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old ritz cinema being demolished
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Photo: colin butcher
Item #: 125
what a shame that a building with history,that could have provided wigan with a performance/arts space was demolished for a soulless shoping center!
It is such a shame! Now we have a shopping arcade that as taken the life out of other shopping areas in the town centre. the cinema would have been a good venue to bring a bit of good entertainment into the town.
To Think I've Seen Roy Orbison Gene Pitney The Beatles And Many More Great Artist's In This Great Building Such A Great Shame Could Still Be A Big Asset To The Town
Watched Ghostbusters here in 1984/5. Loved the place and it was convenient to call in if you'd been to Wigan. Now you got to go out of town to watch the pics. btw the grand arcade and the baths are eyesores. Typical council shortsightedness.
I'm proud to say I've never set foot in the Grand Farceade..It's my protest at them doing this act, the building was designed for that spot and, was unique. They could have knocked out the partitions and had a marvelous Theatre but, Wigan Council don't listen.
ITS SO SAD TO SEE WHAT HAS APPEND TO THIS LOVELY PLACE I HAVE SOME FOND MEMORIES. GET YOUR POP CORN, SWEETS THEN WAIT FOR THE LADY TO COME OUT AT THE INTERLUDE ICE CREAM TIME LOOK AT THE BALCONY SEE WHO,S IN ANY ONE YOU KNOW? THEN SAT MORNING IT WAS A.B.C.MINORS CLUB FOR THE KIDS FOND MEMORISE SHAME NOTHING STAYS THE SAME HAPPY DAYS.
We seem to be very quick to tear down any good old and even famous buildings in Wigan. The Ritz, The Casino and The Pier to name a few. Even the Old Town Hall was left to fall down on its own, because it was listed and Council were unable to demolish. Instead we find Wigan has become a mixture of souless empty malls, and a Market as empty of character as it is of stalls.