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Taken for Fence Friday.
Chapter 2013, Page 32
HFF everyone and Happy Weekend!!
And the sun will shine if just for you.
And the trees will talk to the skies, whispering lies,
heaven will pass to me
~Bee Gees
"Do it light , taking me through the night
Shadow dancing , baby you do it right
Give me more , drag me across the floor
Shadow dancing , all this and nothing more"... ~Andy Gibb
My youth was always with you. Thank you Robin for your all wonderful songs. May your rest in peace!!!
Bee Gees forever !!!
Listen to Robin Gibb!!
Write your life in such a way that you are the only “Hero” in it…
Sal, this one’s for you, my dearest friend.
This part of Red Hill was surveyed and subdivided into suburban portions in the 1860s. The site on which the Skate Arena is situated was part of portion 737, on the southern side of Enoggera Terrace at the junction with Musgrave Road, alienated by George Mannion in 1870. Mannion Street, at the rear of the Skate Arena, is likely to have been named after him. By the late 1880s, portion 737 had been subdivided into smaller residential allotments. From 1889 until 1920, subdivisions 14 to 28 remained on one title, passing through several owners, until title to subdivisions 22-27, near the intersection with Musgrave Road, was transferred to Red Hill Picture Pops Ltd. A number of rental houses had been erected along Enoggera Terrace between Musgrave Road and Jay Street, but it is not clear whether there were any extant buildings on the site acquired by Red Hill Picture Pops Ltd in 1920. During this period, Enoggera Terrace continued to be a social hub of Red Hill with the Ithaca Town Chambers, numerous shops, and other services such as halls and the police station situated along the street.
In 1920 an open-air ‘picture palace’ was already established on Enoggera Terrace, on the opposite northern side of the road, at the corner of Waterworks Road. This picture show functioned from 1912 until replaced by Red Hill Picture Pops Ltd.’s new theatre on the other side of the road, 1920 - 1921. In December 1920, the titles office recorded a bill of mortgage on subdivisions 22-27, portion 737 for £1,500, taken out by Red Hill Picture Pops Limited from The Public Curator of Queensland. It is possible this helped to finance construction of the new theatre, which is first listed in the Post Office street directories in 1921.
A 1924 photograph shows the Red Hill Picture Pops theatre as a large, gable-roofed structure with full length ridge ventilator and a modest façade, on a prominent location on Enoggera Terrace. By March 1925, at least part of the theatre was of brick construction, the western brick wall of the theatre suffering damage from water running off the adjacent Red Hill Police Station site at the corner of Musgrave Road and Enoggera Terrace. In late 1927, the front of the theatre was remodelled at a cost of £380, with the addition of shops. Plans were prepared by Brisbane architect RT Erskine, and the contractor was W Tinnerman.
A 1932 sewerage detail plan indicates that the structure occupied the whole of subdivisions 24-27, with the walls erected to the perimeter. This plan also indicates the buttresses located on subdivisions 22 and 23, along the western side of the theatre, where the land falls steeply.
Through the 1920s and into the early 1930s, Alfred "Bertie" E Moore was secretary of Red Hill Picture Pops Ltd. and manager of the theatre. The Moore family lived on Waterworks Road, initially just past Church Street from 1907 - 1911, moving to the corner of Waterworks Road and Enoggera Terrace 1911/1912 - about the same time the open-air picture theatre was established next door on Enoggera Terrace. It is likely Bertie Moore was associated with this first picture theatre as well as the 1920 hardtop. Long-time residents of Red Hill have recalled that in the late 1920s and early 1930s, Mrs Moore sold the theatre tickets from an island ticket box in the front foyer. For the evening shows, Bertie Moore always wore a dinner suit and his wife an evening gown with a fresh rose pinned on the shoulder. Apparently, they kept a tight rein on their often unruly audiences, and a slogan in the foyer read: If you like the program tell your friends, if you do not like it, tell us.
By June 1930, ‘talkie apparatus’ had been installed at the Pops Picture Theatre on Enoggera Terrace. Following the release of Warner Brother’s first talking picture, The Jazz Singer, in 1927, cinemas world-wide either converted to sound or closed down. Sound projection leasing or purchasing arrangements were often exorbitantly high, and many Queensland suburban and rural exhibitors who committed themselves to very expensive sound projection plant at this period, over capitalised, were burdened with running costs, and did not survive the economic depression of the early 1930s.
There were approximately 200 picture theatres in Queensland in the 1930s, of which 54, or about 25%, were located in Brisbane. This was the period when most Brisbane suburbs had at least one picture theatre, if not more, and competition for audiences was strong. The Red Hill Picture Pops’ closest competitors were the Plaza Theatre on Latrobe Terrace (opened circa 1930) and Stephens’ New Paddington Theatre, erected on Given Terrace 1924.
In 1931 Red Hill Picture Pops Ltd, possibly struggling to survive the depression and the costs of sound installation, or perhaps renovating the building, took out a second mortgage on the theatre from Richard Francis Stephens, who was associated with the Stephens-Munro chain of suburban theatres on Brisbane’s north side. Stephens- Munro ultimately acquired six theatres - the Astor at New Farm, the Imperial at Lutwyche, the Savoy at Clayfield, the Paddington on Given Terrace, the Arcadia at Ascot, and the Jubilee at Toowong - and subsidised other small suburban exhibitors like the Red Hill Picture Pops. It is possible the connection with RF Stephens gave Red Hill Picture Pops Ltd greater bargaining status at the major film distributors’ Brisbane film exchanges.
