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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
National
Dan Haygarth

Community appeals to cinema's owners as 'rare gem' remains closed

Woolton Picture House first opened its doors in 1927, but few people have made it through them in recent months.

After 93 years of business - only interrupted by a fire in 1958 and the death of owner David Wood in 2006 - the cinema announced that it was closing for good in July 2020. Staff said the decision had been made due to the "devastating and unforeseen circumstances" of the coronavirus pandemic.

However, Liverpool's oldest cinema was offered a lifeline when members of the public raised over £24,000 to support it. Under a new owner, the cinema took to Facebook in December 2021 to announce it was working towards reopening in 2022.

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