As well as being one of those people who jumped a mile at the end of ‘Carrie’ I had the privelege of playing on the stage there in our teenage band in about 1978. I think it was a show for the British Legion club. I have a cassette recording of the gig and it was monster!! As I remember, the diggers went in overnight virtually and the building was razed to the ground like a few other notable buildings in Bude without a ‘by your leave’. It was a tragic loss of a wonderful theatre with a wonderful interior. Not quite Cinema Paradiso, but a lovely deco pile nonetheless.
It became an International Stores, then a Somerfield and now Sainsbury’s. Lots of changes of hands. Perhaps it’s never quite worked as a supermarket site.
As well as being one of those people who jumped a mile at the end of ‘Carrie’ I had the privelege of playing on the stage there in our teenage band in about 1978. I think it was a show for the British Legion club. I have a cassette recording of the gig and it was monster!! As I remember, the diggers went in overnight virtually and the building was razed to the ground like a few other notable buildings in Bude without a ‘by your leave’. It was a tragic loss of a wonderful theatre with a wonderful interior. Not quite Cinema Paradiso, but a lovely deco pile nonetheless.
It became an International Stores, then a Somerfield and now Sainsbury’s. Lots of changes of hands. Perhaps it’s never quite worked as a supermarket site.