ABC Crawley
100 High Street,
Crawley,
RH10 1BZ
100 High Street,
Crawley,
RH10 1BZ
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The Embassy re-opened on Saturday Dec 7th, 1985 as the ABC, with a completely new look designed by Howard and Unick. Designer Nerissa Martin specially made the uniforms, Ray Quilter, chief engineer for ABC completely gutted the interior inside 2 weeks, providing new high backed seating new carpets, new kiosks and new toilets with designer ceramics. Prices were unchanged!
According to Wikipedia, the cinema has since been demolished.
Bar Med has now closed for redevelopment. It looks like the Embassy’s days are numbered, sadly :(
Are there any pictures of the interior available? I would love to have a look around the parts of the building which are no longer open to the public.
Do all the 007’s have world premiers in Great Britian,I remember, I think,“THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS” had one with Lady Di and Prince Charles attending.I saw the picture somewhere in a 007 book.Thanks Ian. I love 007.
Two more images here:–
http://www.flickr.com/photos/stagedoor/4762661609/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/stagedoor/4763298978/
Another photo when it was the Cannon Cinema here:–
http://www.flickr.com/photos/stagedoor/136991019/
Fantastic pictures! Do you have any more? I have searched in vain for photos like these! I am particularly interested to find out what the interior was like in its original form and after it was converted. I was only 11 years old when this cinema shut, so my memories of what it was like are faded; I always preferred it to the Cineworld complex though.
Unfortunately several recent trips to Bar Med have not exactly helped to trigger my memories; I have been unable to recognise any features from when it was a cinema.
The Embassy Cinema, photographed in around 1947:
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Colour photograph from the early 1970’s:
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Closed for conversion to a triple screen in 1979:
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The Embassy Cinema as a triple screen in 1979:
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No 1 screen in the former stalls:
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