Behind this elegant Art Deco facade, the abandoned auditorium of Todmorden’s long shuttered New Olympia Cinema has sat in silence for decades, hidden away from public view behind the false walls and ceilings of a budget supermarket that until recently occupied the former lobby and lower seating area.

But when urban explorers gained access to the abandoned West Yorkshire building’s upper balcony, they captured these haunting images of what is unmistakably the decaying remains of a forgotten picture house…

read more The Abandoned Auditorium of Todmorden’s New Olympia Cinema | Urban Ghosts |.