GALLERY- July 2004

This months gallery shows photos of the Morley New Pavilion now recently reopened as Puccinos Cafe & restaurant.

See earlier galleries for more on the history of the building. Whilst access was gained to the interior, the photos are slightly blurred based on available light photography..

Photos taken July 16th and 17th.

A view from the High Street showing the four original shops now open as a Cafe. Whilst it has been considerably improved and cleaned up, some vegetation can be seen at roof level in front of the air duct.

The corner entrance. There is currently a french market in town, hence the banner.

The corner entrance going up Upper Queen Street. Efforts have been made to reveal or restore as many of the stained glass windows that were otherwise boarded up.

The bulk of the building extending up the hill.The vintage looking lamps on the walls have been retained but have been added at some stage as they are not in the early views of the building..

A glimpse inside the foyer. There is a paybox to the right and the main staircase leading up into the auditorium is on the right after walking along the corridor that leads to the stairs down into the Cafe.

This is an early photograph of the building, scanned from the index page of "Morley Entertainers" by Ronnie Barraclough and David Reekie. The strange construction on the roof of the stage house is actually the streetlight at the top of the pole on the right.

View of the former auditorium from the stage end taken from the elevated platform that is now the cocktail bar. The original Circle extended further forward than the current gallery line as it was cut back on conversion from Bingo to a night club.