NAILSWORTH Glos

PUBLIC HAI.L CINEMA 1922 - Lessee, Beach & Vick. Four shows weekly. Two changes weekly. Prices, 5d. to 1s. 10d.

 By 1941: (Morrison) - Lessee, W. J. Beach. One show nightly. Two on Sat. Two changes weekly. Prices 6d. to 1s. Phone No. 69. Station, Nailsworth, L.M.S.

Subscription Rooms f., W. J. Pearse (1907)

 

NANTWICH Cheshire

COSY CINEMA / COSY SUPER CINEMA / NEW PICTUREDROME Castle Street  Opened 1912 - converted from Ebenezer chapel. Prop. Norton’s Pictures. Cosy 23^rd December 1920. Taken over by T. E. Markham. Pros width 16ft. 550 seats (TMC). 1928 4d, 6d, 1s. Booked @ Old Wyche by prop. Closed by 1937. Re-opened as Cosy Super Cinema by 1940. 6d to 1/6d. 400 seats. By 1941: Prop., T. E. Markham, Ye Olde Wyche Cinema, Nantwich. Prices 8d. to 1s. 6d. 400 seats. Booked at Nantwich. Phone 5338. Station, Nantwich, L.M.S. Nightclub. To Southan Morris circuit by 1948. Closed 1^st April 1950 – Yankee Fakir. To Essoldo 26^th August 1954 with Regal, but stayed closed. Now nightclub.

REGAL / YE OLDE WYCHE SUPER CINEMA / YE OLDE WYCHE THEATRE Churchyard side/Market Place  Opened Monday 11^th October 1920 – Broken Blossoms. (plaque above entrance gives 1919) Prop. T. E. Markham. Res. man. S. Weaver. Two shows nightly. 2 changes weekly. 5d – 1/6. Seating 1400. Licensed for music and dancing. Voltage 70. 1922 – Prop., T. E. Markham. Man., J. Weaver. Prices, 6d. to 2s. Station Nantwich L.N.W.R. 1924: Wyche. Markham prop & man 5d – 1/6. 1928: Bked @ hall. Pictures, variety & stage plays. Proscenium width: 25 ft., stage 20ft deep. Café attached. Tel 38. 4d to 1/6d. Installed B.T-H. sound system 1934: Continuous. 7d – 1/6d. Tel 5538. 1935 – 900 seats c.1936 sound changed to WE 6d to 1/6. 1937: 1,200 seats. Super Cinema by 1939 - Mrs. I. M. Lyons, manageress. By 1941: (WE) - Prop., T. E. Markham. 1,100 seats. Booked at Hall. Continuous. Prices 8d. to 1s. 9d. Proscenium width 25ft. Phone Nantwich 5338. Station, Nantwich, L.M.S. Circuit sold to W. Southan Morris circuit, renamed Regal c.1940. To Essoldo  26^th August 1954. Closed: Saturday 17^th September 1966 - Born Free. Auditorium demolished. Frontage and dressing rooms intact. Office & works.

TOWN HALL CINEMA / Town Hall High Street  f., S. Williamson (1907) Early picture shows. 1912 - Proprietors, Town Hall Co.; Manager, Mr. H. T. Johnson. Stage play, music and dancing, and kinematograph licences. Holding capacity : 850. Prices of admission : Various ; usually 6d., 1s., 2s. Moveable pro­scenium, with foot and headlights. Stage : 15ft. deep, 28ft. wide; proscenium : height 11ft. 6ins., width 23ft. Lighted by gas. Posting about 400 d.c. Terms for hiring: 35s.; pro­scenium extra. Other charges : Gas. Deposit required on booking : One-third. Has kine­matograph box. Telephone, 99. KYB 1920: Prop., T. E. Markham; res. man., J. Weaver. Two shows Mon & Sat: one on other days. Two changes weekly. Prices: 2½d – 11d. Seating 700. Licensed for music and dancing. Voltage 70. 1922 - Prop., T. E. Markham. Two shows nightly, Mon. and Sat., one rest of week. Two changes weekly. Prices., 2½d. to 11d. Station, Nantwich, L.N.W.R. Probably closed on opening of Old Wyche.

