The ORIGINAL Regent was where the Kwik Save is / was, it was that building ( it became Casino Cars after teh new Regent was built )
and the New Regent ( demolished ) is where Baden House is now.
Mart
I just had a browse around for info on the New Regent as I didn't know it existed and it was indeed on the site of Baden House from 1938 - 1967.
I remember it in the 50's. I can't honestly remember if it was still there in the 70's. My Grandparents lived at 10 Baden Road and I just walked round the corner. I loved the shape of it so it was probably Art Deco!
Thanks for photos. The Curzon looks right but I don't remember those shops, only residences. The side of it was on the main shopping road.
*****I asked my mother recently as I was only a kid and can't really remember and she said the cinema was in Baden Road itself!!!
Last edited by Ronijayne; 06-04-2009 at 01:30 AM.
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It sounds more like the New Regent which as Martin described was on Baden Road/Prescot Road.
Here's a link to the picture...
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g...139/regent.jpg
Or from the original page...
http://www.britmovie.co.uk/forums/of...ow-used-2.html
Last edited by JMLE; 06-04-2009 at 03:10 AM.
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