Liverpool's oldest cinema remains closed despite receiving approximately £60,000 in funding, including £37,809 of taxpayer money, to support its reopening.
Woolton Picture House announced that it was closing for good in July 2020. Staff said the decision to close the cinema, which first opened its doors in 1927, had been made due to the "devastating and unforeseen circumstances" of the coronavirus pandemic.
The cinema was offered a lifeline when a GoFundMe campaign to support it raised over £24,000 in donations from the public. Under a new owner, the cinema took to Facebook in December 2021 to announce it was working towards reopening in 2022.
