Globe Cinema

Built by a syndicate led by Joseph R. Collins, the architect was J. J. Hill. Original plans had a billiards hall in the basement with 8 tables, but these were later dropped from the final plans. The manager was fined in 1912 and 1913 for overcrowding. The Globe was taken over by Sidney Bamford in February 1915. General Theatres Corporation, who were to shortly be taken over by Gaumont, owned the cinema from December 1928, who introduced talkies from April 1930. Sold to the E. J. Hinge circuit in 1935 who already co-owned the Gosforth Cinema on the High Street, the cinema was redecorated in 1958. After closure as a cinema, the bingo operation lasted here until 1990.