MERCIA CINEMA
SOCIETY
A national
organisation for research into the history of the cinema
Administrator: Mervyn Gould 29 Blackbrook Court Loughborough LE11 5UA
Tel/Fac 01509 218393
Mervyn.Gould@virgin.net
PAST
BIOSCOPES
with contents (not all nos. were utilized). Italic
entries are not available – except by
photo-copying.
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1 |
Researching
Black country cinemas; Oldbury Picture House; Denbigh Wedgwood cinema |
Win
80 |
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2(A4) |
Gateshead cinemas; Plymouth Gaumont
Palace |
Spr
81 |
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3(A4) |
some
Leeds/ Liverpool / Manchester/ Newcastle central cinemas; Birmingham -
Erdington cinemas |
Sum81 |
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4(A4) |
The post-war decline of the cinema; Aberdeen
Capitol; news supplement
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Aut
81 |
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5(A4) |
(loose-leaf)
Cinema news; photo-list |
Win
81 |
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6(A4) |
(loose-leaf)
Cinema news; Harwich Electric Picture Palace Trust; photo-list |
Spr
82 |
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7(A4) |
(loose-leaf)
Cinema news; North-West Cinema Preservation Society; photo-list |
Sum82 |
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8(A4) |
(loose-leaf)
Cinema news; Mercia book publishing suggestion |
Aut
82 |
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9(A4) |
(loose-leaf)
Cinema news; Wakefield cinema plans; Gazetteer
pages with 5 –9:
Ashton-under-Lyne; Bournemouth Odeon; Bradord Ritz; Bridlington; Brownhills;
Derby Black Prince / Coliseum / Victoria Electric Theatre; Hinckley; Jersey
Forum; Kidderminster; Lichfield; Scarborough Gaiety / Aberdeen Walk Picture
House; Sheppey Theatres & Music Halls; Southampton; Stourbridge King’s;
Tamworth |
Win
82 |
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10 |
Mercia
Newsreel |
Spr
83 |
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11 |
Grantham
Paragon; London Kilburn State proposals; Plymouth Belgrave cinema;
photo-list; Mercia Newsreel |
Sum83 |
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12 |
Wallasey Phœnix; Lerwick North Star cinema; Tussaud’s Cinema brochure;
Harpenden Embassy; Birmingham Gaumont Palace; Harwich Electric Cinema; Mercia
Newsreel |
Aut 83 |
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13 |
A.G.M.
minutes; Mercia Newsreel |
Win
83 |
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14 |
Rochdale Palace Theatre; Preston
ABC closes; Granada Theatres map 1951; Mercia Newsreel
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Spr
84 |
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15 |
Blackburn
Palace Cinema / Peoples’ Palace; some cinema models; Pembroke Haggar’s cinema:
Southampton Odeon / Regal opening brochure; Watford Odeon / Plaza; Mercia
Newsreel |
Sum
84 |
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16 |
Uxbridge
cinemas; Mercia Newsreel |
Aut
84 |
|
17 |
Huntingdon
Cromwell cinema; Loughton Century / Cinema; Astoria Prestwich photo;
Rawtenstall Unit 4 / Picture House; Rugeley Plaza; Manchester Sale
Odeon/Pyramid; Southport Regal; Morecambe Odeon |
Win
84 |
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18 |
Montrose
Angus Playhouse; South Shields Howard Hall; Unit 4 circuit |
Spr
85 |
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19 |
Gale’s
Bioscope; Maltese Movies; Rickmansworth cinemas; Coalville cinemas; Burton-on-Trent
Picturedrome; Rochester Odeon/Gaumont/Majestic; Reginald Dixon; MGM’s release
pattern; Blackpool Odeon; Birmingham Selly Oak ABC/Oak |
Sum
85 |
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20 |
London: Sweetingham’s cinemas (Canning Town); Upton Park Carlton +
opening brochure; intro to cinema history |
Aut
85 |
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21 |
Ned Williams’ model Black Country cinema; Gaumont V.E. day celebrations; London Fulham Road ABC remodelling; Salford Quays ABC multiplex; Bristol Odeon remodelling; Horsham ABC to Arts Centre; Harwich Electric Palace; Index 15 - 21 |
Win
85 |
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22 |
London
East End cinemas |
?Spr
86 |
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23(A4) |