In November 1934, the Red Hill Picture Pops theatre was leased to William Edward Kirby, who eventually gained title to the property early in 1944. Kirby had changed the name of the place to The State Theatre by 1937, and by 1938 the theatre had a seating capacity of 640. In 1948 title passed to State Theatres Pty Ltd, with Kirby still the exhibitor, and renovations were undertaken in 1950. In 1951, State Theatres Pty Ltd sold subdivisions 22 and 23, the two vacant blocks along the western side of the theatre, with a 1952 easement in their favour over a strip of this land adjoining the theatre.
In 1954 title to the property passed briefly to Christopher James Sourris and his wife Effie - (the Sourris family has been connected with other suburban theatres in Brisbane) - but they sold within months to George Londy and his wife Velio. In 1955, Velio Londy transferred her interest in the property to John Sklavos. With the introduction of television to Brisbane in the late 1950s, cinema audiences declined rapidly. Many cinemas installed wide cinemascope screens in an attempt to attract audiences back to the picture theatres, but suburban cinemas struggled to continue screening films and in the 1960s and 1970s many closed, the buildings converted into alternative uses or the sites redeveloped. By the 1980s, only a handful of single-screen interwar suburban cinemas survived in Brisbane.
In an attempt to retain audiences, Londy and Sklavos renovated The State Theatre in 1958, installing a cinemascope screen, a new ceiling, and decorative sound boards along the sides. By 1960, the seating capacity at the State Theatre had increased to 1000.
Films continued to be screened at the State into the early 1960s, but in January 1964 the theatre was acquired by David and Shirley Venables, who converted it into a ‘sound lounge’ known as Teen City. Many of Australia’s most popular rock and roll stars played at Teen City, including Little Pattie, Col Joy, and the BeeGees, but the venture ceased within a couple of years. In 1965 the place was converted into the Red Hill Skate Arena. The floor to the rink was constructed of timber and Masonite initially - later a concrete floor was laid. As with the picture theatres which struggled to survive the impact of television in the 1960s, new recreational activities - especially skateboarding and rollerblading made popular in the late 20th century - are eroding the popularity of indoor skating.
By the end of the 1990s, popularity in rollerblading had declined. The Skate Arena had become an unviable business investment, which eventuated in the venues doors being closed in the late 1990s. The Skate Arena was abandoned and disused for several years before an atrocious fire caused significant damage to the building on Boxing Day 2002. A 23 year old John Cameron Wright was charged with arson, break-and-enter, and stealing. Wright surrendered himself to police the day after the fire.
Since the arson attack the Arena was neglected, exposed to the elements for almost two decades. It developed into a local attraction for graffiti and street artists, photographers, and creatives alike - - murals painted by local artists Fintan Magee, Drapl, and Sofles were a prominent feature. It had also become the focus of a long dispute in regards to its future use, with many surrounding residents opposed to its rejuvination for commercial purposes over concerns of noise, traffic, and parking issues.
In 2019, the former skate rink was purchased by the Sourris brothers Peter and Stephen Sourris, and renovated into a boutique cinema with much of the graffiti being retained.
Source: Brisbane City Council Heritage Register, the Vintage News, Brisbane Times, ABC News.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKWz2m6LesQ
In the morning when the moon is at it's rest,
You will find me at the time I love the best
Watching rainbows play on sunlight;
Pools of water iced from cold night, in the morning.
Tis the morning of my life.
In the daytime I will meet you as before.
You will find me waiting by the ocean floor,
Building castles in the shifting sands
In a world that no one understands,
In the morning.
Tis the morning of my life,
In the morning of my life
the Minutes take so long to drift away
Please be patient with your life
It's only morning and you're still to live your day
In the evning I will fly you to the moon
To the top right hand corner of
The ceiling in my room
Where wll stay until the sun shines
Another day to swing on clothes lines
May I be yawning
It is the morning of my life
Conosco I tuoi occhi al sole del mattino
sento che mi tocchi sotto la pioggia torrenziale
e quando ti allontani da me
voglio sentirti ancora tra le mie braccia
tu vieni da me come una brezza d’estate
Mi riscaldi con il tuo amore e poi piano te ne vai
ed è a me che hai bisogno di dimostrarlo
Quanto profondo é il tuo amore?
Devo veramente impararlo
perché viviamo in un mondo di pazzi
che ci deprimono
quando loro ci dovrebbero lasciarci stare
noi apparteniamo a te e me
credo in te
Tu conosci la porta della mia anima
sei la mia luce nei miei momenti più oscuri
"Listen to the ground:
there is movement all around.
There is something goin' down
and I can feel it.
On the waves of the air,
there is dancin' out there.
If it's somethin' we can share,
we can steal it.
Then I get night fever, night fever.
We know how to do it.
Gimme that night fever, night fever.
We know how to show it."
(BeeGees)
For MacroMondays theme "The Seventies"
With apologies to the BeeGees...
We were at a craft market in Muskoka this weekend and a local beekeeper brought along a hive to create a 'buzz' for his honey sales.
Happy Caturday!😽😽 for today's theme Summer Holiday. Some old pics of our two pussycats who never fail to make us smile.
It's always a holiday when you live with cats.
De, de de de de de
Ooh you're a holiday, such a holiday
It's something I think's worthwhile
If the puppet makes you smile
~Bee Gees ~ 'Holiday'
Mosaics and photos by Emma ~ M
Went back to pay homage to Robin Gibb...Not really...I couldn't stand them when they started singing in Falsetto
The best years were their early stuff....Like the Ballad below
Church of Saint Mary The Virgin
Thame, Oxfordshire, England.UK.
Be tender with my love;
You know how easy it is to hurt me
Fanny, be tender with my love,
'Cause it's all that I've got
And my love won't desert me
extract from song by the BeeGees
Lens Tamron 90mm 2.8
In the morning with Bluebonnets
In the morning of my life
The minutes take so long to drift away
Please be patient with your life
It's only morning and you're still to live your day.
