Picture House
3 Dee Street,
Banchory,
AB31 5ST
3 Dee Street,
Banchory,
AB31 5ST
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Banchory isn’t listed in the 1944 KYB at all, with just the Picture House listed in the 1966 KYB. The ‘66 KYB has the proprietor as Robert Martin Cay, 458, Holborn Street, Aberdeen, 398 seats, screen 24 ft. by 10 ft. 6 in., CinemaScope, proscenium width of 28 feet.
The very helpful lady at the library in Banchory has provided some further information – having spoken to a local lady whose brother was an assistant projectionist at the Glen! That cinema was, as suspected, situated in the Town Hall. It started in the 1940s, which ties in with my information in the Overview.
It also turns out that the Picture House didn’t open until 1954 – hence its non-appearance in the earlier Kinematograph Year Books! The Glen appears to have carried on for a while after the Picture House opened, operating under the name The Banchory Cinema for a while.