London Suburban cinemas
Gazetteer
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Sum
86 |
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24(A4) |
Guildford cinemas |
?Aut
86 |
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25(A4) |
The Gaumont
circuit – a brief history |
?Win
86 |
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26(A4) |
London Astorias special edition -
colour cover photographs |
Spr
87 |
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27(A4) |
Typical
Odeons in review |
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28 |
Number not used |
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29 |
Number not used |
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30 |
Number not used |
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31 |
Number not used |
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32 |
Number not used |
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33 |
(Edited by David Jones) London:
Hackney - Pavilion & Empress; Hammersmith Gaumont Palace; Stoke Newington
Ace / ABC / Savoy & Old Kent Road ABC / Regal; Motherwell Pavilion |
Spr
88 |
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34 |
Let’s Go to the Pictures (London); Epsom Cinema Royal;
Dudley Hill Picture Palace; Nottingham Hippodrome projection; Morecambe
Gaumont / Tower ceiling; Review – Two Sixpennies, Please. |
Sum
88 |
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35 (A4) |
Sheffield
Star; early cinemas of Brentford & Chiswick; Cannock Picture
House/Classic; model of Lewisham Gaumont; Southall Palace |
Sum
89 |
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36(A4) |
Odeon
in Anglia; Elephant & Castle Trocadero; Training WWII Royal Navy cinema
operators |
Aut
89 |
|
37 |
(Nick Prince edits five issues) Tunbridge
Wells – Essoldo city – part 1; London Canning Town Odeon; Cinema in the 80s |
Sp
90 |
|
38 |
Pioneers of the Potteries; Cinema in
the 80s – part 2; Tunbridge Wells – Essoldo city – part 2 |
Sum
90 |
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39 |
Wakefield cinemas; Essoldo city –
part 3; Richmond (Surrey) Castle Electric Theatre |
Aut
90 |
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40 |
Coventry Astoria / Broadway; Pioneers
of the Potteries post-script; Stamford cinemas – part 1; Blitzed cinemas of
Southampton; Cheltenham Daffodil cinema |
91 |
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41 |
Worcester
cinemas |
91 |
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42 |
1991 AGM minutes;
Early Castleford cinemas
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Spr 92 |
|
43 |
(Brian Hornsey becomes editor) Stamford
cinemas - part 2; Doncaster Warner multiplex; Denmark Lemvig Film Theatre |
Sum92 |
|
44 |
Rutland
cinemas; Sheffield Odeon 7; Heckmondwike Pavilion; Odeon club song; Waikto
Regent 60th anniversary; Ashington Regal |
Aut
92 |
|
45 |
Sleaford
Picturedrome; Westrex engineer’s monthly visit sheet; Guildford cinemas –
part 1; New Zealand Waikto Regent 60th anniversary; Australia -
Sydney Capitol Theatre |
Win
92 |
|
46 |
A.G.M.
minutes; Guildford cinemas – part 2; Stoke-on-Trent Longton Empire Theatre;
some Southampton cinemas; Holbury Waterside / Esso Cinema; Blackburn cinema
advert – June 1951; Burnley cinemas – part 1 |
Feb
93 |
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47 |
Burnley
cinemas; Ipswich cinemas |
May
93 |
|
48 |
Coventry
cinemas; Uttoxeter cinemas; Wakefield Lupset Savoy; Southampton central
cinemas note |
Aug
93 |
|
49 |
Cambridgeshire
cinemas - part 1; |
Nov
93 |
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50 |
Cambridgeshire
cinemas - part 2; |
Feb
94 |
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51 |
Cambridgeshire cinemas - part 3;
Cromer & Sheringham cinemas: Cardiff cinemas end; Leics. Ibstock Palace
cinema; Nottingham cinemas pt 1 |
May
94 |
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52 |
Cambridgeshire
cinemas part 4; Llandudno cinemas; Salisbury cinemas; Nottingham cinemas pt 2 |
Aug
94 |
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53 |
Carlisle
Cinemas; Clacton-on-Sea cinemas; Swansea Elysium; Nottingham cinemas |
Nov
94 |
|
54 |
AGM
minutes; Wigan cinemas; Coventry Lyric; Bolton Lido; Southampton council
minutes; Whitby cinemas; Nottingham cinemas |
Feb
95 |
|