 

NELSON Lancs

ALHAMBRA THEATRE / ALHAMBRA CINEMA / ALHAMBRA PICTURE PALACE / Variety Hall / Brown’s North St Baths North Street  Opened 1886. Prop. Joseph Brown. Bath boarded over in winter to form hall. Opened to film 1906. Electrograph Animated Pictures. ‘Certified Operator– C. S. D. Dickinson’.  1908 – bath closed re-named Alham. Closed as cinema Saturday 2^nd January 1926. Cleaned & re-decorated. Re-opened as variety theatre Monday 11^th January 1926. Mgr Charles Gaston. Once nightly, twice on Sat. Prices 6d, 9d, 1s. Closed June 1926. Stage added, re-decorated. Re-opened as New Alham. 2^nd August 1926. C.P. & variety. 1937: (WE) Prop., Prop., R. H. Hartley. 500 seats. Phone 566. By 1941: Prop., Brown, Ltd. 600 seats. One show nightly. Three Sat. Two changes weekly. Prices 4d. to 6d. Proscenium width 20ft. Stage 14ft. deep; five dressing-rooms. Phone 950. Station, Nelson. Closed 5^th May 1957 – Ten Tall Men. Mgr. John Rushton. Leather works.

CAPITOL / TIVOLI THEATRE / CINEMA HOUSE / NEW CINEMA Seldon Street, Leeds Road  Opened Saturday 23^rd August 1913. Prop., Sam Lyons. January 1922 re-named. Prop. Victory Theatres Circuit (Arthur Peel). Closed 3^rd July 1926 – Boomerang Justice and A Cloudy Romance. Re-opened as Tiv. C.P. Th. 2^nd August 1926 – Autumn Follies. Once nightly, twice Sat. Prices, 6d, 9d, 1s. Rep. from December 1926. Talkies from 9^th November 1931 – Cinephone; 1932 WE. Re-named Cap. 7^th September 1935. 1937 as Tivoli: (WE) Prop., Tivoli Theatre Ltd. 545 seats. Phone 515. By 1941: (WE) - Prop., Tivoli Theatre (Nelson) Ltd. 600 seats. Booked at Victory Theatres, Ltd., Accrington. Once nightly. Three shows Sat. Prices 6d. to 10½d. Stage 25ft. deep. Three dressing-rooms. Phone 515. Station, Nelson, L.M.S. Marina May – September 1948. 1954: 427 seats. Closed 3^rd April 1955 – Clash by Night.

GRAND THEATRE of Varieties / GRAND THEATRE Nelson (later Market) Street  Opened 23^rd January 1888 – The Silver King. 1890 lessee John Barker. 1891, sold to Astley, lessee Croft. 1899 alterations. G. E. Mudd (1907) – Business mgr. Lessee Mrs T. Greenwood Croft. Closed 5^th June 1909. Altered. Re-opened 2^nd August  - Pics. & Var. Re-opened 17^th December1909 - W. C. Horner. WE Talkies Monday 10^th March 1930 – The Broadway Melody. To Herbert Hartley 1923, internally altered – gallery removed. Re-opened as Grand Cinema Saturday 19^th January 1924 – If Winter Comes. 6d, 9d & 1s. By 1941: (WE) Prop., Hartley Cinemas, Ltd., Palace Theatre, Leeds Road, Nelson. Phone 278. 1,502 seats. Booked at H.O. and Manchester. Once nightly. Twice nightly Sat. Daily Mat. Prices 8d. to 1s. 6d. Proscenium width 31ft. Phone Nelson, 566. Station, Nelson, L.M.S. 21-year lease to Star  1960. Mgr Lew Askew. 21-year lease to Star 1960. Mgr. Lew Askew. By 1964 mgr. R. Hellawell. Closed full-time Saturday 18^th May 1974 – Not Now Darling. Sunday Pakistani films. To Dennis Geldhard 28^th March 1981 – Moonraker. To Unit 4 later 1981. Closed October 1986 for a few months. Re-opened by Unit 4. To Apollo 1989. Closed 11^th January 1994 – Robin Hood – Men In Tights. Demolished 2001.

