Public Hall Cinema & Institute

Briton Ferry, SA11

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Eric Evans
Eric Evans on October 6, 2011 at 10:36 am

Just had a look in the Kinematograph Year Book Cinema Directory for 1958, the only cinema listed here is the Lodge. Western Electric sound System, 1,020 seats, procenium width 32 ft wide,and the screen 29ft 6in wide, by 15 ft high. The proprietors were Ferry Cinema Co, Ltd.

edithapearce
edithapearce on March 31, 2009 at 7:08 am

Five years ago my husband took me on a memory lane trip around South Wales. We went to Briton Ferry and looked at where I thought the Public Hall was. I managed to locate what I believed was the location of the cinema but it had since been turned into a garage.

edithapearce
edithapearce on March 31, 2009 at 7:04 am

I am confused by the above as I did a few days of relief in a cinema called the Public Hall at Briton Ferry some time around 1960. The feature that week was “Two Way Stretch”. I cannot remember much about the cinema except that it was a Kalee equipped medium sized house with a fairly wide stage that was sometimes used for live shows. I also recall seeing that that some of the inner doors had “Palace” etched on the glass.
Was this a case of the Palace Cinema later using the name “Public Hall?”