Cannon Derby
45 London Road,
Derby,
DE1 2PA
45 London Road,
Derby,
DE1 2PA
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A planning application No 22/00482/FUL has been lodged with the city council to turn the former dressing rooms at the rear of the building on Osmaston Road into a 10 bed HMO. Currently these are rooms are used by the restaurant staff. The application states that there will be no access to the restaurant from the HMO.
Grand opening ad posted.
This evening there was a fire in the kitchen area, the building was evacuated , no one hurt and the fire extinguished very quickly. Fire brigade on scene and ventilating the building.
The ballroom in the former Restaurant was called the “Arnold Rudge Rendezvous for Dancing” which sounded like something invented by comedy script writers. In the 1970s it lacked much of its original grandeur. The organ had gone. The side walls looked as though much of the decorative detailing had been removed for economy or modernity. The last stage show was probably the musical, “Hello Dolly!” performed by a local amateur operatic society in 1971. The theatre had a full fly tower with the words Gaumont Place written on the back wall which survived into its Odeon days.
I have just uploaded a new photo showing the Gaumont as her new life as a restaurant.They even refurbished the centenary of cinema plaque on the front of the building. Although I have not seen many pictures of the new insides, from the revised planning details I found on line they have only used the ground floor.
The fibreglass bust that has sat on the front of the building for around 15 years has been sold by the owners.They have also sold the Zanzibar letters and stars from the canopy. All the money raised is going too a local charity.
A report in the Derby Telegraph shows the new restaurant that is taking over this lovely old building is nearly ready for opening.
A report in today’s local paper says that there is a plan to turn it into a restaurant. Lets hope the same fate has the Kings Heath cinema don’t happen here.!! WWW.thisisderbyshire.co.uk
two more photos
the ornate sidewall of the stalls – at this time a side corridor fire exit for screen 3 (taken in 1983)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/woody1969/5368488904/
lobby heating grill – taken 1983 – poor lighting
http://www.flickr.com/photos/woody1969/5368489304/
Nightclub has closed,building apparently sold for [REDEVELOPMENT]
a photo scanned from a newspaper clipping from the coverage of the opening of the new ABC Troc showing the stunning make over, this was an amazing cinema to watch films in
the ceiling was restores and relit and painted in purple pink and gold but sadly the deco lanterns were removed, i wonder what happened to them
http://www.flickr.com/photos/woody1969/3534999445/
newspaper clippings from the closure of the Odeon
Odeons films flicker out
http://www.flickr.com/photos/woody1969/3535849696/
and the coversion to bingo and new abc
Ripping out Odeons heart with some great photos
http://www.flickr.com/photos/woody1969/3535029603/
more scans of photos i took in 1981, they are a bit dark as my flash was of limited use in such a huge dark space
the original stunning auditorium with its ribbed walls and showing the proscenium arch
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one of the huge deco lanterns
http://www.flickr.com/photos/woody1969/3456514551/
looking up at the ceiling and lanterns
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the circle lobby (one of the few remaining areas of original decoration that survive)
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screen 2 in the rear stalls, with a row of double love seats at the rear, you had to move around a lot in this screen to find seats that didnt have broken springs
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press advert from the ABC Trocaedro reopening for Blue Thunder
http://www.flickr.com/photos/woody1969/3377011258/
photos of the original auditorium taken in 1981
detail of the proscenium showing some of the deco lanterns
http://www.flickr.com/photos/woody1969/56064749/
looking back up the circle
http://www.flickr.com/photos/woody1969/56064748/
rear of the circle plasterwork and clock
http://www.flickr.com/photos/woody1969/95288677/
rear circle looking across the seats with one of the windows with its shutters open (an unusual feature?)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/woody1969/95288678/
the circle lobby with original doors in 1981 (one of the few original remaining areas that survive in the Zanzibar
http://www.flickr.com/photos/woody1969/95288676/
exterior as the Odeon in 1981 showing Annie
http://www.flickr.com/photos/woody1969/155060375/
exterior being converted into the Zanzibar – at this time most of the interior was stripped out
http://www.flickr.com/photos/woody1969/2121487484/
rear of the auditorium block with shops in 2007
http://www.flickr.com/photos/woody1969/253212177/
There is another photo on this page. Happy Fourth from the Colonies!
http://tinyurl.com/5bvql4
A July 2008 photograph of the former Gaumont Theatre:
http://flickr.com/photos/22743973@N08/2636114063/
derby cinema ads from 1964 (came across them while clearing out my parents garage, for the Odeon (St Peters St) Gaumont (London Rd) and ABC (East St)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/woody1969/2313616342/
derby cinema ads including the Odeon (and also when it was the ABC Trocadero) from 1982/3/4
http://www.flickr.com/photos/woody1969/2313607874/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/woody1969/2312794187/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/woody1969/2312790555/
the towering inferno
http://www.flickr.com/photos/woody1969/2313611802/
mad max double bill
http://www.flickr.com/photos/woody1969/2313612988/
posted by woody on Mar 6, 2008 at 2:01am
A vintage photo from 1976, operating as the Odeon, here:–
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A few recent exterior pictures (taken May 2007) here:–
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Still a 2,175 seat single screen cinema in this December 1970 photograph when it had been re-named the Odeon:
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