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HORSEPLAY AT THE ROYAL COURT

October 14, 2014 By Steven Horton

HORSEPLAY AT THE ROYAL COURT

One of Liverpool’s most famous theatres is the Royal Court which was re-built in 1938 following a fire. It replaced an earlier venue that was first built as Cooke’s New Circus in 1826, which was one of England’s grandest provincial entertainment venues. Work commenced on Cooke’s New Circus in November 1825. John Cooke was the previous […]

WHEN BUFFALO BILL CAME TO NEWSHAM PARK

August 4, 2014 By Steven Horton

WHEN BUFFALO BILL CAME TO NEWSHAM PARK

Newsham Park has recently played host to Royal De Luxe’s Giant Spectacular, but 123 years ago it was the venue for two weeks of stagecoach races, shooting displays and robbery re-enactments as Buffalo Bill rolled into town. William Frederick Cody earned his title by killing 4,000 buffalo in eighteen months whilst hired to provide meat […]

WELSH EISTEDDFOD IN LIVERPOOL

July 29, 2014 By Steven Horton

Last weekend saw Newsham Park taken over by the Giants, but this isn’t the first time one of Liverpool’s parks has been the subject of a unique event. In 1929 Sefton Park hosted the Welsh Eisteddfod with a record crowd attending on the first day. Previous Eisteddfod’s had been held in the city in 1884 […]

GLORIOUS PAST OF FUTURIST

January 16, 2014 By Steven Horton

GLORIOUS PAST OF FUTURIST

One of the buildings most desperately in need of renovation in Liverpool city centre is the old Futurist cinema in Lime Street, which has been derelict since the 1980s after being one of the top entertainment venues in town. The cinema was the first in Liverpool city centre, opening its doors on 16th September 1912 […]

DINGLE’S THEATRE

May 23, 2013 By Steven Horton

DINGLE’S THEATRE

In Mill Street, Dingle there is a building that is currently empty and had been a factory for a number of decades, which was once a theatre that could hold 1,100 people. The Park Palace was opened in 1893 and designed by J H Havelock-Sutton. Initially opened as a theatre for variety shows, it was […]

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