Thats the way to do it..................

Started by mk1, May 07, 2013, 04: PM

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-22434435


With the announcement that Bradford Council has agreed to buy the former Bradford Odeon from its owners for just £1, more than a decade of uncertainty about the building's future could finally be over.

For generations of Bradford's paying public, stepping into the city's Odeon cinema underneath the building's landmark twin towers was, by all accounts, an unforgettable experience.

Whether they were there to see the latest movie blockbuster or the hottest bands on their way to the top of the pop charts, the Odeon was a place to see and be seen - as well as be entertained.

Though just bricks and mortar, the emotions felt about Bradford's Odeon became clear in the years following the cinema's closure in July 2000.

A long-running campaign calling for something to be done to halt the building's subsequent fall into disrepair, dereliction and even possible demolition, showed the depth of that emotion.



I note that Hinge (or Bracket, I could never tell them apart) has promised to sort out the Odeon and Jackson's Landing but they all start out by saying that...................