As i live in Carlisle I'm a bit out of touch with whats going on in the Merrie city, but i was speaking to my dad the other day and asked him what's to be with the old ABC cinema, who owns it? have any plans been published for it?



Anyway to cut a long story short i have seen numerous old restorations that run at a profit and wondered if something like this would come under the interest of The Community Trust?



I understand we may be busy for a few years, but after the stadium is set up and running i thought such an iconic building to our city and so many of us shouldn't be lost.



Just an idea, It's somewhere i hold very dear & somewhere which makes me sad now when i see it.



BRING BACK ABC!!!!

I only ever went to the ABC in Wakefield twice (about 4 hours of my time & about £5 of my money) as I've never been a fan of films. As in most businesses, if enough people visit & spend money then they keep going, if they don't they close.



I take it you used to spend a lot of time there ?

I used to take a lot of time there as a kid watching the James Bond movies and later the horror movies and the confessions of, spent many a time fumbling on the back row

That would be to get money out of your pocket then

you know me too well

there is a web site where some bloke breaks into derelict buildings and takes photo's of them he has been in the old ABC and it is a right mess, much of it is 3 foot of water, apparently they had a sump and pump to deal with water ingress but when the electricity was cut off it failed and has totally flooded. edit www.flickr.com/photos/phill_dvsn ... 455506881/

there is a web site where some bloke breaks into derelict buildings and takes photo's of them he has been in the old ABC and it is a right mess, much of it is 3 foot of water, apparently they had a sump and pump to deal with water ingress but when the electricity was cut off it failed and has totally flooded. edit www.flickr.com/photos/phill_dvsn ... 455506881/

Try this. www.urbanadventure.co.uk/?p=194

Try this. www.urbanadventure.co.uk/?p=194

And some times he had a bird with him

I thought it was an urban myth about men using barbecued chickens

Quote jonh="jonh"there is a web site where some bloke breaks into derelict buildings and takes photo's of them he has been in the old ABC and it is a right mess, much of it is 3 foot of water, apparently they had a sump and pump to deal with water ingress but when the electricity was cut off it failed and has totally flooded. edit www.flickr.com/photos/phill_dvsn ... 455506881/'" Nothing there that can't be fixed up. It's such an iconic building and it's so so sad it's gone the way it has. This is something i really think someone should really do something about. It's too important to lose! Just thought something like this may be of interest to the community trust, although to do something like that and the stadium would really show up the WMDC. Community trust- a council that for the people??

Quote jonh="jonh"there is a web site where some bloke breaks into derelict buildings and takes photo's of them he has been in the old ABC and it is a right mess, much of it is 3 foot of water, apparently they had a sump and pump to deal with water ingress but when the electricity was cut off it failed and has totally flooded. edit www.flickr.com/photos/phill_dvsn ... 455506881/'" Nothing there that can't be fixed up. It's such an iconic building and it's so so sad it's gone the way it has. This is something i really think someone should really do something about. It's too important to lose! Just thought something like this may be of interest to the community trust, although to do something like that and the stadium would really show up the WMDC. Community trust- a council that for the people??

It's not gonna happen I'm afraid.



The place is well past recovery and would need enormous investment to bring back around.