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A History of the County of Essex
… to 1907 when, as Victoria hall, it became the town's first cinema. It was pulled down in 1930 to build the Granada cinema. The twin-towered Palace theatre of varieties was … 1954 and was demolished in 1960. The first purpose-built cinema, the Princes Pavilion, opened in 1910 in High Street; …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Hist. MSS. Com. Var. Coll. i. 118. The building has been a cinema since before the First World War. See p. 123. See pl. …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… those of a Catholic parish hall, a roller-skating rink, a cinema, a training centre for the unemployed, and a Catholic …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… over 2,500 weekly attendances in 1980. 72 The Town Hall cinema, opened in 1920, 73 closed in 1959. 74 From 1975 the … Bridge Road, opened in 1937, 75 was Telford's only cinema. 76 Like the Grand Theatre it was occasionally used … Rayska for providing a copy. When the main hall became a cinema: below. Wellington Jnl. 2 May 1947; 4 and 11 Feb. …
A History of the County of Stafford
… 1891 when it was converted into a wire works. It became a cinema after the First World War and was still so used in the … and pantomimes. After the First World War it became a cinema, though variety shows continued to be given. It was … had been converted into a bingo hall in 1965, became a cinema once more. It and the King's remained open in 1970. 23 …
A History of the County of Essex
… 'Dictionary of W. Ham'. Volckman's factory was later a cinema: see above, p. 66. Kelly's Dir. Essex (18821926); Bk. …
A History of the County of Essex
… was burnt out in 1931, but was later rebuilt and became a cinema. It was renamed the Essoldo about 1958. 56 It became a … managed the Borough until 1933, when it became the Rex cinema. 66 It became a bingo club in 1969. 67 The Empire … theatre) have been mentioned above. The Broadway (later Gaumont), Tramway Avenue, Stratford, opened in 1927, claimed …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… that of a typical London suburb. A shopping parade and cinema (1932) were built along Neasden Lane and the Spotted … M.R.O., Acc. 303/7. Elm Lodge was replaced by the State cinema in 1937: Grange Mus., biog. files, Ainsworth; …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… people. It was later used for orchestral concerts and as a cinema. It was bombed in 1940 and demolished in 1957. 24 In 1909 several shops were giving cinema shows. 25 In 1917 Willesden Green Electric Palace … in Neasden Lane in 1932 and closed in 1971. 32 The State cinema, opened at nos. 195-9 High Road, Kilburn, in 1937 with …
A History of the County of Oxford
… was formed in 1913, when a meeting in the recently opened cinema at Market Square was addressed by speakers from the … Street and later in the Corn Exchange. 439 Witney's first cinema, the Electric Theatre (Fig. 32), was opened at No. 31 … Palace, and was rebuilt and enlarged in 1933. 441 A second cinema at the west end of Corn Street, housed in a large …