Odeon Folkestone

24-26 Sandgate Road,
Folkestone, CT20 1DP

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ritzman
ritzman on September 4, 2014 at 1:23 am

Photo of the restaurant that preceded the building of the Astoria Cinema, Folkestone added on the photo tab

ritzman
ritzman on September 4, 2014 at 1:10 am

Oxford Terrace was at the rear of the auditorium and still is! The Astoria did not stand on a corner site as it was built into the existing terrace of commercial properties and replaced a a high class tea room & restaurant run by a Carlo Maestrani which opened on the site in 1889. The replacement Boot’s store is a pastiche of the former Astoria/Odeon with glazed tiles that look similar to the faience facade of the cinema including a canopy overhanging the entrance.

richard040560
richard040560 on September 3, 2014 at 10:02 pm

I’m compiling a book of people’s memories of seeing the Stones in the 60s and would love to hear from anyone who attended the Odeon concerts.

nic1946
nic1946 on August 6, 2014 at 10:47 pm

I worked at a theatre in the town in the early sixties and went to this cinema a lot, it was very stylish. I can remember being one of the follow spot operators for the Rolling Stones concert mentioned above.

Ken Roe
Ken Roe on February 18, 2011 at 12:12 am

A set of vintage photographs of the Odeon in the 1960’s:
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The Odeon photographed in November 1948, playing the Odeon release:
http://www.mawgrim.co.uk/cavalcade/folkestone2.jpg
Playing the Odeon release in March 1956:
http://www.mawgrim.co.uk/cavalcade/folkestone3.jpg
Playing the Rank release in May 1971:
http://www.mawgrim.co.uk/cavalcade/folkestone.jpg