This part of Red Hill was surveyed and subdivided into suburban portions in the 1860s. The site on which the Skate Arena is situated was part of portion 737, on the southern side of Enoggera Terrace at the junction with Musgrave Road, alienated by George Mannion in 1870. Mannion Street, at the rear of the Skate Arena, is likely to have been named after him. By the late 1880s, portion 737 had been subdivided into smaller residential allotments. From 1889 until 1920, subdivisions 14 to 28 remained on one title, passing through several owners, until title to subdivisions 22-27, near the intersection with Musgrave Road, was transferred to Red Hill Picture Pops Ltd. A number of rental houses had been erected along Enoggera Terrace between Musgrave Road and Jay Street, but it is not clear whether there were any extant buildings on the site acquired by Red Hill Picture Pops Ltd in 1920. During this period, Enoggera Terrace continued to be a social hub of Red Hill with the Ithaca Town Chambers, numerous shops, and other services such as halls and the police station situated along the street.
In 1920 an open-air ‘picture palace’ was already established on Enoggera Terrace, on the opposite northern side of the road, at the corner of Waterworks Road. This picture show functioned from 1912 until replaced by Red Hill Picture Pops Ltd.’s new theatre on the other side of the road, 1920 - 1921. In December 1920, the titles office recorded a bill of mortgage on subdivisions 22-27, portion 737 for £1,500, taken out by Red Hill Picture Pops Limited from The Public Curator of Queensland. It is possible this helped to finance construction of the new theatre, which is first listed in the Post Office street directories in 1921.
A 1924 photograph shows the Red Hill Picture Pops theatre as a large, gable-roofed structure with full length ridge ventilator and a modest façade, on a prominent location on Enoggera Terrace. By March 1925, at least part of the theatre was of brick construction, the western brick wall of the theatre suffering damage from water running off the adjacent Red Hill Police Station site at the corner of Musgrave Road and Enoggera Terrace. In late 1927, the front of the theatre was remodelled at a cost of £380, with the addition of shops. Plans were prepared by Brisbane architect RT Erskine, and the contractor was W Tinnerman.
A 1932 sewerage detail plan indicates that the structure occupied the whole of subdivisions 24-27, with the walls erected to the perimeter. This plan also indicates the buttresses located on subdivisions 22 and 23, along the western side of the theatre, where the land falls steeply.
Through the 1920s and into the early 1930s, Alfred "Bertie" E Moore was secretary of Red Hill Picture Pops Ltd. and manager of the theatre. The Moore family lived on Waterworks Road, initially just past Church Street from 1907 - 1911, moving to the corner of Waterworks Road and Enoggera Terrace 1911/1912 - about the same time the open-air picture theatre was established next door on Enoggera Terrace. It is likely Bertie Moore was associated with this first picture theatre as well as the 1920 hardtop. Long-time residents of Red Hill have recalled that in the late 1920s and early 1930s, Mrs Moore sold the theatre tickets from an island ticket box in the front foyer. For the evening shows, Bertie Moore always wore a dinner suit and his wife an evening gown with a fresh rose pinned on the shoulder. Apparently, they kept a tight rein on their often unruly audiences, and a slogan in the foyer read: If you like the program tell your friends, if you do not like it, tell us.
By June 1930, ‘talkie apparatus’ had been installed at the Pops Picture Theatre on Enoggera Terrace. Following the release of Warner Brother’s first talking picture, The Jazz Singer, in 1927, cinemas world-wide either converted to sound or closed down. Sound projection leasing or purchasing arrangements were often exorbitantly high, and many Queensland suburban and rural exhibitors who committed themselves to very expensive sound projection plant at this period, over capitalised, were burdened with running costs, and did not survive the economic depression of the early 1930s.
There were approximately 200 picture theatres in Queensland in the 1930s, of which 54, or about 25%, were located in Brisbane. This was the period when most Brisbane suburbs had at least one picture theatre, if not more, and competition for audiences was strong. The Red Hill Picture Pops’ closest competitors were the Plaza Theatre on Latrobe Terrace (opened circa 1930) and Stephens’ New Paddington Theatre, erected on Given Terrace 1924.
In 1931 Red Hill Picture Pops Ltd, possibly struggling to survive the depression and the costs of sound installation, or perhaps renovating the building, took out a second mortgage on the theatre from Richard Francis Stephens, who was associated with the Stephens-Munro chain of suburban theatres on Brisbane’s north side. Stephens- Munro ultimately acquired six theatres - the Astor at New Farm, the Imperial at Lutwyche, the Savoy at Clayfield, the Paddington on Given Terrace, the Arcadia at Ascot, and the Jubilee at Toowong - and subsidised other small suburban exhibitors like the Red Hill Picture Pops. It is possible the connection with RF Stephens gave Red Hill Picture Pops Ltd greater bargaining status at the major film distributors’ Brisbane film exchanges.
In November 1934, the Red Hill Picture Pops theatre was leased to William Edward Kirby, who eventually gained title to the property early in 1944. Kirby had changed the name of the place to The State Theatre by 1937, and by 1938 the theatre had a seating capacity of 640. In 1948 title passed to State Theatres Pty Ltd, with Kirby still the exhibitor, and renovations were undertaken in 1950. In 1951, State Theatres Pty Ltd sold subdivisions 22 and 23, the two vacant blocks along the western side of the theatre, with a 1952 easement in their favour over a strip of this land adjoining the theatre.
In 1954 title to the property passed briefly to Christopher James Sourris and his wife Effie - (the Sourris family has been connected with other suburban theatres in Brisbane) - but they sold within months to George Londy and his wife Velio. In 1955, Velio Londy transferred her interest in the property to John Sklavos. With the introduction of television to Brisbane in the late 1950s, cinema audiences declined rapidly. Many cinemas installed wide cinemascope screens in an attempt to attract audiences back to the picture theatres, but suburban cinemas struggled to continue screening films and in the 1960s and 1970s many closed, the buildings converted into alternative uses or the sites redeveloped. By the 1980s, only a handful of single-screen interwar suburban cinemas survived in Brisbane.
