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Ken Roe commented about Gaumont Chorlton-cum-Hardy on Sep 30, 2010 at 9:45 am

A vintage photograph of the Gaumont in 1958:
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Ken Roe commented about Casino Cinema on Sep 30, 2010 at 6:02 am

A vintage photograph of the Casino Cinema in March 1958 (playing the Odeon circuit release):
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Ken Roe commented about Claremont Super Cinema on Sep 27, 2010 at 4:28 pm

The Claremont Super Cinema, photographed in 1954;
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A vintage photograph of the auditorium:
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Ken Roe commented about Odeon Taunton on Sep 27, 2010 at 10:16 am

A vintage photograph of the auditorium ceiling of the former Gaumont Palace:
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Ken Roe commented about Gaumont Exeter on Sep 27, 2010 at 10:03 am

A vintage photograph of the auditorium, taken around the time of the opening of the Gaumont Palace:
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Ken Roe commented about Odeon Acton on Sep 27, 2010 at 9:59 am

A vintage photograph of the auditorium:
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Ken Roe commented about Odeon Ipswich on Sep 27, 2010 at 9:56 am

A vintage photograph of one of the light fittings located beside the proscenium splay wall:
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Ken Roe commented about Odeon Wealdstone on Sep 27, 2010 at 9:49 am

A vintage photograph of the auditorium of the Odeon, photographed soon after its opening in 1934:
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Ken Roe commented about Odeon Warley on Sep 27, 2010 at 9:45 am

A vintage photograph of the Odeon in August 1949, playing the Odeon release:
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Auditorium, as seen around the time of opening of the Warley Cinema in 1934:
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Ken Roe commented about Palace Cinema on Sep 26, 2010 at 5:34 am

An illustration and more details on the Imperial Theatre here:
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Ken Roe commented about Haven Theatre on Sep 25, 2010 at 6:52 pm

I have a record of the Forest Park/Haven Theatre(1938) with 450 seats, located at 80-16 Jamaica Avenue which was built in 1913. Later it became the Liberty Department Store.

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Ken Roe commented about Royalty Cinema on Sep 25, 2010 at 8:59 am

A vintage photograph of the Royalty Cinema in 1965;
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Vintage views of High Street, Gosforth, showing the Royalty Cinema:
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Ken Roe commented about Apollo Entertainment Centre on Sep 25, 2010 at 8:31 am

A 1934 vintage photograph of the auditorium, soon after opening:
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The auditorium being re-built in 1955, after German bomb damage:
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The exterior in 1956 after re-opening:
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Photographed in 1967:
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Ken Roe commented about Odeon Byker on Sep 25, 2010 at 8:09 am

A vintage photograph of the Odeon in January 1958:
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Ken Roe commented about Pavilion Cinema on Sep 25, 2010 at 7:59 am

The exterior of the Pavilion Theatre in around 1916:
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The auditorium of the Pavilion Theatre shortly after opening in 1903:
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Ken Roe commented about Pavilion Cinema on Sep 25, 2010 at 7:02 am

Vintage photographs of the Pavilion Cinema:
In July 1949, playing the Odeon release:
http://www.mawgrim.co.uk/cavalcade/newcastlep4.jpg
In March 1956, playing the Odeon release:
http://www.mawgrim.co.uk/cavalcade/newcastlep3.jpg
Two photographs from 1967 as a ‘Roadshow’ house:
http://www.mawgrim.co.uk/cavalcade/newcastlep2.jpg
http://www.mawgrim.co.uk/cavalcade/newcastlep.jpg

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Ken Roe commented about Odeon Byker on Sep 24, 2010 at 2:28 pm

A vintage photograph of the Odeon, playing the Rank release in April 1971:
http://www.mawgrim.co.uk/cavalcade/byker.jpg

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Ken Roe commented about Cameo Cinema on Sep 23, 2010 at 7:50 am

A vintage promotional postcard showing the Theatre Royal:
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Ken Roe commented about Imperial Theatre on Sep 21, 2010 at 12:54 pm

The upper part of the facade of the former Imperial Theatre, photographed in May 2009:
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Ken Roe commented about Odeon Newton Abbot on Sep 21, 2010 at 10:36 am

The Odeon, photographed in around October 1948 playing an off-circuit programme, the main feature from 20th Century Fox:
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Playing the Odeon release in May 1955:
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Playing the Rank release in January 1971:
http://www.mawgrim.co.uk/cavalcade/newtonabbot.jpg

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Ken Roe commented about Ritz Cinema on Sep 17, 2010 at 11:45 am

The Ritz Bingo Club, photographed in February 2002;
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Ken Roe commented about St. George Theatre on Sep 17, 2010 at 8:38 am

Theatre of Terror at the St. George Theatre on Saturday 30th October 2010.

Tour the Haunted Theatre at 2.30pm
“Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein” at 4.00pm

Tour the Haunted Theatre at 7.30pm
Bela Lugosi in “Dracula” at 9.00pm

Tickets $18 each performance

Further details on the St. George Theatre official website above.

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Ken Roe commented about Evington Cinema on Sep 16, 2010 at 9:47 am

The former Evington Cinema facade can be seen in the background of this November 2009 photograph:
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Ken Roe commented about Roxy Cinema on Sep 16, 2010 at 9:25 am

Three photographs of the closed down Roxy Cinema/Top Rank Bingo Club in April 2001:
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Ken Roe commented about Classic Cameo Cinema on Sep 16, 2010 at 4:52 am

An August 2009 photograph of the High Street, showing the original facade and the now empty red brick Habitat building, which replaced the auditorium;
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An August photograph of the former Electric Theatre’s entrance:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/stevecadman/47962532/
Photographed in July 2008:
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Close-up:
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