55 |
Goldalming
cinemas; Penzance cinemas; Berwick-on-Tweed cinemas; Mrs Vee Horlick –
wartime operator; Weston-super-Mare cinemas; Cardiff Castle cinema;
Nottingham cinemas |
May
95 |
|
56 |
Gloucester
& Cheltenham up-date; Pacific island cruise; 1st war
film-renting at Wakefield Trinity Picture Palace; Wanstead Empire; East
Finchley Picturedrome/Coliseum/Rex/ Phoenix; Nottingham cinemas |
Aug
95 |
|
57 |
Aberystwyth
cinemas; Woking cinemas; Saffron Walden cinemas; Dudley Limelight cinema |
Nov
95 |
|
58 |
Cinema
100; The Coutts’ circuit, Farnham cinemas; Nottingham cinemas |
Feb
96 |
|
59 |
Aldershot
cinemas London Leyton Savoy opening brochure; Nottingham cinemas |
May
96 |
|
60 |
Cinemas of Kirkaldy; London Mile End
Peoples’ Palace; Strood Ritz; Nottingham cinemas; Book review – The
Rawdon Empire
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Aug
96 |
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61 |
Basingstoke
cinemas; Keighley Picture House re-opened; Cranleigh cinemas; Nottingham
cinemas |
Nov 96 |
|
62 |
Wakefield Cineworld
opens; Todmorden Olympia opening brochure; Nottingham cinemas |
Feb 97 |
|
63 |
Weymouth cinemas; Nottingham cinemas
continued; Review – The Liverpool Stage
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May
97 |
|
64 |
Cornwall
cinemas – part 1; Lincoln Ritz; Nottingham cinemas |
Aug
97 |
|
65 |
Manchester
early cinemas; Cornwall cinemas - part 2; Nottingham cinemas |
Nov
97 |
|
66 |
Spalding
cinemas & Gladys Smith - pianist; Cornwall cinemas - part3; Nottingham
cinemas concl. |
Feb
98 |
|
67 |
some
Glasgow cinema photos; Cornwall cinemas – part 4; Leicester cinemas ptXX |
May
98 |
|
68 |
War
over Manchester; Leicester cinemas ptXX; Burslem Palace opening brochure. |
Aug
98 |
|
69 |
Essoldo in Manchester; Interview with Sid Donaldson (Sound
engineer); Edinburgh Abbeymount Regent; Skipton Plaza; Mobile movies;
Farnborough cinemas; Leicester cinemas (cont’d) |
Nov
98 |
|
70 |
AGM
minutes; Coventry Odeon/Gaumont; some Birmingham cinema photos, Leicester
cinemas (cont’d) |
Feb
99 |
|
71 |
Richmond
Yorkshire; Brandon, Suffolk - Avenue Cinema; Southampton Harbour Lights;
Northampton Picturedrome, Blackpool Odeon Multiplex |
May
99 |
|
72 |
Clevedon;
Bridgewater; Leicester cinemas pt.XX |
Aug
99 |
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73 |
Morley
(nr. Leeds) cinemas; Leeds cinemas Part 1; Leicester cinemas (cont’d) |
Nov
99 |
|
74 |
(colour
cover) AGM minutes; Kettering; Leeds pt 2; Leicester ptXX (Brian Hornsey’s last issue) |
Feb
00 |
75
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(Mervyn Gould edited this & next
three issues) Anthony Phillips’ life-story;
Cardiff Park Hall Cinema; Leicester cinemas (cont’d
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May 00
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76 |
The
Ritz, Potters Bar; Metropole, Borehamwood; Gloucester cinemas Sunday opening;
Folkestone's Silver Screen; Leicester cinemas concluded; Coleford Studio
Cinema |
Aug
00 |
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77 |
Coalville
Rex 21st anniversary; an RAF cinema; The Southwold cinema;
Sittingbourne cinemas; the modern multiplex; Sudbury Odeon; Northampton
Plaza; Braunston Plaza; Review – Bristol’s Forgotten Empire |
Nov
00 |
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78 |
AGM
2000 minutes; Cornish cinemas; Usherette; Boxed In… Northampton 2; Penistone
Paramount Compton; Edinburgh childrens’ 1933 cinema-going; Technical review
of 1950; Review – Somerset cinemas |
Feb
01 |
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79 |
(Paul Smith
became nominal editor) Northampton Savoy; Mobile
Movies 45th anniversary; Leicester cinemas remembered; Hebden
Bridge Picture House; obits. – Robert Bullivant & Jeffrey MacKenzie; The
B.T-H. S.U.P.A. |
May
02 |
|
80 |
Shepton
Mallet Regal; Draw-backs to cine-variety; Leeds cinemas (concluded);
Morrisons of Leicester; Building a modern cinema chain; Obit – Fred Bentham |
Aug
01 |
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81 |
The
Lynton Cinema; Halifax cinemas - part 1; Odeon in 1955; Queen’s Hall London;
Screen advertising; New Gallery London; Early mass entertainment; Review – Old Cinemas; Obit – Fred Windsor;
Mobile Cinemas Ltd. |
Nov
01 |
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82 |
AGM