In an attempt to retain audiences, Londy and Sklavos renovated The State Theatre in 1958, installing a cinemascope screen, a new ceiling, and decorative sound boards along the sides. By 1960, the seating capacity at the State Theatre had increased to 1000.
Films continued to be screened at the State into the early 1960s, but in January 1964 the theatre was acquired by David and Shirley Venables, who converted it into a ‘sound lounge’ known as Teen City. Many of Australia’s most popular rock and roll stars played at Teen City, including Little Pattie, Col Joy, and the BeeGees, but the venture ceased within a couple of years. In 1965 the place was converted into the Red Hill Skate Arena. The floor to the rink was constructed of timber and Masonite initially - later a concrete floor was laid. As with the picture theatres which struggled to survive the impact of television in the 1960s, new recreational activities - especially skateboarding and rollerblading made popular in the late 20th century - are eroding the popularity of indoor skating.
By the end of the 1990s, popularity in rollerblading had declined. The Skate Arena had become an unviable business investment, which eventuated in the venues doors being closed in the late 1990s. The Skate Arena was abandoned and disused for several years before an atrocious fire caused significant damage to the building on Boxing Day 2002. A 23 year old John Cameron Wright was charged with arson, break-and-enter, and stealing. Wright surrendered himself to police the day after the fire.
Since the arson attack the Arena was neglected, exposed to the elements for almost two decades. It developed into a local attraction for graffiti and street artists, photographers, and creatives alike - - murals painted by local artists Fintan Magee, Drapl, and Sofles were a prominent feature. It had also become the focus of a long dispute in regards to its future use, with many surrounding residents opposed to its rejuvination for commercial purposes over concerns of noise, traffic, and parking issues.
In 2019, the former skate rink was purchased by the Sourris brothers Peter and Stephen Sourris, and renovated into a boutique cinema with much of the graffiti being retained.
Source: Brisbane City Council Heritage Register, the Vintage News, Brisbane Times, ABC News.
'Ooh you're a holiday , ev'ry day , such a holiday
Now it's my turn to say , and I say you're a holiday..'
[BEE GEES]
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FIRST OF MAY by The BeeGees
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This part of Red Hill was surveyed and subdivided into suburban portions in the 1860s. The site on which the Skate Arena is situated was part of portion 737, on the southern side of Enoggera Terrace at the junction with Musgrave Road, alienated by George Mannion in 1870. Mannion Street, at the rear of the Skate Arena, is likely to have been named after him. By the late 1880s, portion 737 had been subdivided into smaller residential allotments. From 1889 until 1920, subdivisions 14 to 28 remained on one title, passing through several owners, until title to subdivisions 22-27, near the intersection with Musgrave Road, was transferred to Red Hill Picture Pops Ltd. A number of rental houses had been erected along Enoggera Terrace between Musgrave Road and Jay Street, but it is not clear whether there were any extant buildings on the site acquired by Red Hill Picture Pops Ltd in 1920. During this period, Enoggera Terrace continued to be a social hub of Red Hill with the Ithaca Town Chambers, numerous shops, and other services such as halls and the police station situated along the street.
In 1920 an open-air ‘picture palace’ was already established on Enoggera Terrace, on the opposite northern side of the road, at the corner of Waterworks Road. This picture show functioned from 1912 until replaced by Red Hill Picture Pops Ltd.’s new theatre on the other side of the road, 1920 - 1921. In December 1920, the titles office recorded a bill of mortgage on subdivisions 22-27, portion 737 for £1,500, taken out by Red Hill Picture Pops Limited from The Public Curator of Queensland. It is possible this helped to finance construction of the new theatre, which is first listed in the Post Office street directories in 1921.
A 1924 photograph shows the Red Hill Picture Pops theatre as a large, gable-roofed structure with full length ridge ventilator and a modest façade, on a prominent location on Enoggera Terrace. By March 1925, at least part of the theatre was of brick construction, the western brick wall of the theatre suffering damage from water running off the adjacent Red Hill Police Station site at the corner of Musgrave Road and Enoggera Terrace. In late 1927, the front of the theatre was remodelled at a cost of £380, with the addition of shops. Plans were prepared by Brisbane architect RT Erskine, and the contractor was W Tinnerman.
A 1932 sewerage detail plan indicates that the structure occupied the whole of subdivisions 24-27, with the walls erected to the perimeter. This plan also indicates the buttresses located on subdivisions 22 and 23, along the western side of the theatre, where the land falls steeply.
Through the 1920s and into the early 1930s, Alfred "Bertie" E Moore was secretary of Red Hill Picture Pops Ltd. and manager of the theatre. The Moore family lived on Waterworks Road, initially just past Church Street from 1907 - 1911, moving to the corner of Waterworks Road and Enoggera Terrace 1911/1912 - about the same time the open-air picture theatre was established next door on Enoggera Terrace. It is likely Bertie Moore was associated with this first picture theatre as well as the 1920 hardtop. Long-time residents of Red Hill have recalled that in the late 1920s and early 1930s, Mrs Moore sold the theatre tickets from an island ticket box in the front foyer. For the evening shows, Bertie Moore always wore a dinner suit and his wife an evening gown with a fresh rose pinned on the shoulder. Apparently, they kept a tight rein on their often unruly audiences, and a slogan in the foyer read: If you like the program tell your friends, if you do not like it, tell us.
