🎉📸 Today we're celebrating #WorldPhotographyDay!

Last year Tom Lally worked with us to capture a visit from the Frank Matcham Society as well as document the building through his lens 👁. We'll be sharing more from Tom and others throughout the day

#Burnley #BurnleyEmpire #Heritage #Restoration

Our first stop yesterday was The Last Stop Café on St James's street ☕️ & our last stop after a packed day at the #BurnleyEmpire was the #Burnley Mechanics

Make sure you visit the Mechanics special display of the Rene K Couture dress featured in the Burnley 2027 - Year of Culture film 🎥

That's a wrap 🎬 Yesterday evening it was a pleasure 2 host something special at the #BurnleyEmpire. Keep an 👁️ out to see what's been occurring

We'd also like to thank every1 for ur ongoing support. We're currently hard at work behind the scenes & look forward to sharing updates in the near future 🤞

We recently met Cat & Sue from @rtyds.bsky.social #RTYDS, at #BurnleyEmpire & learned all about their #FairPlay programme to address the barriers experienced by working class artists, and how they help them to sustain a career within the #theatre industry by tackling socio-economic inequality 👏

A classic #Burnley Empire view shot by Trustee Allen in 2022 whilst there was a mould setting over night on the Bertie Crewe decorative plasterwork, by K.L.Langton

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'NUFF SAID' - May 1918
107 years ago in May when the one and only Dr Walford Bodie toured @thestage.co.uk Stage reported: 'all records broken at Empire, #Burnley, despite great depression, 14,000 men out of the town, phenomenal hot weather, big counter attractions and super tax'.

BET Trustee Allen has been photographing the #BurnleyEmpire since the Trust took ownership of the historic venue, capturing its decorative details as the interior ages gracefully. In this photo you can see the surviving decorative fibrous plasterwork designed by celebrated Architect #BertieCrewe