2001 minutes; The cinema industry in 1952; Dorchester cinema history; The
Luxor, Lancing revisited; Cinema equipment; Scala, Long Eaton; Cinema
Technology - part 1 F.O.H.; Shepshed Palace Picture House; Review – Sheffield cinemas; Obituary – George
Clarke |
Feb
02 |
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83 |
‘Al’ Allen’s Recollections – part 1;
Odeon Gant’s Hill closes; Cinema Technology part 2 – Stage; Leicester
ex-Regal for sale; Boston’s new multiplex; Walter Goodall’s cinemas; Happy in
the Morning!; Notes & Queries; Muvico Egyptian 24; Review – Flickering
Shadows |
May
02 |
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84 |
Grantham
cinemas; Cinemas of Halifax – part 2; Bryan Connon’s memoir; Gladys Smith
reaches 100; Cinema Technology – part 3 Projection suite; Is Listing worth
it?; p.s. from ‘Al’ Allen ; Reviews – Hillingdon cinemas & The
Picture Man |
Aug
02 |
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85 |
Scottish
Cinema & Variety Theatres Ltd. / Burnham-on-Sea Ritz closed / George
Clarke’s Reminiscences / Review– Kinema in the Woods / Southall
Himalaya Palace / Korda’s Denham Studios / Cinema Technology - 4 |
Nov
02 |
|
86 |
AGM 2002 minutes / ‘Al’ Allen’s
Recollections – 2 / Korda’s Denham Studios - 2 / Some Chester Cinemas /
Durham 1953 cinema scene / Year 1953 brief memories / Mobile Showman memories
/ Reviews – See You at the Cap’ & Cinemas of Herefordshire
/ Letters / Notes & Queries / Obituaries - E. P. White & Anthony (Tony) Irving |
Feb
03 |
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87 |
Sutton-in-Ashfield memories / Palace Cinema, Knottingley / Edwinstowe,
Major Cinema / Lime Street Futurist /
Madam Tussaud’s Cinema / Review – The History of Leicester Cinemas /
Don Currie’s private cinema / Hounslow West Ambassador organ / Newcastle
Paramount memories 1 / Odeon Gant’s Hill demolition |
May
03 |
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88 |
Blidworth’s Scala Cinema / Cecil Hepworth – film pioneer / Letter - Korda’s films and Denham / Newcastle Paramount part 2 / Notes
& Queries / Halifax cinemas – part
3
/ Review – Picture Palaces of
Liverpool |
August
03 |
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89 |
Electra Cinema Newport Pagnell / George
Benjamin Aspland Howden / The Story of
Technicolor / Birmingham Alexandra Theatre / Nottingham Odeon-Ritz / Frodsham
Grand & Rhyl / Pudsey Picture memories / Review – Hearing the Light / Letters / Notes & Queries |
Nov
03 |
|
90 |
60 Years of projection / Bi-unials and Diesels /
P.C.T. The first National chain / Also full supporting programme / The
Curzon, Earlstown / 1954 - Fifty Years On / A.G.M. 2003 Odeon Leicester Sq.
minutes / Review - Brighton and Hove Cinemas / Letters / Notes &
Queries |
Feb
04 |
|
91 |
28 years in the Trade/ Cinema Plant in the 30s /
Pictures in Swalwell / Bridport’s cinema history/ Chester’s 3 Super-Cinemas /
Poplar Pavilion 1912 – 1990 / Letters |
May
04 |
|
92 |
Cinemas of Trowbridge - 1 / Twilight of Variety /
Editorial / Some Co. Durham cinemas / Some Worcester cinemas / Kine Weekly
indexing / Reviews Cinema in a Cathedral City: Durham 1896 – 2003 and Men
at Work – Orton & Spooner / Letters |
Aug
04 |
|
93 |
Cinemas of Trowbridge - 2 / Portland’s cinema
history /The ODNB & cinema /Welwyn Campus West /Army
Kinematograph Service / Cinderford Palace / Ta to Q3 / Review – The Travelling Cinematograph Show /
Letters / Notes & Queries
/ Kilburn Envoy / Classic photos |
Nov
04 |
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94 |
A.G.M. 2004
Stockport Plaza minutes / Northampton’s NEW Super!
(Savoy) / How Moss’ Empires
worked / Cinema in Braintree / A. B. King – Scots cinema owner / A history of
Television - 1/ Letters |
Feb
05 |
INDICES: 26 (London
Astorias special issue) / 37-49 (Spring
1990 - Nov 1993) / 50-61 (Feb1994 - Nov
1996) / 62-73 (Feb1997 - Nov 1999) /
74-85 (Feb 2000 – Nov 2002). Indices are A5 for binding with the appropriate
issues Indexing will continue in the foreseeable future for current issues, and
as archive copies are acquired the past issues will be indexed.
Prices: All Bioscopes and Indices are £1.50
up to No. 73, with the exception of Bioscope
No. 26, which is £2.50. Later issues
£2.50. Postage extra. Please make cheque / P.O. out to MERCIA CINEMA
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