By June 1930, ‘talkie apparatus’ had been installed at the Pops Picture Theatre on Enoggera Terrace. Following the release of Warner Brother’s first talking picture, The Jazz Singer, in 1927, cinemas world-wide either converted to sound or closed down. Sound projection leasing or purchasing arrangements were often exorbitantly high, and many Queensland suburban and rural exhibitors who committed themselves to very expensive sound projection plant at this period, over capitalised, were burdened with running costs, and did not survive the economic depression of the early 1930s.
There were approximately 200 picture theatres in Queensland in the 1930s, of which 54, or about 25%, were located in Brisbane. This was the period when most Brisbane suburbs had at least one picture theatre, if not more, and competition for audiences was strong. The Red Hill Picture Pops’ closest competitors were the Plaza Theatre on Latrobe Terrace (opened circa 1930) and Stephens’ New Paddington Theatre, erected on Given Terrace 1924.
In 1931 Red Hill Picture Pops Ltd, possibly struggling to survive the depression and the costs of sound installation, or perhaps renovating the building, took out a second mortgage on the theatre from Richard Francis Stephens, who was associated with the Stephens-Munro chain of suburban theatres on Brisbane’s north side. Stephens- Munro ultimately acquired six theatres - the Astor at New Farm, the Imperial at Lutwyche, the Savoy at Clayfield, the Paddington on Given Terrace, the Arcadia at Ascot, and the Jubilee at Toowong - and subsidised other small suburban exhibitors like the Red Hill Picture Pops. It is possible the connection with RF Stephens gave Red Hill Picture Pops Ltd greater bargaining status at the major film distributors’ Brisbane film exchanges.
In November 1934, the Red Hill Picture Pops theatre was leased to William Edward Kirby, who eventually gained title to the property early in 1944. Kirby had changed the name of the place to The State Theatre by 1937, and by 1938 the theatre had a seating capacity of 640. In 1948 title passed to State Theatres Pty Ltd, with Kirby still the exhibitor, and renovations were undertaken in 1950. In 1951, State Theatres Pty Ltd sold subdivisions 22 and 23, the two vacant blocks along the western side of the theatre, with a 1952 easement in their favour over a strip of this land adjoining the theatre.
In 1954 title to the property passed briefly to Christopher James Sourris and his wife Effie - (the Sourris family has been connected with other suburban theatres in Brisbane) - but they sold within months to George Londy and his wife Velio. In 1955, Velio Londy transferred her interest in the property to John Sklavos. With the introduction of television to Brisbane in the late 1950s, cinema audiences declined rapidly. Many cinemas installed wide cinemascope screens in an attempt to attract audiences back to the picture theatres, but suburban cinemas struggled to continue screening films and in the 1960s and 1970s many closed, the buildings converted into alternative uses or the sites redeveloped. By the 1980s, only a handful of single-screen interwar suburban cinemas survived in Brisbane.
In an attempt to retain audiences, Londy and Sklavos renovated The State Theatre in 1958, installing a cinemascope screen, a new ceiling, and decorative sound boards along the sides. By 1960, the seating capacity at the State Theatre had increased to 1000.
Films continued to be screened at the State into the early 1960s, but in January 1964 the theatre was acquired by David and Shirley Venables, who converted it into a ‘sound lounge’ known as Teen City. Many of Australia’s most popular rock and roll stars played at Teen City, including Little Pattie, Col Joy, and the BeeGees, but the venture ceased within a couple of years. In 1965 the place was converted into the Red Hill Skate Arena. The floor to the rink was constructed of timber and Masonite initially - later a concrete floor was laid. As with the picture theatres which struggled to survive the impact of television in the 1960s, new recreational activities - especially skateboarding and rollerblading made popular in the late 20th century - are eroding the popularity of indoor skating.
By the end of the 1990s, popularity in rollerblading had declined. The Skate Arena had become an unviable business investment, which eventuated in the venues doors being closed in the late 1990s. The Skate Arena was abandoned and disused for several years before an atrocious fire caused significant damage to the building on Boxing Day 2002. A 23 year old John Cameron Wright was charged with arson, break-and-enter, and stealing. Wright surrendered himself to police the day after the fire.
Since the arson attack the Arena was neglected, exposed to the elements for almost two decades. It developed into a local attraction for graffiti and street artists, photographers, and creatives alike - - murals painted by local artists Fintan Magee, Drapl, and Sofles were a prominent feature. It had also become the focus of a long dispute in regards to its future use, with many surrounding residents opposed to its rejuvination for commercial purposes over concerns of noise, traffic, and parking issues.
In 2019, the former skate rink was purchased by the Sourris brothers Peter and Stephen Sourris, and renovated into a boutique cinema with much of the graffiti being retained.
Source: Brisbane City Council Heritage Register, the Vintage News, Brisbane Times, ABC News.
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This part of Red Hill was surveyed and subdivided into suburban portions in the 1860s. The site on which the Skate Arena is situated was part of portion 737, on the southern side of Enoggera Terrace at the junction with Musgrave Road, alienated by George Mannion in 1870. Mannion Street, at the rear of the Skate Arena, is likely to have been named after him. By the late 1880s, portion 737 had been subdivided into smaller residential allotments. From 1889 until 1920, subdivisions 14 to 28 remained on one title, passing through several owners, until title to subdivisions 22-27, near the intersection with Musgrave Road, was transferred to Red Hill Picture Pops Ltd. A number of rental houses had been erected along Enoggera Terrace between Musgrave Road and Jay Street, but it is not clear whether there were any extant buildings on the site acquired by Red Hill Picture Pops Ltd in 1920. During this period, Enoggera Terrace continued to be a social hub of Red Hill with the Ithaca Town Chambers, numerous shops, and other services such as halls and the police station situated along the street.
