Longford and Essoldo Cinema Stretford

Thanks again to the kind person who sent these in via Facebook. They feature in many of these photos!   From Ladbrokes to Rank, another refit and the prize shop moves from the inner foyer to the stage. Mid 80s?

  Staff party in the final staff uniforms. Photo in Buffet.   Who needs Muhammad Ali at Stretford Arundale flogging Ovaltine at Tescos when you can have Lynne Perrie at Stretford Top Rank Bingo flogging her autograph!

More fantastic pictures submitted from a Facebook user. Late 70s, early 80s, the user think the photos were taken as part of a refit from the Ladbrokes ownership (1965-1986), maybe it was a special event to mark the occasion, hence the brass band? The man featured in one of the pictures is Jim Pass, the last chief projectionist when the building closed as a cinema in 1965 who stayed on for some time as an engineer with the building in its new format before moving on. These are some of the best historical colour interior pictures unearthed to date!