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21-01-2010, 03:29 PM
Not quite a cinema any more folks
Opened in 1938, seating 2,648, the tower was originally much taller, extending to around three times the current height above the auditorium roof. The auditorium was split between bingo (in stalls) and cinema (in circle) in 1969.
And eventually closed as a cinema in 1984 with the upper area used as a snooker club. Finally closing around 2007 the building now lies forlorn and outdated.
Visited with Cuban
How it looked in the 1950’s
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4018/4293153622_1d79fbc569_o.jpg
How it looked in 1980’s
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4014/4293153342_cc214fee1b_o.jpg
and how it looks now
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4052/4292411893_54b76b45ee_o.jpg
Inside the bingo hall
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2710/4292413171_cf3cec3da1_o.jpg
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4038/4292413283_40d0a53d93_o.jpg
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4072/4293154848_99039f1c44_o.jpg
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4061/4293154500_78ca2f3d3b_o.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2774/4293153982_d521572449_o.jpg
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4028/4292412731_a0e62a836a_o.jpg
old bingo prizes advert
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2769/4292414673_437cafc30e_o.jpg
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4061/4292413359_3f8a4ab27b_o.jpg
up to snooker area
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2787/4293156828_fccbd38280_o.jpg
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4068/4292414893_c2f068236f_o.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2702/4293156150_ab46627bba_o.jpg
then up to old projector room
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4033/4293155908_a535577767_o.jpg
this is how it looked in the 1950’s
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2509/4292411665_ba4e9d3f0b_o.jpg
An ABC sign from its history as a cinema in the 80’s
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2738/4292414423_d84757848d_o.jpg
and obligatory roof shot
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4034/4292413683_6fa9fc36f8_o.jpg
Opened in 1938, seating 2,648, the tower was originally much taller, extending to around three times the current height above the auditorium roof. The auditorium was split between bingo (in stalls) and cinema (in circle) in 1969.
And eventually closed as a cinema in 1984 with the upper area used as a snooker club. Finally closing around 2007 the building now lies forlorn and outdated.
Visited with Cuban
How it looked in the 1950’s
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4018/4293153622_1d79fbc569_o.jpg
How it looked in 1980’s
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4014/4293153342_cc214fee1b_o.jpg
and how it looks now
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4052/4292411893_54b76b45ee_o.jpg
Inside the bingo hall
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2710/4292413171_cf3cec3da1_o.jpg
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4038/4292413283_40d0a53d93_o.jpg
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4072/4293154848_99039f1c44_o.jpg
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4061/4293154500_78ca2f3d3b_o.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2774/4293153982_d521572449_o.jpg
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4028/4292412731_a0e62a836a_o.jpg
old bingo prizes advert
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2769/4292414673_437cafc30e_o.jpg
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4061/4292413359_3f8a4ab27b_o.jpg
up to snooker area
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2787/4293156828_fccbd38280_o.jpg
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4068/4292414893_c2f068236f_o.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2702/4293156150_ab46627bba_o.jpg
then up to old projector room
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4033/4293155908_a535577767_o.jpg
this is how it looked in the 1950’s
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2509/4292411665_ba4e9d3f0b_o.jpg
An ABC sign from its history as a cinema in the 80’s
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2738/4292414423_d84757848d_o.jpg
and obligatory roof shot
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4034/4292413683_6fa9fc36f8_o.jpg