In 1920 an open-air ‘picture palace’ was already established on Enoggera Terrace, on the opposite northern side of the road, at the corner of Waterworks Road. This picture show functioned from 1912 until replaced by Red Hill Picture Pops Ltd.’s new theatre on the other side of the road, 1920 - 1921. In December 1920, the titles office recorded a bill of mortgage on subdivisions 22-27, portion 737 for £1,500, taken out by Red Hill Picture Pops Limited from The Public Curator of Queensland. It is possible this helped to finance construction of the new theatre, which is first listed in the Post Office street directories in 1921.
A 1924 photograph shows the Red Hill Picture Pops theatre as a large, gable-roofed structure with full length ridge ventilator and a modest façade, on a prominent location on Enoggera Terrace. By March 1925, at least part of the theatre was of brick construction, the western brick wall of the theatre suffering damage from water running off the adjacent Red Hill Police Station site at the corner of Musgrave Road and Enoggera Terrace. In late 1927, the front of the theatre was remodelled at a cost of £380, with the addition of shops. Plans were prepared by Brisbane architect RT Erskine, and the contractor was W Tinnerman.
A 1932 sewerage detail plan indicates that the structure occupied the whole of subdivisions 24-27, with the walls erected to the perimeter. This plan also indicates the buttresses located on subdivisions 22 and 23, along the western side of the theatre, where the land falls steeply.
Through the 1920s and into the early 1930s, Alfred "Bertie" E Moore was secretary of Red Hill Picture Pops Ltd. and manager of the theatre. The Moore family lived on Waterworks Road, initially just past Church Street from 1907 - 1911, moving to the corner of Waterworks Road and Enoggera Terrace 1911/1912 - about the same time the open-air picture theatre was established next door on Enoggera Terrace. It is likely Bertie Moore was associated with this first picture theatre as well as the 1920 hardtop. Long-time residents of Red Hill have recalled that in the late 1920s and early 1930s, Mrs Moore sold the theatre tickets from an island ticket box in the front foyer. For the evening shows, Bertie Moore always wore a dinner suit and his wife an evening gown with a fresh rose pinned on the shoulder. Apparently, they kept a tight rein on their often unruly audiences, and a slogan in the foyer read: If you like the program tell your friends, if you do not like it, tell us.
By June 1930, ‘talkie apparatus’ had been installed at the Pops Picture Theatre on Enoggera Terrace. Following the release of Warner Brother’s first talking picture, The Jazz Singer, in 1927, cinemas world-wide either converted to sound or closed down. Sound projection leasing or purchasing arrangements were often exorbitantly high, and many Queensland suburban and rural exhibitors who committed themselves to very expensive sound projection plant at this period, over capitalised, were burdened with running costs, and did not survive the economic depression of the early 1930s.
There were approximately 200 picture theatres in Queensland in the 1930s, of which 54, or about 25%, were located in Brisbane. This was the period when most Brisbane suburbs had at least one picture theatre, if not more, and competition for audiences was strong. The Red Hill Picture Pops’ closest competitors were the Plaza Theatre on Latrobe Terrace (opened circa 1930) and Stephens’ New Paddington Theatre, erected on Given Terrace 1924.
In 1931 Red Hill Picture Pops Ltd, possibly struggling to survive the depression and the costs of sound installation, or perhaps renovating the building, took out a second mortgage on the theatre from Richard Francis Stephens, who was associated with the Stephens-Munro chain of suburban theatres on Brisbane’s north side. Stephens- Munro ultimately acquired six theatres - the Astor at New Farm, the Imperial at Lutwyche, the Savoy at Clayfield, the Paddington on Given Terrace, the Arcadia at Ascot, and the Jubilee at Toowong - and subsidised other small suburban exhibitors like the Red Hill Picture Pops. It is possible the connection with RF Stephens gave Red Hill Picture Pops Ltd greater bargaining status at the major film distributors’ Brisbane film exchanges.
In November 1934, the Red Hill Picture Pops theatre was leased to William Edward Kirby, who eventually gained title to the property early in 1944. Kirby had changed the name of the place to The State Theatre by 1937, and by 1938 the theatre had a seating capacity of 640. In 1948 title passed to State Theatres Pty Ltd, with Kirby still the exhibitor, and renovations were undertaken in 1950. In 1951, State Theatres Pty Ltd sold subdivisions 22 and 23, the two vacant blocks along the western side of the theatre, with a 1952 easement in their favour over a strip of this land adjoining the theatre.
In 1954 title to the property passed briefly to Christopher James Sourris and his wife Effie - (the Sourris family has been connected with other suburban theatres in Brisbane) - but they sold within months to George Londy and his wife Velio. In 1955, Velio Londy transferred her interest in the property to John Sklavos. With the introduction of television to Brisbane in the late 1950s, cinema audiences declined rapidly. Many cinemas installed wide cinemascope screens in an attempt to attract audiences back to the picture theatres, but suburban cinemas struggled to continue screening films and in the 1960s and 1970s many closed, the buildings converted into alternative uses or the sites redeveloped. By the 1980s, only a handful of single-screen interwar suburban cinemas survived in Brisbane.
In an attempt to retain audiences, Londy and Sklavos renovated The State Theatre in 1958, installing a cinemascope screen, a new ceiling, and decorative sound boards along the sides. By 1960, the seating capacity at the State Theatre had increased to 1000.
Films continued to be screened at the State into the early 1960s, but in January 1964 the theatre was acquired by David and Shirley Venables, who converted it into a ‘sound lounge’ known as Teen City. Many of Australia’s most popular rock and roll stars played at Teen City, including Little Pattie, Col Joy, and the BeeGees, but the venture ceased within a couple of years. In 1965 the place was converted into the Red Hill Skate Arena. The floor to the rink was constructed of timber and Masonite initially - later a concrete floor was laid. As with the picture theatres which struggled to survive the impact of television in the 1960s, new recreational activities - especially skateboarding and rollerblading made popular in the late 20th century - are eroding the popularity of indoor skating.
