The not-so widescreen weekend
…namely a recent trip to the Cottage Road Cinema in Headingley. It is now run as part of a small independent circuit called Northern Morris Cinemas, after being saved from closure.
It doesn’t really look like a Cinema, probably because it wasn’t built as one.
The entrance is through this set of double doors.
The lobby is wood panelled and cozy, with a domestic feel due to the scale of it and the fireplace.
The main auditorium is rather plain. The seating to the right was roped off due to water damage to the ceiling…
.rather extensive it seems. Indeed if we look on Google satellite… 
…that suspicious looking damp patch just below the five white boxes on the right matches well with where the problem is.
There are a row of “Pullman” seats just in front of this barrier, sitting here is reminiscent of sitting in the front row of the circle. Note the ashtrays! It is a good place to see a film, the staff are friendly, the picture fills the large screen, there is good presentation and the sound system is digital. We did have one serious gripe though- it was freezing!
(By the way, the film was National Treasure: Book of secrets and it was great. Every time I saw Nicholas Cage though, I pictured him saying: “Put the bunny back in the box“).
February 22nd, 2008 at 9:45 pm
Do you know if the little cinema at Elland is still going ? Mrs Womble On Tour and I used to go quite regularly when we lived in Halifax. It was a wonderful place, had an organist on Saturday nights and an intermission in the middle of the main film.
February 23rd, 2008 at 7:53 am
Womble on Tour, that would be the Rex Elland, still going strong.
Last time we went (to see “Happy Feet”) it still had an intermission, confectionery sales being the lifeblood of an independent Cinema.
It is also ran by Northern Morris Cinemas, there are six in the chain.
February 23rd, 2008 at 1:07 pm
You know, I really like it - the colours are warm [I suspect part of that was your skill] and it seems just the type of place to see a film.
March 24th, 2008 at 7:12 pm
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