Coliseum Cinema Past Present special…
Picture courtesy of the Scottish Screen Archive at the National Library of Scotland
Picture Courtesy of Chris Doak
Picture courtesy of Steven Parkes
The site has since been completely cleared, and is sitting empty.
More info on the history of the building here:
http://www.scottishcinemas.org.uk/glasgow/coliseum/index.html
Originally published at Hidden Glasgow Forums here:[From January 19th, 2006]
We had a final last look round the building tonight (it gets boarded up tomorrow), everywhere from the basement offices to the top of the roof, and several hidden spaces in between, we saw it all.
Rumours of us clambering through holes in the wall to stand precariously on girders above a suspended ceiling to see the few remaining scraps of 1930s decoration are strongly denied….
The full gallery of interior pics taken during stripping out of the Odeon after closure can be seen here…
http://www.scottishcinemas.org.uk/glasgow/odeon/stripping/
Originally published on Hidden Glasgow Forums at:
http://www.hiddenglasgow.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=3246&start=15
Opened in 1957, the John Menzies House replaced their earlier warehouse just to the south, being their Glasgow head office and warehouse.
Menzies House, 1957 (later General Accident House).
Red sandstone office block to the S by Brand and Lithgow, c.1915 (later extended with extra floors); the original Glasgow warehouse for John Menzies.
2009
Originally published on Hidden Glasgow Forums at:
http://www.hiddenglasgow.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=5736&p=175572#p175572
There is still one remaining original lecture theatre in the building now – it has been abandoned for about 10 years as the rake is so steep it contravenes health & safety requirements! I do plan to try to get access there at some point in the near future…
[From 2008]:
So, only 4 years later, I’ve finally been in for a look at the last original lecture theatre in chemistry. It dates from the early 1950s, when that part of the building was completed, so is newer than the one shown earlier in this thread, but was kitted out with similar seating.
It has been out of use since the early 1990s, as it’s considered too steep to be safe these days, unfortunately. It also features a sink and mini-fume hood for doing reaction demonstrations during lectures, a rather nice clock, and quite a dramatic ceiling, the centre panels of which were once glazed to let light in.
Full gallery is here:
http://www.chem.gla.ac.uk/~gbarr/chem_lt/inorganic/index.html
http://www.chem.gla.ac.uk/cronin/gallery.php?id=New%20Laboratory%20Space%20Co…
Originally published on Hidden Glasgow Forums at:BB Cinerama / Odeon Eglinton Toll
http://www.scottishcinemas.org.uk/glasgow/bbcinerama.html
Opened 1922; closed 1981.
Above the door was this rather nice carved crest and globe:
Completely demolished in 1986.
July 2007: the site is being cleared and excavated once again to put up new flats.
Look what turned up!
[Many thanks to Rod Alexander for the photos!]
Originally published on Hidden Glasgow’s Forums:
Gordon's Miscellanea 