By the end of the 1990s, popularity in rollerblading had declined. The Skate Arena had become an unviable business investment, which eventuated in the venues doors being closed in the late 1990s. The Skate Arena was abandoned and disused for several years before an atrocious fire caused significant damage to the building on Boxing Day 2002. A 23 year old John Cameron Wright was charged with arson, break-and-enter, and stealing. Wright surrendered himself to police the day after the fire.
Since the arson attack the Arena was neglected, exposed to the elements for almost two decades. It developed into a local attraction for graffiti and street artists, photographers, and creatives alike - - murals painted by local artists Fintan Magee, Drapl, and Sofles were a prominent feature. It had also become the focus of a long dispute in regards to its future use, with many surrounding residents opposed to its rejuvination for commercial purposes over concerns of noise, traffic, and parking issues.
In 2019, the former skate rink was purchased by the Sourris brothers Peter and Stephen Sourris, and renovated into a boutique cinema with much of the graffiti being retained.
Source: Brisbane City Council Heritage Register, the Vintage News, Brisbane Times, ABC News.
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New place and they put huge disco ball inside - but sometimes it’s more interesting than what’s going on the stage
Stayin' Alive - Bee Gees (1977)
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This t-shirt, music magazine, stand on magazines and photo frames I did for wish my friend Katka/Kate (www.flickr.com/photos/116500863@N07/) - a great fan of Andy Gibb
Model:
barbie Basic 002 Model No.04 Charlotta
T-shirt and bracelets - made by me
Earring: gift by my friend Katka/Kate/zmrzlinka
Shirt - Barbie Stardoll Bonjour Bizou
Shoes - from Mattel fashion LITDH
This t-shirt, music magazine, stand on magazines and photo frames I did for wish my friend Katka/Kate (www.flickr.com/photos/116500863@N07/) - a great fan of Andy Gibb
Model:
barbie Basic 002 Model No.04 Charlotta
T-shirt and bracelets - made by me
Earring: gift by my friend Katka/Kate/zmrzlinka
Shirt - Barbie Stardoll Bonjour Bizou
Shoes from Mattel fashion LITDH
This part of Red Hill was surveyed and subdivided into suburban portions in the 1860s. The site on which the Skate Arena is situated was part of portion 737, on the southern side of Enoggera Terrace at the junction with Musgrave Road, alienated by George Mannion in 1870. Mannion Street, at the rear of the Skate Arena, is likely to have been named after him. By the late 1880s, portion 737 had been subdivided into smaller residential allotments. From 1889 until 1920, subdivisions 14 to 28 remained on one title, passing through several owners, until title to subdivisions 22-27, near the intersection with Musgrave Road, was transferred to Red Hill Picture Pops Ltd. A number of rental houses had been erected along Enoggera Terrace between Musgrave Road and Jay Street, but it is not clear whether there were any extant buildings on the site acquired by Red Hill Picture Pops Ltd in 1920. During this period, Enoggera Terrace continued to be a social hub of Red Hill with the Ithaca Town Chambers, numerous shops, and other services such as halls and the police station situated along the street.
In 1920 an open-air ‘picture palace’ was already established on Enoggera Terrace, on the opposite northern side of the road, at the corner of Waterworks Road. This picture show functioned from 1912 until replaced by Red Hill Picture Pops Ltd.’s new theatre on the other side of the road, 1920 - 1921. In December 1920, the titles office recorded a bill of mortgage on subdivisions 22-27, portion 737 for £1,500, taken out by Red Hill Picture Pops Limited from The Public Curator of Queensland. It is possible this helped to finance construction of the new theatre, which is first listed in the Post Office street directories in 1921.
A 1924 photograph shows the Red Hill Picture Pops theatre as a large, gable-roofed structure with full length ridge ventilator and a modest façade, on a prominent location on Enoggera Terrace. By March 1925, at least part of the theatre was of brick construction, the western brick wall of the theatre suffering damage from water running off the adjacent Red Hill Police Station site at the corner of Musgrave Road and Enoggera Terrace. In late 1927, the front of the theatre was remodelled at a cost of £380, with the addition of shops. Plans were prepared by Brisbane architect RT Erskine, and the contractor was W Tinnerman.
A 1932 sewerage detail plan indicates that the structure occupied the whole of subdivisions 24-27, with the walls erected to the perimeter. This plan also indicates the buttresses located on subdivisions 22 and 23, along the western side of the theatre, where the land falls steeply.
Through the 1920s and into the early 1930s, Alfred "Bertie" E Moore was secretary of Red Hill Picture Pops Ltd. and manager of the theatre. The Moore family lived on Waterworks Road, initially just past Church Street from 1907 - 1911, moving to the corner of Waterworks Road and Enoggera Terrace 1911/1912 - about the same time the open-air picture theatre was established next door on Enoggera Terrace. It is likely Bertie Moore was associated with this first picture theatre as well as the 1920 hardtop. Long-time residents of Red Hill have recalled that in the late 1920s and early 1930s, Mrs Moore sold the theatre tickets from an island ticket box in the front foyer. For the evening shows, Bertie Moore always wore a dinner suit and his wife an evening gown with a fresh rose pinned on the shoulder. Apparently, they kept a tight rein on their often unruly audiences, and a slogan in the foyer read: If you like the program tell your friends, if you do not like it, tell us.
By June 1930, ‘talkie apparatus’ had been installed at the Pops Picture Theatre on Enoggera Terrace. Following the release of Warner Brother’s first talking picture, The Jazz Singer, in 1927, cinemas world-wide either converted to sound or closed down. Sound projection leasing or purchasing arrangements were often exorbitantly high, and many Queensland suburban and rural exhibitors who committed themselves to very expensive sound projection plant at this period, over capitalised, were burdened with running costs, and did not survive the economic depression of the early 1930s.
