Gaiety Cinema
1 Kingston Road,
Taunton,
TA2 7SA
1 Kingston Road,
Taunton,
TA2 7SA
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Located in the Rowbarton district of Taunton, Somerset, next to Taunton Railway Station. The Gaiety Cinema was opened in 1920 by the Vickery brothers. In 1930 it was equipped with a Western Electric(WE) sound system. After the end of World War II it was taken over by the Chelton Cinemas circuit based in Cardiff. The cinema now boasted a café.
The Gaiety Cinema was closed in the early-1960’s and was converted into a bingo club. After a while it was converted into Kingston’s nightclub. In recent years it has operated as Riley’s Snooker Club, which was closed in November 2012. It was demolished in late-2014-early-2015 to build housing.
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I used to work there when it was a bingo hall in the late 1960’s …. working 3 nights per week after my daytime job, in order to buy a camera. I was a ticket seller/cashier. The Manager was a cigar smoking Mr. Gwilliam, who I believe travelled up from Exeter each day. Saturday and Sundays saw a maximum crowd. I also used to go to the films there from the late 1940.s..
Demolished between June 2014-May 2015 per Google street view.