MAJESTIC THEATRE Scotland Road/ Russell Street   Opened Saturday 30^th November 1925 – The Arab and His Hour. Rebuilt from Electric. Architect: R. Jacques. Prices, 6d, 9d, 1s, 1/6d. 1,134 seats. Once nightly, twice on Sat. WE Talkies 19^th March 1930 – Hollywood Revue. 1937: (W.E.) Prop., Victor y Theatres Ltd. 1,090 seats. Phone 334.              1941: (WE) - Prop., Victory Theatres, Ltd. Booked at H.O. Edgar Street, Accrington. Phone Accrington 2,701. 1,100 seats. Three shows daily. Prices 8d. to 1s. 9d. Proscenium width 26ft. Phone Nelson 334, Station, Nelson, L.M.S. Closed Sunday 2^nd July 1961 – Cinderfella and The Paleface. Mgr. Harold Lister.  Victory Theatres Circuit wound up. Demolished for Marsden Building Soc. H.Q.

New ELECTRIC PALACE & CONCERT HALL Russell Street  Opened 17^th December 1910 – 1^st-floor hall. Prop. Herbert Hartley. Prices, 3d to 9d. To Arthur Peel November 1918. Closed May 1925. ‘Entirely gutted, remodelled, and enlarged’ as Majestic. 

PALACE Leeds Road/Holme Street  Opened 13^th December 1909. Architects: Matthew, Watson, Landless & Pearse. Prop. Nelson Palace & Hippodrome Co. Man. dir. William Benson, res. mgr. Willoughby Shaw. 1,730 seats. Cost £13,000. Saturday picture matinée. Renovated June 1926. Stage fire February 1927. Re-opened 11^th April. Foyer altered & house re-decorated 1937. 1937: (WE) Prop., A. J. O. Cinemas Ltd. 1,250 seats. Phone 278. 1941: (WE) Prop., The Hartley Cinemas, Palace Theatre, Leeds Road. Phone Nelson 278. 1,460 seats (exc. gall.). Booked at Hall. Twice nightly. Pictures and Variety. Prices 8d. to 1s. 2d. Proscenium width 35ft. Stage 25ft. deep; 12 dressing-rooms. Phone Nelson 278. Station, Nelson, L.M.S. Gallery (750 cap.) closed 1947. 21-year lease to Star 1960. Mgr. Lew Askew. Hse mgr Mrs Joyce Maley, projectionist Wallace Askew. Closed to film April 1963 – Foreign Intrigue and The Indian Fighter. Star bingo. Re-opened to film Boxing Day 1963 – Escape From Zahrain and The Durante Affair. Later, films Sun. to Wed., bingo Thurs. to Sat. Mgr. R. Hellawell. Film ceased Wednesday 19^th June 1964. Bingo. Back to pictures Sunday 12^th July. July 1966. Closed to film – Peter Pan and Emil and the Detectives for the week, and Sunday 17^th – Mam’selle Striptease and Five Against the House. Full-time bingo, except for Op. Soc. for October week till 1972.

QUEEN’S PICTURE THEATRE / Queen’s Hall Broad Street  J. Jackson (1907) Opened as cinema Saturday 13^th December 1913 – Caste. Architect: J. T. Harrison. Prop., Nelson Picture Theatres Ltd. To Herbert Hartley 1929. 1^st talkies in town 24^th February 1930 – home-made by Billy Graham. Removed. By 1941: (WE) - Prop., Hartley Cinemas, Ltd., Palace Theatre, Leeds Road. Phone Nelson 278. 827 seats. Booked at H.O. One show nightly. Twice nightly on Sat. Mats. Tues., Fri. and Sat. Prices 6d. to 1s. 3d. Pro­scenium width 22ft. Phone Nelson 465. Café attached. Station, Nelson, L.M.S. Closed 28^th May 1960 – The Flying Fontaines and 12 to the Moon. Demolished 1969.

