The Ring?

King Street...Why was it called, 'the ring'?

I think it was the name of the buildings on the right, not 100% on that though.

There was a roller skating rink there in 1909! It had been a brewery warehouse before that and Wednesday December 13th 1911 it became the Palace Picture Theatre.

You can also see the Derby Arms on the corner of Chapel Lane which was across the road from the brewery of Henry Robinson.

Wasn,t the pub opposite the Derby Arms called the Brewers arms and then the Palace cinema is nearer to the camera.
I don,t remember the Palace being so big,could part of the building on the right be the HIPP?

So the rather splendid building on the right is where the carbuncle that is Brocol house is now?

Great stuff Gwim.

The Palace is just out of shot on the right

Cheers, Dustaf.

it suits that name now with the amount of c**p that left at weekends

Gwim,
They are great pictures,thank you for taking the time to put them on.
It is where Brocol Hse is now,but I think the building nearest to the horses on the corner of Chapel lane was the Brewers Arms,slightly set back from the road.
The large doorway looks like it could be the typical entrance to a brewery for drayhorses!
The smaller doorway looks like it could be the entrance to the Palace cinema but it also could be part of the building in the foreground as the architecture is similiar,maybe Ianmcl knows more.
I know the pub and cinema were there on that site,I have been in both,only legally in one
Sorry Ianmcl I missed your earlier post about the brewery.

If you look carefully at the top picture:
The Derby Arms in the white pub that is sticking out - the Brewers forms the very last bit of the large building on the right hand side.

In Brian Murphy's book on Wigan cinemas he has a copy of this photograph and writes:

"A postcard from the early 1900's showing the building converted from a roller skating rink into the Palace Cinema.

The entrance to the pit stalls was through the large archway"

It isn't often I disagree with Art but on this occasion . . .

Pubs and Cinemas: my two fave subjects - and both on the same site - heaven!

I think there was one entrance and two exits to the Palace.
The main entrance was the smaller door and that was also an exit,as was the one at the side in the yard from the front seats.

There is a picture on Science and Society picture library which shows patrons leaving by both exits in the 1930,s.
I remember gaining access to the circle through the smaller door in 1958.

gwim I have some old post cards of Wigan,got that one looking down King st from top your second one also got one looking up King st from out side the old town hall with the trees in pots outside town hall across the road isthe Palace with a portico sort of glass roofed porch.Would love to put it on here but don't know how could put it on the photo section.

got loads in a box sort em soon and post em

The entrance to the Palace cinema when I used to go there, was up the side of the building along a covered walkway, at right angles to King St, with a handrail down the middle & entering the cinema just a few rows back from the screen.
The floors were bare wood & that made them noisy, 'specially for the clog wearers.

Jem. click here...Photobucket
Join, it's free.
Follow the instructions on uploading pics to the site, then select the pic you want on here, look on the left hand side at the group of four codes. Select the one that says, 'Direct link'. copy it then paste it onto here by typing [img=before the link, then ][ /img after the link. Don't worry if you get it wrong, everyone will help out.
Good luck.

You can clearly see the Derby Arms and the Brweer's Arms on Arts photo - yay!

try again

Your link doesn't seem long enough, Jem...Is that the full title of it?

again

No wonder there are so many people in the picture Hopalong Cassidy was on!

Jem. If you are using photobucket, this is the box you need to look for...

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Direct Linkhttp://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c296/The_Gwim_Weaper/Old%20Wigan/WiganPier1963.jpg
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The link I have used there when put in between the [img= and the ][ /img] will be...

another bash

The link will end in .jpg, Jem. Before the last img, put a forward slash /, you are almost there.

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yet again

thats not the photo will have another bash

this then

.jpg goes before the closed bracket, Jem.
Your link would look like this..
[img=http://i870.photobucket.com/albums/ab269/jemglover/037.jpg][ /img]

Only reason mine didn't show a pic is because I put a space between the [ and the /img]
Cheers, Mache

Thats the one mache thanks,thanks gwim for all your help.

Not a problem, Jem
Good pic, by the way.

right click and see address in properties

The Derby Arms was the first pub I went in & got served aged sixteen