Queen's Hall
48 A192,
Seaton Delaval,
NE25 0AP
48 A192,
Seaton Delaval,
NE25 0AP
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Located in Seaton Delaval, to the northwest of Whitley Bay, Northumberland at the corner of A192 and Sinclair Gardens. The Queen’s Hall was built in 1912 and opened as a cinema on 26th August 1912. It had a 36ft deep stage, and dressing rooms. The proscenium was 37ft wide. Around 1930 it was equipped with a British Thomson-Houston(BTH) sound system. This was later replaced by a GB-Kalee sound system.
The Queen’s Hall was closed as a cinema in 1975 and went over to use as a bingo club. It had closed by 1998 and the building was ‘For Sale’. It has since been demolished and a 3-storey block of flats has been built on the site.
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Photo taken in 1998, not long before the building was demolished:–
QUEENS HALL
I am not sure that the date of 1963 for closure is correct. It was still advertising films in 1967. The last date that I can find is 23rd August 1967 although that doesn’t mean that it closed then. It seems to have been showing films for three or four nights a week, so perhaps 1963 was when it went over to bingo part-time.
I was contacted by the owner in 1994 when it closed for bingo. Jim Schultz removed Caumont Kalee 20 sets with President arcs from the projection box. They were still in nice condition. I was told that it closed for film shows in 1975. Several adverts that I rescued would support that closure was later than 1967. They can be seen (screened at Tyneside Cinema) on my YouTube channel here … https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9nZg7kFHqo&t=10s