alexander874 Posted November 16, 2020 Share Posted November 16, 2020 (edited) Any information regarding this cinema which was on Bradfield Road in what is now the car park next to Regent Court. Edited November 16, 2020 by Groose typo in title Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old tup Posted November 17, 2020 Share Posted November 17, 2020 This is news to me as I lived in Owlerton nearly 30yrs and never heard of it,I recollect a dancing school in that spot but never a cinema,perhaps Hillsbro could shed some light on it?. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sadbrewer Posted November 17, 2020 Share Posted November 17, 2020 (edited) It was an open air cinema in the 1920's. It hosted boxing matches and was described as a mini amusement park...it may have been known as Arcadia Grounds. https://www.flickr.com/photos/163026710@N02/? Having read a little more it was run by Sylvan Recreations ( Hillsborough) Ltd. They took a five year lease in early 1927 but by September of 1928 all the equipment including the cinema was put up for sale. The boxing carried on for a year but the promoter Gus Platts relocated to another venue in Attercliffe...strangely enough the first fight at the new venue was Mexborough's Billy Yates, who was my friends Grandfather!! Edit...apparently Arcadia was located on an island in Hillsborough bounded on one side by the river Loxley and a large dam on the other...prior to the Arcadia the land housed tennis courts. Edited November 17, 2020 by sadbrewer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hillgirl Posted November 17, 2020 Share Posted November 17, 2020 Like Alexander and Old Tup I was born and raised in that area and was unaware of this place. Though well before I was born I never heard about this before.Thanks Sadbrewer for solving this mystery. Heard previous generation of relatives talking about a permanent fairground with boxing matches and Strongmen competions in the bottom of Hillsborough Park where the running track is at the top of Hawksley road and at the back of Hawksley Avenue. This would be around that time too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retep Posted November 17, 2020 Share Posted November 17, 2020 4 hours ago, sadbrewer said: It was an open air cinema in the 1920's. It hosted boxing matches and was described as a mini amusement park...it may have been known as Arcadia Grounds. https://www.flickr.com/photos/163026710@N02/? Having read a little more it was run by Sylvan Recreations ( Hillsborough) Ltd. They took a five year lease in early 1927 but by September of 1928 all the equipment including the cinema was put up for sale. The boxing carried on for a year but the promoter Gus Platts relocated to another venue in Attercliffe...strangely enough the first fight at the new venue was Mexborough's Billy Yates, who was my friends Grandfather!! Edit...apparently Arcadia was located on an island in Hillsborough bounded on one side by the river Loxley and a large dam on the other...prior to the Arcadia the land housed tennis courts. Thomas Augustus Platts, former middle weight champion of Europe and licensee of The Blue Boar, West Bar and boxing promoter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexander874 Posted November 17, 2020 Author Share Posted November 17, 2020 Was the site of it where I suggested on the car park near Regent Court. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old tup Posted November 18, 2020 Share Posted November 18, 2020 No wonder I never heard of the place I do remember the tennis courts by the side of Bradfield Rd flats!,at the turn of the century you can see on old maps the land occupied by the flats was a holding dam for a water mill filled I believe by the River Loxley!.1927 was well before my appearance into the world believe it or not!. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retep Posted November 18, 2020 Share Posted November 18, 2020 2 hours ago, old tup said: No wonder I never heard of the place I do remember the tennis courts by the side of Bradfield Rd flats!,at the turn of the century you can see on old maps the land occupied by the flats was a holding dam for a water mill filled I believe by the River Loxley!.1927 was well before my appearance into the world believe it or not!. Whitey says his dad used to tell him about the boxing, he lived at one point at the Cambridge grounds, I'll quiz him about it when things get a bit better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bullerboY Posted November 18, 2020 Share Posted November 18, 2020 (edited) It was opened by Mr Mottershaw who i believe founded the Sheffield Photo Company and was the first place to show a moving picture in Sheffield if my memory is correct.I read a long time ago that the island was called Constantinople and also had a skating rink on it. Edited November 18, 2020 by bullerboY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sadbrewer Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 On 18/11/2020 at 20:15, bullerboY said: It was opened by Mr Mottershaw who i believe founded the Sheffield Photo Company and was the first place to show a moving picture in Sheffield if my memory is correct.I read a long time ago that the island was called Constantinople and also had a skating rink on it. It didn't start until 1927...at that time there would have been quite a number of cinemas in the city....it may have been the first to show one outdoors though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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