2017

SJ3197 : The Queen's Picture House, South Road, Waterloo

taken 6 years ago, near to Crosby, Sefton, England

The Queen's Picture House, South Road, Waterloo
The Queen's Picture House, South Road, Waterloo
Originally a cinema, later a department store, then a furniture showroom and now a Wetherspoon pub. See SJ3197 : Plaque on the wall of The Queen's Picture House.
Wetherspoon

Founded in 1979 by Tim Martin, Wetherspoon is a large chain of pubs with over 1000 pubs [2018] around the UK, run by JD Wetherspoon plc.

Unlike other large chains, Wetherspoon do not operate their own brewery.

Wetherspoon are known for not playing any music.

According to the company website, the name Wetherspoon came from one of Martin's teachers in New Zealand, while the initials are those of Sheriff J D Hogg from 'The Dukes of Hazzard' TV series.

Wetherspoon also run Lloyd's N° 1 Bars which play music.

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Geographical Context: Business, Retail, Services other tags: J D Wetherspoon Public House Cinema (Former) Click a tag, to view other nearby images.
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · South Road [6] · Wetherspoons Pub [4] Other Photos: · The Queen's Picture House, Waterloo - interior detail ·
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SJ3197, 174 images   (more nearby 🔍)
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Stephen Craven   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Saturday, 4 November, 2017   (more nearby)
Submitted
Thursday, 16 November, 2017
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SJ 3189 9799 [10m precision]
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OSGB36: geotagged! SJ 3189 9798
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