New Cinema

59 Front Street,
Sacriston, DH7 6JT

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popcorn_pete
popcorn_pete on February 8, 2017 at 7:41 pm

More information on the New: the exact opening date was 30 September 1957 and the opening film was Anastasia. It was an 800 seater.

grahamsoult
grahamsoult on July 2, 2016 at 12:02 pm

You can see a picture of this building as Heron Foods at https://twitter.com/soult/status/699888811413794816

popcorn_pete
popcorn_pete on July 2, 2016 at 9:08 am

The building is now home to a Heron Foods supermarket.

DavidSimpson
DavidSimpson on December 15, 2015 at 2:52 pm

Further information has come to light about this cinema. When I wrote the above overview I was surprised that it appeared that this building had not been erected until 1957. Well, it hadn’t been! I don’t know when it was built, but it wasn’t purpose-built for films, as it started life in the 1910s or 1920s as a skating rink, before becoming a theatre and even showing films, from 1924 to 1929, before becoming a dance hall until 1952. That use ceased after a few years, and the New Cinema opened in 1957.