{"id":4165,"date":"2017-04-21T15:07:42","date_gmt":"2017-04-21T15:07:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/williamlonsdale.co.uk\/?p=4165"},"modified":"2017-04-21T15:10:23","modified_gmt":"2017-04-21T15:10:23","slug":"colne-hippodrome-theatre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/williamlonsdale.co.uk\/index.php\/2017\/04\/21\/colne-hippodrome-theatre\/","title":{"rendered":"Colne Hippodrome Theatre"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Two colour sketches, one in pastel and a more finished piece in oil, based on observations made whilst on the balcony of the Hippodrome Theatre in New Market Street, Colne.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Our visit was to see and enjoy a performance of the musical &#8216;Hello Dolly&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4158\" src=\"http:\/\/williamlonsdale.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Hippodrome-Theatre-Oil-Painting.png\" alt=\"Hippodrome Theatre Oil Painting William Lonsdale Artist\" width=\"730\" height=\"655\" srcset=\"https:\/\/williamlonsdale.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Hippodrome-Theatre-Oil-Painting.png 730w, https:\/\/williamlonsdale.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Hippodrome-Theatre-Oil-Painting-300x269.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>My grandparents John and Mary Higson had a cafe at number 25 opposite the theatre (circa 20s and 30s).\u00a0\u00a0 They also provided accommodation for travelling theatrical artists.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4164\" src=\"http:\/\/williamlonsdale.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Higson-Shop-New-Market-Street-Colne.jpg\" alt=\"Higson Shop New Market Street Colne\" width=\"930\" height=\"654\" srcset=\"https:\/\/williamlonsdale.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Higson-Shop-New-Market-Street-Colne.jpg 930w, https:\/\/williamlonsdale.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Higson-Shop-New-Market-Street-Colne-300x211.jpg 300w, https:\/\/williamlonsdale.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Higson-Shop-New-Market-Street-Colne-768x540.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 930px) 100vw, 930px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Now called the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.phtheatre.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\">Pendle Hippodrome<\/a>, it&#8217;s recently become a thriving venue once more. <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pendle_Hippodrome_Theatre\" target=\"_blank\">Read more about it here<\/a>\u00a0by clicking this <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pendle_Hippodrome_Theatre\" target=\"_blank\">link<\/a>. And for details on shows click\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.phtheatre.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\">Pendle Hippodrome<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4159\" src=\"http:\/\/williamlonsdale.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Hippodrome-Theatre-Pastel-Drawing.png\" alt=\"Hippodrome Theatre Pastel Drawing William Lonsdale Artist\" width=\"953\" height=\"648\" srcset=\"https:\/\/williamlonsdale.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Hippodrome-Theatre-Pastel-Drawing.png 953w, https:\/\/williamlonsdale.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Hippodrome-Theatre-Pastel-Drawing-300x204.png 300w, https:\/\/williamlonsdale.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Hippodrome-Theatre-Pastel-Drawing-768x522.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 953px) 100vw, 953px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two colour sketches, one in pastel and a more finished piece in oil, based on observations made whilst on the balcony of the Hippodrome Theatre in New Market Street, Colne.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":4158,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7],"tags":[117,118,116,89],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/williamlonsdale.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4165"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/williamlonsdale.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/williamlonsdale.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/williamlonsdale.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/williamlonsdale.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4165"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/williamlonsdale.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4165\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4169,"href":"https:\/\/williamlonsdale.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4165\/revisions\/4169"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/williamlonsdale.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4158"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/williamlonsdale.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4165"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/williamlonsdale.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4165"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/williamlonsdale.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4165"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}