Join me on my merry trek of old ruins, cinemas, railways and things that just catch my attention around Yorkshire and the UK. John.
View this post on Instagram Kinema in the Woods, Woodall Spa. Britain's only cinema using rear-projection, used because the low roof beams would get in the way of the light for a regular front projected screen. The cinema also has a Compton organ which is played before some screenings. The Spa Baths just over the car park were built because because of the curing effects of a local spring - when digging a shaft to look for (non-existant) coal they instead hit a spring. The shaft was abandoned and water overflowed into a stream where it cured sick cattle who drank it. People then started to drink the water as a cure. Sadly the Spa Baths are now derelict having been unused for decades following collapse of the well in the 80s. A post shared by John | Exploration and history (@merrytrek) on Jun 10, 2018 at 6:00pm PDT
Kinema in the Woods, Woodall Spa. Britain's only cinema using rear-projection, used because the low roof beams would get in the way of the light for a regular front projected screen. The cinema also has a Compton organ which is played before some screenings. The Spa Baths just over the car park were built because because of the curing effects of a local spring - when digging a shaft to look for (non-existant) coal they instead hit a spring. The shaft was abandoned and water overflowed into a stream where it cured sick cattle who drank it. People then started to drink the water as a cure. Sadly the Spa Baths are now derelict having been unused for decades following collapse of the well in the 80s.
A post shared by John | Exploration and history (@merrytrek) on Jun 10, 2018 at 6:00pm PDT
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