REGENT PICTUREDROME Leeds Road  Opened 9^th October 1922 – Dangerous Lives and When A Girl Loves. Prop. Liptrot, Flory, & Middlebrook. Then Regent Picturedrome Co. Mgr Mr Morton, projectionist R. H. Hartley. 1923 mgr Sam Lyons. 5d, 9d, 1s, 1/3d. Two changes weekly. P’drome dropped August 1926. 1937: (WE) Prop., Regent Picturedrome Ltd. 857 seats. Phone 7. 1941: (WE) - Prop. Regent Picturedrome Co., Ltd. 845 seats. Booked at Manchester. Once nightly, twice Sat. Mats., Mon., Tues., Thurs. and Sat. Two changes weekly. Prices 8d. to 1s. 2d. Proscenium width 25ft. Phone Nelson 7. Station, Nelson, L.M.S. Closed 2^nd July 1960 – The Sabre and the Arrow and City of Fear. Bingo. Closed.

ROYAL PICTURE HALL Southfield Street  Opened c.1909 – conversion of mission hall. Props., Tom & Herbert Green. To Jack Wilde 1918. Closed 1922. religious use. Garage.

Salem School Hall Scotland Road

THEATRE de LUXE / de LUXE CINEMA Railway Street  Opened 29^th August 1910 – the ‘Tin Tabernacle’. Prop., East Lancashire Cinematograph Co. Mgr & lecturer Rupert Whittaker. Cap. 500. Once nightly 7.45, mat. & twice on Sat. Prices, 3d, 4d, 6d. Pianist to 1915 Ben Holden. 1937: (B.T.H.) Prop., R. C. Whittaker. 400 seats. 1940: (BTH) - Prop., Robert H. Greenwood, Cranbrook, Holcombe, Brookbury. Phone Tottington 160. 460 seats. Once nightly, twice Sat. Two changes weekly. Booked at Palace, Tottington. Prices 3d. to 6d. Station, Nelson, L.M.S. Licence refused & closed 13^th April 1940 – Confessions of a Nazi Spy. Demolished. Nursery school. 

Peter Sagar – Chronicles of Pendle Picture Palaces

 

NESTON and PARKGATE Cheshire

MAXWELL’S PICTUREDROME / The Institute Hinderton Road  From 1912 pictures 3 x week. Neston P’drome Co. Pictures & variety. Prices, 3d & 6d. closed during WWI – used as hospital.

ROYAL / NEW CINEMA Chester Road  Opened April 1921 – The Temporary Gentleman. (Cambriaphone) 1937: (Culkin) Maj. J. F. Burns & Mrs. Marie Clegg, proprs. 470 seats. Phone 190. By 1941 - Prop., Paramount Picture Theatres, Ltd., Chesterton, Bridgnorth. Phone Ackleton 224. 850 seats. Booked at H.O. Continuous. Prices 7d. to 1s. 6d. Phone Neston 190. Station, Neston L.M.S. or Neston & Park­gate, L.N.E.R. Closed April 1960. Modernised. Re-opened as Royal 13^th November 1961. Closed to film 1962. Later bingo. Closed. 1984 converted to shopping mall.

Town Hall  f., J. G. Lee (1907) Early film seasons & during WWI after Institute closed.

VUE at the Coliseum

 

NETHERFIELD Notts

COSY CINEMA / ALEXANDRA Wright Street  Opened Thursday 25^th July 1911. Re-named Thursday 30^th October 1930. 1937 as C Th: (Private) Prop., Joseph Wardle. 550 seats. 1941: (BTH) - Prop., Cosy Cinema (Netherfield) Ltd., Corridor Chambers, Market Place, Leicester. Booked by S. Graham, Oxford House, Oxford Street, Nottingham. Phone 58040. Station, Carlton, Notts., L.M.S. Closed Saturday 30^th April 1955.

