Exploring An Abandoned Cinema With Power Stil On! (Harlow)
Having been inside this building most of last Summer with my mates, I wasn't into taking pictures and recording then but now Since I am I thought I would give the Cinema a revisit. There has been no access since last summer. However, a month ago when i decided to do my weekly check on the building to see if there is a way in I realised someone had made a tiny hole that I could just about fit through.
**Since editing this video and going back to record some more clips the entrance I had used has now been re-boarded back up**
History:
This was the first new cinema to be built for Rank after the war (others were completions of pre-war schemes) and it opened on February 1, 1960 with Follow A Star.
The Odeon Cinema Harlow was designed by T. P. Bennett & Son and had 1,244 seats on a single floor in the stadium plan, with a stepped raised section at the rear instead of the normal overhanging balcony. The projection suite was suspended above the raised section of seating and had an almost level throw to the large screen.
In June 1987, it closed for tripling and the raised section at the rear was converted into two smaller cinemas whilst the front retained the original box and screen.
The Odeon Cinema Harlow was refurbished in 2001 and rebranded with the new Odeon style. This was despite the competition from a six-screen multiplex which opened back in 1990. Its future looked hopeful, however it was closed in August 2005. It was purchased days after closing by a local businessman, and the building still sits empty and unused in 2015.
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Harlow - Regal Opens Aka Harlow Special - Opening Of Regal Cinema (1952)
Harlow, Essex.
GV. Queues outside Regal, Harlow. SV. Pan queue. CU. Pan, people in queue. SV. People in queue. CU. Pan, types in queue LV. Regal, Harlow. CU. Nameplate Regal SV. Invited guests arriving. SV. More guests arriving. SV. R.A.F. Wing Commander arriving. SV. R.A.F. Wing Commander arriving. MV. Diane Hart and Guy Middleton (Film Stars) alighting from car. They walk up steps and are greeted by local M.P. Gilbert Finlay and Basil Fortescue at (10) CU. Local M.P. pan to Guy Middleton and Diane Hart. SV. Middleton and Hart talking to local M.P. SV. Pan, woman wife of Manager, Mr. Blaber, presenting bouquet to Diane Hart. SV. Nameplate Regal pan down to people entering. SV. People entering Regal CU. Pan down, Angels One-Five poster GV. Interior. SV. Audience. LV. Towards, Guy Middleton walking down aisle to stage. MV. Audience. LV. Diane Hart walking down aisle to stage. MV. GV. Audience. LV. Diane Hart talking into microphone. & CU.
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Exploring an Abandoned Cinema
Exploring an abandoned Odeon cinema in Essex
Opened in 1960, abandoned since 2005
New Towns: Harlow, 1960's - Film 94050
New Towns under the neighbourhood principle, with community centres, nurseries, schools and a green belt
Boogie Storm at Cineworld in Harvey Centre, Harlow
Getting lost in Old Harlow
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We stayed overnight in a hotel in Old Harlow, in Essex, and then went for a walk in the morning, whereupon we got completely lost.
We then went into Harlow proper, met a chap to pick up something he was giving away to a good home, after which we went for a look around town.
I'll be showing the freebie on my other channel in the near future.
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Odeon Cinema Harlow, Essex, December 2010
here is a short clip from the inside of the derelict cinema in harlow
What have we found under Harlow?
A possible cold war sub command bunker entrance???
The Harvey Centre's Time Capsule - Memories of Harlow
As part of The Harvey Centre turning 35 this year and Harlow turning 70, we're celebrating with a time capsule. Here are some Harlow residents talking about their favourite memories of Harlow which will be placed into the time capsule in July.
