Palace Theatre

[derek2776]

My Grandpa used to train the spotlights in the Palace,going back nearly a century ago! He used to tell me stories about some of the old music hall stars .His favourite was Houdini.."He were a clever b....r" Does anyone know if any archives exist as I would love to know the list of stars who appeared there.
Grandpa was Jimmy Robinson and for many years he had an "open all hours"shop at 95 Plumbe Street. I remember the war years there if anyone is interested,

[Col.Kurtz]

Bit before my time the Palace, where was it?

[keckfaro]

the palace was ,this is not exact,round about straight across from the bottom of Manchester Rd,around where Boots is,in the old days if you was on a bus and asked for Burnley Centre this is where you would get off

[davesax]

Wondered if you remember the Wimpybar in the Palace, I cooked the wimpys, this was when the palace had gone to bingo.
A lot later in 1972 i was manager of the "Woods " music shop at the bottom of Manchester rd, & it brought tears to my eyes when i saw the Palace stage come down. Ah memories.

[James Pickering]

Originally Posted by keckfaro

the palace was ,this is not exact,round about straight across from the bottom of Manchester Rd,around where Boots is,in the old days if you was on a bus and asked for Burnley Centre this is where you would get off

It was actually a few hundred yards toward Burnley Centre from where Manchester Road/Bridge Street/St James' Street intersected. I have forgotten the name of the shop on the corner of Bridge Street/St James' Street, but then there was Oddies, (shop) the Burnley, Colne & Nelson Bus office, an alley (Public Toilets), The Palace Theatre, The Grand Cinema .......... and so on. During the late 1940s the favorite meeting up spot for teenagers on Saturday night was under the Grand canopy -- all the bus routes used to stop and start in the Centre in those days.

James

[Kiki]

Originally Posted by davesax

Wondered if you remember the Wimpybar in the Palace, I cooked the wimpys, this was when the palace had gone to bingo.
A lot later in 1972 i was manager of the "Woods " music shop at the bottom of Manchester rd, & it brought tears to my eyes when i saw the Palace stage come down. Ah memories.

My sister had a Saturday job at "The Whimpy Bar "and i used to get discount , yes i remember it well!going past the taxi ,shop yesterday i remembered the record shop . Sad to see Mason Hugills shop for let as i used to do Mrs Hugills hair in the late sixties and she was alovely woman!

[Kiki]

Originally Posted by derek2776

My Grandpa used to train the spotlights in the Palace,going back nearly a century ago! He used to tell me stories about some of the old music hall stars .His favourite was Houdini.."He were a clever b....r" Does anyone know if any archives exist as I would love to know the list of stars who appeared there.
Grandpa was Jimmy Robinson and for many years he had an "open all hours"shop at 95 Plumbe Street. I remember the war years there if anyone is interested,

My mum used to tell me that there was a lot of very famous people appeared at the Palace ! Joseph Lock who i think was brilliant, was a sell out at the time. I love the theatre and would if i could ,travel back in time to have seen this?

[Kiki]

Originally Posted by keckfaro

the palace was ,this is not exact,round about straight across from the bottom of Manchester Rd,around where Boots is,in the old days if you was on a bus and asked for Burnley Centre this is where you would get off

It was where Mc Donalds is now!

[Kiki]

Originally Posted by keckfaro

the palace was ,this is not exact,round about straight across from the bottom of Manchester Rd,around where Boots is,in the old days if you was on a bus and asked for Burnley Centre this is where you would get off

It was where Mc Donalds is now!

[Lancashire Exile]

Hi

Lancashire Exile here. We used to meet outside the Palace on Saturday mornings to walk round the centre and go to Websters Record Shop to listen to the new records. About a dozen of us used to go, listen to the records in one of the booths and then buy 1 record between us - they cost 6s 9d!!

Happy days!!

[lancslass]

I just added a pic of "The Palace" to Places in the gallery if you are interested

[lancsdave]

My memory of it was vague until I saw the picture. That was Tesco's next door in that photo wasn't it ?

[lancslass]

yes it was

[beechcroft]

Your grandpa probably put the spotlight on an act I am trying to trace called Rameses. He appeared at the Palace on August 19th. 1912. Does anyone have information on him please? He was a very big star Egyptian dressed magician / illusionst travelling to the USA in 1910 South America in 1913 and also later to South Africa. Remember this was 1912. so air travel had not arrived.

Hope somebody out there can help. Anyone got a theatre poster or programme from his appearance. Are there any archives of The Palace theatre. Where could I find a picture of the outside of of the interior please
Many thanks
Chris

[Kiki]

Burnley Library must have some old newspapers of "The Palace"Maybe some old postcards exist somewhere ?