 

NETHERFIELD Worcs

ALEXANDRA PALACE  1922 - Prop., C. Woodward.

PICTURELAND   1922 KYB

 

NETLEY Hants

ABBEY

 

NEW BRIGHTON Cheshire

Albert Hall W. G. Ellery; (1907)

Alex­ander Hall W. G. Ellery(1907)

Assembly Rooms (1907)

COLLINS’ PALACE CINEMA Virginia Road  1922 - Prop., P. Collins., Junr. Res. Man., T. E. Colverd. Continuous. Two changes. weekly. Prices, 6d. to 1s. 3d. Phone, Wallasey 1612. Station, Lime Street, 199 miles.

COURT PICTURE HOUSE Victoria Road  1922 - Prop., Mersey Halls Ltd. Res. Man., G. Brimilow. Continuous. Two changes weekly. Prices, 6d. to 1s. 3d. Station, Liverpool Termini. 1937: (B.A.) Court Pic Hse (New Brighton) Ltd. 405 seats. Phone Wallasey 11300.

GAIETY / PALACE   Opened 1881. C. Gray Smith (1907) Closed 1926. Demolished 1933.

Pier Pavilion  Opened c.1893. W. G. Sutton (1907) Closed 1923. Demolished 1927.

ROYAL PAVILION  1922 KYB

TIVOLI Tower Promenade   Opened 1914 – theatre and some pictures. 1922 KYB. Opened as full-time cinema 9^th February 1923. 636 seats. To PCT co. October 1928. To G-B February 1929. Theatre/cinema. Theatre July-Sept 1929 do 14.9.29. Cinema summer 1930. Theatre from c.3.32. Leased out. 1937: (B.A.) Prop. Alpha Varieties Ltd. 1,021 seats. Phone Wallasey 483. Closed April 1955. Demolished 1976 OR 78.

TOWER THEATRE / GRAND TOWER THEATRE A. Bulmer (1907)  1922 - Prop. , New Brighton Amuse­ments, Ltd. Res. Man., E. E. Goffin. Head office, Tower Theatre, New Brighton. Three shows daily in summer, two in winter. Two changes weekly. Prices, 9d. to 1s. 3d. Phone Wallasey 276 & 278. Station, Lime Street, Liverpool, L.N.W.R. Closed in 1937.

TROCADERO Victoria Road  Opened 1^st June 1922. To GTC March 1928 by GTC. Taken ov’er 5.28, part of GTC circuit. 886 seats. 1937: B.A. General Theatre Corporation Ltd. 916 seats. Phone Wallasey 1560. Closed 29^th September 1956. Supermarket on site.

VICTORIA GARDENS CINEMA   1922 - Prop. , P. Collins, Junr. Res. Man. , Bert Dillon. Two shows nightly. Prices, 5d. to 1s. 3d. Station, New Brighton.

WINTER GARDENS Atherton Street (WE)  Opened 27^th June 1931. Architects: T. Taliesin Rees & Richard Holt, 1,400 seats. To Luxor Cinemas Ltd (Southan Morris) 1936. Closed 1940. Re-opening as a cinema 1941. 1200 seats. Occasional theatre in 1950s. To Essoldo 26^th August 1954 by. Closed 3^rd January 1959. Bingo club. Warehouse. Demolished.

 

NEWARK Notts

BEAUMOND HALL 1922 - Prop., Beaumond Hall Pictures Co. Res. Man., C. Egglestone. Continuous. Two changes weekly. Prices. 5d. to 1s. Phone 152. Station, Newark, G.N.R.

Corn Exchange R. P. Almond (1907)

NEWARK KINEMA Balderton Gate  Architect: Alan Ruddle, P’boro’. 1922 - Prop., Newark Cinemas, Ltd. Res. Man., Jack Cann. Two shows nightly. Two changes weekly. Prices, 5d. to 1s. 3d. Phone 40. Station, Newark, G.N.R. 1937: (BTH) Prop., Newark Kinemas Ltd. 750 seats. Phone 40.