There were approximately 200 picture theatres in Queensland in the 1930s, of which 54, or about 25%, were located in Brisbane. This was the period when most Brisbane suburbs had at least one picture theatre, if not more, and competition for audiences was strong. The Red Hill Picture Pops’ closest competitors were the Plaza Theatre on Latrobe Terrace (opened circa 1930) and Stephens’ New Paddington Theatre, erected on Given Terrace 1924.
In 1931 Red Hill Picture Pops Ltd, possibly struggling to survive the depression and the costs of sound installation, or perhaps renovating the building, took out a second mortgage on the theatre from Richard Francis Stephens, who was associated with the Stephens-Munro chain of suburban theatres on Brisbane’s north side. Stephens- Munro ultimately acquired six theatres - the Astor at New Farm, the Imperial at Lutwyche, the Savoy at Clayfield, the Paddington on Given Terrace, the Arcadia at Ascot, and the Jubilee at Toowong - and subsidised other small suburban exhibitors like the Red Hill Picture Pops. It is possible the connection with RF Stephens gave Red Hill Picture Pops Ltd greater bargaining status at the major film distributors’ Brisbane film exchanges.
In November 1934, the Red Hill Picture Pops theatre was leased to William Edward Kirby, who eventually gained title to the property early in 1944. Kirby had changed the name of the place to The State Theatre by 1937, and by 1938 the theatre had a seating capacity of 640. In 1948 title passed to State Theatres Pty Ltd, with Kirby still the exhibitor, and renovations were undertaken in 1950. In 1951, State Theatres Pty Ltd sold subdivisions 22 and 23, the two vacant blocks along the western side of the theatre, with a 1952 easement in their favour over a strip of this land adjoining the theatre.
In 1954 title to the property passed briefly to Christopher James Sourris and his wife Effie - (the Sourris family has been connected with other suburban theatres in Brisbane) - but they sold within months to George Londy and his wife Velio. In 1955, Velio Londy transferred her interest in the property to John Sklavos. With the introduction of television to Brisbane in the late 1950s, cinema audiences declined rapidly. Many cinemas installed wide cinemascope screens in an attempt to attract audiences back to the picture theatres, but suburban cinemas struggled to continue screening films and in the 1960s and 1970s many closed, the buildings converted into alternative uses or the sites redeveloped. By the 1980s, only a handful of single-screen interwar suburban cinemas survived in Brisbane.
In an attempt to retain audiences, Londy and Sklavos renovated The State Theatre in 1958, installing a cinemascope screen, a new ceiling, and decorative sound boards along the sides. By 1960, the seating capacity at the State Theatre had increased to 1000.
Films continued to be screened at the State into the early 1960s, but in January 1964 the theatre was acquired by David and Shirley Venables, who converted it into a ‘sound lounge’ known as Teen City. Many of Australia’s most popular rock and roll stars played at Teen City, including Little Pattie, Col Joy, and the BeeGees, but the venture ceased within a couple of years. In 1965 the place was converted into the Red Hill Skate Arena. The floor to the rink was constructed of timber and Masonite initially - later a concrete floor was laid. As with the picture theatres which struggled to survive the impact of television in the 1960s, new recreational activities - especially skateboarding and rollerblading made popular in the late 20th century - are eroding the popularity of indoor skating.
By the end of the 1990s, popularity in rollerblading had declined. The Skate Arena had become an unviable business investment, which eventuated in the venues doors being closed in the late 1990s. The Skate Arena was abandoned and disused for several years before an atrocious fire caused significant damage to the building on Boxing Day 2002. A 23 year old John Cameron Wright was charged with arson, break-and-enter, and stealing. Wright surrendered himself to police the day after the fire.
Since the arson attack the Arena was neglected, exposed to the elements for almost two decades. It developed into a local attraction for graffiti and street artists, photographers, and creatives alike - - murals painted by local artists Fintan Magee, Drapl, and Sofles were a prominent feature. It had also become the focus of a long dispute in regards to its future use, with many surrounding residents opposed to its rejuvination for commercial purposes over concerns of noise, traffic, and parking issues.
In 2019, the former skate rink was purchased by the Sourris brothers Peter and Stephen Sourris, and renovated into a boutique cinema with much of the graffiti being retained.
Source: Brisbane City Council Heritage Register, the Vintage News, Brisbane Times, ABC News.
As Jordan relaxed listening to music, Barkley came to keep her company. Luckily, he didn't howl as she listened to George Michael and Mary J. Blige sing Stevie Wonder's great song "As," which Mary's record company wouldn't allow to be released in the U.S. (though she wanted it to be) back when it was recorded in the late '90s because George recently had come out of the closet...
Many of George's countless acts of generosity were revealed after he died last Christmas. Many of his generous contributions were kept private and he expected no praise; in fact, once when a reporter told him that he and Elton John were the two British entertainers who raised/contributed the most to charity, he said in an incredulous tone, "What is everyone else doing?"
Early in his career, George appeared at Live Aid, singing "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" with Elton John, which they would record as a single that would reach #1 in the early 1990s. Furthermore, he was one of the singers on the Band Aid song, "Do They Know It's Christmas?"
Another interesting fact is that long before he became famous, as a 13 year old, George was mesmerized by a film that was one of the most popular of the '70s, "Saturday Night Fever." He loved it so much that as a teenager he and his friend Andrew Ridgeley would practice dance moves at home. Dancing ostentatiously at clubs along with Andrew's girlfriend Shirley was one of their favorite activities as teens. Moreover, George remained a staunch BeeGees fan, singing such songs as "Jive Talkin'" during his and Andrew's early, pre-fame performances in small venues as WHAM. George included the song in some of their concerts for a time after their success. Finally, for several years before he died, he was working on a dance album...
"Last Christmas" you gave us your heart....God bless you, George.