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bluebanana commented about Studio 1-2-3-4 on May 2, 2022 at 7:09 am

Scamps was a club for everyone and disappeared in the 1980s to be replaced by Rockshots a gay nightclub.

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bluebanana commented about Rex Cinema on Feb 3, 2021 at 3:17 am

Strictly speaking the although the cinema became a bingo hall in 1970 I am sure it showed childrens matinees for a few months afterwards in 1970 on a Saturday afternoon

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bluebanana commented about Rex Cinema on Aug 27, 2016 at 4:43 pm

The Rex was built to replace the Theatre Royal in Prince Consort Road which burnt down in around 1950, the Rex was built on a vacant t business site by the Dawes Brothers who ran a number of cinemas on Tyneside