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A History of the County of Warwick
… popular recreational activity between the wars was the cinema, and the rise and decline of this medium of … building was burned down in 1931, being replaced by a new cinema on the same site which opened in 1933. 23 The first … later in 1910 by the Grand, Foleshill Road, 27 and a cinema in Stoney Stanton Road. 28 By the end of 1912 four …
A History of the County of Stafford
… museum and art gallery on the site of the present Essoldo Cinema had been drawn up, but were not proceeded with. Later, …
Survey of London
… offers were still not forthcoming. Proposals to erect a cinema on the site proved abortive, and for a while the …
Survey of London
… 119 In 1921 the erection next door of a large detached cinema was already being discussed, 120 but there was … and W. F. Granger. Leathart was one of the foremost cinema architects of the day, and soon after its opening in … capacity was 2,350 and it was then said to be the largest cinema in England. In recent years the interior has been …
Survey of London
… a large cupola raised above the top cornice. The Gaumont Cinema Formerly the Capitol This building stands on the site … stage productions, but in the spring of 1928 it became a cinema. In 1957 a new canopy was designed for the Haymarket … Although the Carlton is now used exclusively as a long-run cinema, the building was designed for use as a cinema and a …
Survey of London
… and lack of amenities (there was, for instance, no cinema except very briefly) produced an insular community. …
Survey of London
… was somewhat altered. From 1911 to 1918 it was used as a cinema, but reverted to a theatre and became the headquarters … such as the bar, have been partly reconstructed. Electric Cinema Club, No. 191 Portobello Road This was built in 1905 … to survive little altered inside. After a short spell as a cinema, it was used as a music hall under the name Imperial …
Survey of London
… way to Bartlett Park; on the south side of the square a cinema and shops flanking a wide footway leading from the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… on business. The caf is now as conspicuous as the inn, a cinema flourishes, the taxicab-hire-service has been …
Survey of London Monograph
… of the circulation space when not in use for meetings or cinema performances hence its role also as a portrait …