OLLERTON PICTURE HOUSE New Ollerton (BTH)  - Prop., Ollerton Pictures, Ltd., 227, Boughton Road. 630 seats. Booked at H.O. Con­tinuous Mon. to Fri.; two shows on Sat. Prices 8d. to 1s. 2d. Phone New Ollerton 227. Station, Ollerton, L.N.E.R. Road Transport.

PALACE THEATRE Appleton Gate  1922 - Prop., Newark Cinemas, Ltd. Res. Man., J. W. Armstrong. Continuous. Two changes weekly. Prices, 9d. to 1s. Phone 199. 1937: (WE) Prop., Newark Kinemas Ltd. 1,250 seats. Phone 199. 1941: (WE) - Prop., Newark Cinemas, Ltd., National Provincial Bank Chambers, 11, York Street, Sheffield. Phone Sheffield. Central 27421. 1,123 seats. Booked at 37 Collegiate Crescent, Sheffield 10, by I. Graham. Continuous. Prices 8d. to 1s. 6d. Proscenium width 30ft. Stage 45ft.; 10 dressing-rooms. Phone 199. Station, Newark, L.N.E.R. & L.M.S. Closed. Bingo. Re-opened as theatre 1979.

PICTUREDROME Barnby Gate  1922 - Prop., Cinevars, Ltd. Res. Man., G. Meads. Two shows nightly. Two changes weekly. Prices, 5d. to 1s. 3d. Phone 127. Station, Newark, G.N.R.

REEL London Road  5 screens; for Easter July 2007.

RITZ / NEWARK KINEMA  Baldertongate  (BTH) - Prop., Newark Cinemas, Ltd. 750 seats. Two shows nightly. Two changes weekly. Prices 4d. to 9d. Phone 40. Station, Newark. Closed to film 1958.

SAVOY Middlegate  1937: Prop., K. Howitt .Closed 1984.

Town Hall  H. Wragg (1907)

 

NEWBIGGIN-by-the-SEA Northumb

WALLAW PICTURE HOUSE Front Street  1922 - Prop., Lawson &  Carter. Res. Man., W. Carter. One show nightly. Two changes weekly. Station, Newbiggin-by-the-Sea, N.E.R. 1937: (B.T.H.) Prop., Wallaw Picture Hall Ltd. seats. Phone 24. 1941: (BTH) -Prop., Lawson & Carter. 700 seats. One show nightly. Two changes weekly. Station, Newbiggin-by-the-Sea, L.N.E.R.

 

NEWBRIDGE Mon

GRAND  1937: (BA) Prop., S. W. Attwood Theatres Ltd. 600 seats. Phone 58. 1941: (BA) - Prop., Attwood Theatres. 600 seats. Booked at Cardiff. Once nightly. Station, Newhridge, G.W.R.

MEMORIAL HALL  1937: (RCA) Prop., Memorial Hall Committee. 1,000 seats. 1941: (RCA) - Prop., Celynan Collieries Workmen. 808 seats. Booked at Cardiff. Once nightly, twice on Sat. Prices 6d. to 1s. Large Stagefour dressing-rooms. Dance Hall attached. Phone Newbridge 52. Station, Newbridge, G.W.R. Closed. Television fame in 2005 for ‘Restoration’ programme.

PUBLIC HALL  1922 - Prop., H. V. Davies.

 

NEWBOLD VERDON Leics

CINEMA Main Street  Opened 1920 – timber building. Prop., Thomas Chesterton. 1932 to Maurice Chesterton. Closed 1934. Equipment to Enderby. Demolished. House on site.

