Comments from DAVIDFREEMAN - Cinema Treasures

DAVIDFREEMAN commented about Seeking Stories from Projectionists on Aug 27, 2004 at 9:34 pm

DO YOU WANT TO SWOP TALES FROM THE BOX WITH A EX-CHIEF FROM ENGLAND ?
CONTACT ME AT
I HAVE 3000 PHOTOGRAPHS OF CINEMAS IN THE LONDON AREA. (England)
INCLUDING OLD PROJECTORS AND BOXES.
OVER FIFTY-FIVE YEARS SHOOTING…
REGARDS,
DAVE FREEMAN.

DAVIDFREEMAN commented about Cinema Ghost Stories? on Aug 27, 2004 at 9:02 pm

HI ALL,
SOME OF THE CINEMAS IN ENGLAND ARE HAUNTED TOO…
“ANY GOOD TALES FROM THE BOX” ???
I AM A EX-CHIEF PROJECTIONIST AND CAN TELL A FEW TALES…
DROP ME A LINE (OR TWO) AT
REGARDS, DAVE FREEMAN.

DAVIDFREEMAN commented about Granada Greenwich on Nov 2, 2003 at 9:02 pm

CLOSED 8TH JUNE 1968…BECAME A BINGO CLUB…THEN A NIGHTCLUB…

DAVIDFREEMAN commented about Coronet Theatre on Nov 2, 2003 at 8:54 pm

OPENED ON 28TH NOV 1898…

DAVIDFREEMAN commented about Cannon Royal Cinema on Nov 2, 2003 at 8:51 pm

I WAS SECOND PROJECTIONIST THERE IN 1951…IT WAS THEN THE “CAMEO NEWS THEATRE”

DAVIDFREEMAN commented about Rainbow Theatre on Nov 2, 2003 at 8:47 pm

THE ARCHITECT WAS EDWARD A STONE…2802 SEATS…
CLOSED ON 18TH SEPT 1971…
ADDRESS IS SEVEN SISTERS ROAD…

DAVIDFREEMAN commented about O2 Academy Brixton on Nov 2, 2003 at 8:42 pm

YOU ARE WRONG ABOUT SKATEBOARDING, THAT WAS AT THE ASTORIA OLD KENT ROAD…
(DEMOLISHED OCT 1984)
THIS WAS ONE OF THE"PARAMOUNT" ASTORIAS…
BRIXTON…STREATHAM…FINSBURY PARK…OLD KENT ROAD…
IT CLOSED ON 29TH JULY 1972…

DAVIDFREEMAN commented about Academy 1-2-3 on Nov 2, 2003 at 8:30 pm

I HAVE PHOTOGRAPHS OF THIS CINEMA TAKEN IN 1977…..
FOYER…AUDITORIUM…PROJECTORS…

DAVIDFREEMAN commented about Regal Cinema on Nov 2, 2003 at 8:18 pm

THIS CINEMA WAS DEMOLISHED IN NOVEMBER 1981…..I HAVE PHOTOGRAPHS….
THE SEATING WAS 2,010…..
THE ARCHITECT WAS F.EDWARD JONES…..
IT CLOSED ON THE 8TH FEB 1964……..
THEN IT WAS “TOP RANK” BINGO…

DAVIDFREEMAN commented about ABC Forest Hill on Nov 2, 2003 at 7:38 pm

I HAVE MANY PICTURES OF THIS CINEMA.
FRONT OF HOUSE,AND AUDITORIUM (AS BINGO)
AND THE REBULDING WORK RECENTLY TO CONVERT IT INTO A “WEATHERSPOONS” PUB.