Regeneration of Harlow Town Centre
THE HARLOW YEARS 1962 - 1966
This short film is for those people who are nostalgic for The Sixties when the summers were sunnier and there was a sense of optimism that anything was possible.This is a re-edit of a wonderful film by Eric Alvin that focuses on Harlow Towns main shopping centre.It also looks at places where people worked and the architecture of their homes.It is an entertaining piece of social history about the early life of people in a new town.The music is by The Shadows .The tracks are Wonderful Land,Apache and Going Home.I hope you enjoy the film and thank you Eric
A History of Harlow Town (Sample Clip DVD)
This is a small example of what Picture It DVD's plans to do with various towns and villages. Councils and museums will lend archived photo's of their town or village to us for us to then create a historical DVD for either sale or promotional use.
pictureitdvds.co.uk for more details
Harlow 1987 Road Trip
Harlow Essex 1987 A trip by car around Harlow and to Harlow Railway station
Abandoned Cinema????!! With Power ???? - Urban Explore
History
The Odeon Cinema in Harlow, designed by T. P. Bennett & Son, was constructed in 1959. It opened on 1st February 1960 and in doing so became the first cinema to be built for the Rank Organisation (a British entertainment conglomerate) after the Second World War. The cinema originally had 1,244 seats and featured a stepped raised section at the rear, rather than the traditional overhanging balcony; a design style that had initially been common throughout the UK in both theatres and cinema houses. The projection suite was positioned above the raised section of seating and had an almost level throw to the large screen in front.
The cinema closed in 1987 for refurbishment and expansion plans to be carried out. The venue was converted so that it could feature three screens and increase its overall capacity. The raised section at the back was converted into two separate smaller cinema rooms, while the ground floor, which retained the original box and screen, was kept as a larger screen room. No further work was carried out on the cinema until 2001, when the venue was rebranded to follow the new Odeon style. Only minor stylistic changes were made throughout the building. Despite growing competition in and around the local area, as larger modern multiplex screens were opened, the Odeon in Harlow managed to survive until August 2005. Nevertheless, owing to the rapidly declining number of visitors the venue was forced to close as it was no longer economically viable to run. Although it was purchased almost immediately after closure, the premises has remained abandoned since the year it closed.
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Exploring The Derelict With Lola - UK
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THE QUEEN AT HARLOW
Her Majesty and Prince Philip visited Harlow New Town, in Essex. The Guard of Honour was provided by the Fourth Battalion, the Essex Regiment. Harlow was out in full force to hail the Queen and her husband. She and the Prince also went to near-by Brentwood School. This was the first royal visit paid to it, and it marked the 400th anniversary of the school's foundation.
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Harlow - Royal Visit (1957)
Harlow New Town, Essex.
SV. Queen Elizabeth II being presented with bouquet from Sarah, daughter of Mr Don Anderson. GV. A high building - housing tower. GV. From top of tower of Harlow New Town. SV. Architect Mr Frederick Gibberd explaining the panoramic view. GV. Harlow New Town. LV. Showing one of the new houses. SV. Queen walking out from front door of one of the houses after inspection. SV. Crowds waving. LV. Queen walking towards another house & walks through the gate of the The Willows, belonging to Mr and Mrs Patrick Smith. CU. Name The Willows on gate. SV. Queen shaking hands with Mrs Patrick Smith as she walks in house, followed by Prince Philip the Duke of Edinburgh. SV. Crowds watching. SV. Pan, Queen & Duke arriving on electric trolley in metal factory. GV. Queen & Duke arriving on electric trolley inside factory. SCU. Pan, Queen arriving on electric trolley.
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Boogie Storm at the Harvey Centre Harlow
London's First Factory Town (1951)
Full title reads: London's First Factory Town.
Harlow, Essex.
GV New houses at Harlow New Town. SV New block of flats. MV New Terrace houses. MV Pan backs of houses, washing on lines outside toilets. MV Old Harlow. MV Main St. Old Harlow. MV Man at work in turnip field, New Town in background. MV Pan building site, Harlow New Town. SV Factory workers watching. SV Factory workers watching. SV Mr Lindgren (Sec. Ministry of Local Government and Planning) opening industrial estate. CU Mr Lindgren. SV Sign Harlow New Town. SV Mr Lindgren walking. LV New houses. LV Tall block of flats.
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FILM ID:1477.02
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British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé website.
Harlow Town
Playing for the crowd!
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harlow 1964 life
Harlow Essex 1964
A collection of schools, (including Burnt Mill School) Harlow home life, the market, the post office, the shops, the college and the library.
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