Sun Hall, Kensington, Liverpool, UK. 1956. (LRO photo).
"The Radcliffe family, who towards the end of the 19th century sponsored revivalist meetings usually held in marquees and other kinds of temporary building, built a permanent hall in Kensington, which became a useful venue for orchestral concerts when not in use for religious purposes. The Liverpool Sunday Society's choir conducted by Percival Ingram gave many concerts here, as did the Liverpool Orchestral Society and Vasco V. Akeroyd's orchestra."
Source:- Two Centuries of Music in Liverpool
Films were far from being a novelty in the Kensington area of Liverpool as the Sun Hall, built in 1904 - almost opposite the Kensington Picturedrome (1910 to 1958)
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had shown occasional films as far back as June 1905.
It was built in 1904 as a gospel hall at the same time as the Sun Hall in Bootle, which also was an early cinema from 1905, and continued as the Imperial Cinema.
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On 22 October 1907 "Cinematograph Entertainments (were) sanctioned for 12 months" by the Licensing Committee at the Kensington Sun Hall. This permission was repeated on 20 October 1908 and again on 19 October 1909. (Note that even though Cinematograph Licenses didn't exist before 1910, premises showing films still needed official permission to operate, and a music license was needed to cover the piano or orchestra.)
On 25 October 1910, the Sun Hall was due to make an application for a Cinematograph licence, but didn't do so, (probably being aware that a purpose-built cinema was under construction across the road) and as far as can be ascertained films were never again shown at the Kensington Sun Hall.
The building which was capable of holding 4500 people was also used for large meetings.
It was requisitioned during World War Two and was demolished in the late 1950s to be replaced by a Woolworth's store.
Sun Hall, Kensington, Liverpool, UK. 1956. (LRO photo).
"The Radcliffe family, who towards the end of the 19th century sponsored revivalist meetings usually held in marquees and other kinds of temporary building, built a permanent hall in Kensington, which became a useful venue for orchestral concerts when not in use for religious purposes. The Liverpool Sunday Society's choir conducted by Percival Ingram gave many concerts here, as did the Liverpool Orchestral Society and Vasco V. Akeroyd's orchestra."
Source:- Two Centuries of Music in Liverpool
Films were far from being a novelty in the Kensington area of Liverpool as the Sun Hall, built in 1904 - almost opposite the Kensington Picturedrome (1910 to 1958)
www.flickr.com/photos/44435674@N00/243056214
had shown occasional films as far back as June 1905.
It was built in 1904 as a gospel hall at the same time as the Sun Hall in Bootle, which also was an early cinema from 1905, and continued as the Imperial Cinema.
.
www.flickr.com/photos/44435674@N00/2169033577/in/photolis...
On 22 October 1907 "Cinematograph Entertainments (were) sanctioned for 12 months" by the Licensing Committee at the Kensington Sun Hall. This permission was repeated on 20 October 1908 and again on 19 October 1909. (Note that even though Cinematograph Licenses didn't exist before 1910, premises showing films still needed official permission to operate, and a music license was needed to cover the piano or orchestra.)
On 25 October 1910, the Sun Hall was due to make an application for a Cinematograph licence, but didn't do so, (probably being aware that a purpose-built cinema was under construction across the road) and as far as can be ascertained films were never again shown at the Kensington Sun Hall.
The building which was capable of holding 4500 people was also used for large meetings.
It was requisitioned during World War Two and was demolished in the late 1950s to be replaced by a Woolworth's store.