Fly Floor

The Fly floor remains intact above the false ceiling built on the stage when the Tivoli was used as a Bingo Hall. The split grid and fly floors have not been adapted since a refit in c1938. The wooden cleats are still in situ and traces still remain of the grid pulleys and hemp ropes. The lighting battens still hang in their original positions connected to the Rank Strand Grand Master. The safety curtain is welded in the raised position.

 

 

The stage left fly floor shows a ladder leading up to the grid. The lighting battens now support the false ceiling above the stage.
A "Chinaman" on the SL fly floor. This was used to raise and lower the theatre's paint frame which was used to paint backcloths and scenery.
Battens, safety curtain and tartan "tormentor".
The house tabs fallen onto the false ceiling above the stage.
The hemp ropes tied off to the rail of the fly floor.

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