Bitterne Cinema
75 Dean Road,
Bitterne,
Southampton,
SO2 4Q2
75 Dean Road,
Bitterne,
Southampton,
SO2 4Q2
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The town of Bitterne, on the eastern outskirts of Southampton, is named after a bird and was thus given to the cinema and a nearby local pub.
The former Bitterne Cinema was originally a local chapel that was built in 1823. It operated as a cinema in 1924 and 1925. It then reverted back to use as a church. I recent years it has been converted into residential use.
Notes from Kelly’s Directories were provided by 86 year-old historian Reg Goldsmith of Totton.
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According to a 1971 press cutting in the Cinema Theatre Association Archive, this cinema only operated from 1924-25. The building was originally at 75 Chapel Street, before the road was renamed. In 1971 it was in use as a workshop by Smalls the builders. By September 2020 it had been converted to residential use, but it is still recognisable as a former place of worship: it is even called “The Old Chapel”!