Palace Cinema
3 Belle Vue Road,
Cinderford,
GL14 2AA
3 Belle Vue Road,
Cinderford,
GL14 2AA
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Additional Info
Previously operated by: Albany Ward Circuit, Gaumont-British Picture Corp., Ltd., Rank Organisation
Functions: Movies (First Run)
Previous Names: Palace Picture Theatre
Phone Numbers:
Box Office:
440159.482.2555
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The Palace Picture Theatre opened in January 1920, built on the site of the former New Theatre/Empire Cinema of 1913 which had been destroyed by fire in 1919. Seating was provided for 500. The Palace Cinema was badly damaged by fire and was re-furbished, re-opened in January 1924.
It passed to the control of the Albany Ward Circuit who were to be merged Provincial Cinematograph Theatres(PCT) in 1920, who then merged with the Gaumont British Theatre chain in 1929.
Again damaged by fire in 1957, the Rank Organisation closed the Palace Cinema. It was taken over by an independent operator who restored the cinema, re-opening it on 5th January 1958. It eventually proved to be uneconomical and was closed in 1966 and became a British Legion hall.
In 2005, a new owner began restoration, and re-opened the Palace Cinema. A second screen was added in the former circle area.
Contributed by
Ken Roe
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Recent comments (view all 3 comments)
We visited this cinema in August 2014 to watch a movie. The division for the second screen seems to have been very well done. We were in the old balcony, and it was great being so close to all the original ceiling decoration.
The Independent Cinema operator that took over in 1958 was BT Davis who bought it as a job lot of 5 Cinema off Rank. Those included Chepstow. Lydney. Monmouth which the family still own. The fifth at the moment I cannot remember.. age.. Later he took over Odeon’s Henley on Thames and Marlow.
Albany Ward sold his circuit to PCT in 1920 but retained management responsibilities for them, and, at the same time, managed later cinemas in the Westcountry area for both PCT and later, Gaumont when PCT were taken over in 1929. His main base and residence was in Weymouth, Dorset.