Hello Pam, I just googled Costin St. Fortitude Valley and found a map on the yourgigs.com.au site showing it is at 52 Costin St. and appears to be on the corner of Costin St. and Water St. Alma ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pam Dale" <[email protected]> To: "B. Edmonds" <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2012 10:00 PM Subject: Re: [AUS-QLD] TIVOLI THEATRE > Hi Bev > > I don't think the one in Costin St started operating until about the late > 1980s. It was fairly new when I went there. The original building was > built in 1917. From memory it did not have a garden roof. It may have > been something else in between being Adams Cake Shop and the Tivoli. > Surely someone else must remember these theatres. I will have a talk to > my husband and see what he remembers about the movie theatre. > > Pam in Brisbane > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: B. Edmonds > To: Pam Dale ; [email protected] > Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2012 7:28 PM > Subject: Re: TIVOLI THEATRE > > > Pam & Kerry > > Grandfather worked on the one that has the following which is in his > diary:- > > Repairs to Fly Floor > Set of steps from Fly to Grill > Pugg? under Orchestra & Footlights > New Doors to stairs at Boxes > Switch Box on Garden Roof > Refloor and deafen all Dressing Rooms. > > Plus other work. Unfortunately no year dates, just day and month. > > Which to me sounds like the one near the exhibition Ground. > > Bev > > > > > Hi Bev > > There were two Tivoli Theatres in Brisbane. The first one I remember was > in Albert St. opposite the City Hall and was a movie theatre. I visited > there many times in my teens -1950-1960. It closed down many years ago > when the first city square was built - not the hot-box that is there now. > > The other one that people have mentioned near the Exhibition Ground, in > Costin St, was a live dinner/theatre place that I visited around 1990. > They then went on to have visiting artists. I do not know if it is still > operating. > > Pam in Brisbane > > > > Please remember to snip most of the earlier message before you post any > reply...... Thank you! > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message