 

NEWBURN Northumb

IMPERIAL PICTURE HOUSE / IMPERIAL ELECTRIC THEATRE Station Road  Opened 18^th October 1911 (licensing date). Architect: Thomas R. Eltringham, Throckley Colliery. Capacity: 550 initially, 720 in 1913. 1922 - Prop., Thos Naughan. Res., Man., W. Wainwright. Station, Newland-on-Tyne, N.E.R. By 1941: (BTH) - Props., Maurice Cinemas, Ltd., Station Road, Newburn. 700 seats. Continuous. Prices 6d. to 10d. Booked at Newcastle. Phone 74412. Station, Newburn, L.N.E.R. Closing date: ?13^th May 1961. Present use: offices.

PICTUREDROME and VARIETY PALACE  Spencer Road/Westmacott Street  Opened October 1910. Architect & builder: E. Tweddle, West Hartlepool. Capacity:         Unknown. Closed 1911. Building moved to Throckley.

 

NEWBURY Berks

APOLLO Market Street 6 screens; plans confirmed March 2006 for 2007.

CARLTON / CENTRAL Cheap Street  Opened mid-November 1910 – brewery conversion. Prop., Tudor, Phillips & Tufnall. Mgr. James Tufnall. 300 seats. To James Tunall. 1911 mgr. A. J. Lewis. 1922  - Prop., T. Tufnall. Two shows nightly. Two changes weekly. Prices, 5d. to 10d. Station, Newbury, G.W.R. WE Sound. 1931 – rebuilt as Carlton. Prop. Carlton Cinema (Newbury) Ltd. 730 seats. To Union 1933. To ABC 1937. 560 seats. By 1941: (WE) - Props., Union Cinemas, Ltd., Union House, 15 Regent Street, London, S.W.1. Phone Whitehall 8484. Booked at H.O. Continuous. Phone Newbury 91. Films by Road Transport. Burned down 29^th May 1950. Demolished. Site part of shopping centre.

Corn Exchange f., H. Pratt (1907)

ROBINS / CANNON / ABC / FORUM Park Way (WE)  Opened September 1939 - Props., Forum (Newbury) Ltd., 89 Cornwall Street, Birmingham. Phone Central 7145. 1,114 seats. Prices 1s. to 3s. Continuous daily from 2 p.m. Two shows on Sun from 5 p.m. Booked by V. J. Oliver, 687 Stratford Road, Sparkhill, Birmingham. Phone. Newbury 1291. Station, Newbury, G.W.R. Fitted ‘Ardente’ Deaf Aids. To Mayfair circuit c.1941. To ABC with most of circuit 1943. 1,114 seats. CinemaScope. 1,061 seats. Noel Briggs mgr. Re-named ABC 1964. Bingo/cinema split 1972. 484 seats. RCA sound. To Cannon & re-named 1986. Bingo closed c.1988. To Robins. Closed 20^th April 1995.

NEWBURY PICTURE PALACE Northbrook Street  Opened early 1911. Purpose-built. Prop., Newbury Picture Palace Ltd. - . Salkeld & C. M. Love. 1922: Prop., Newbury Picture Palace Ltd. Res. man., Albin White. Two shows nightly. Two mats. weekly. Two changes weekly. Prices 5d. to 1s. 3d. Station, Newbury, G.W.R. By late 1920 Albin White director & sevretary. Closed – silent – 1931.

Oddfellows’ Hall H. Pratt (1907)

PLAZA CINEMA  Market Street (Picturetone)  Opened c.1930. To Union 1933. Closed. 

REGAL CINEMA Bartholomew Street (WE)  Opened 1931. Architect: Harold S. Scott. 1,290 seats. Prices 6d. to 2/4d. To Union 1933. 1,603 seats. To ABC 1937. By 1941: Props., Union Cinemas, Ltd., Union House, 15 Regent Street, London, S.W.1. Phone Whitehall 8484. Booked at H.O. Contin­uous. Café attached. Phone Newbury 410. Station, Newbury, G.W.R. Closed 20^th April 1963. Demolished. Offices.

Town Hall  f., C. Munday (1907)

 

NEWCASTLE-under-LYME Staffs

Lecture Hall  T. P. Heath  (1907)

Municipal Hall Borough Accountant  (1907)

REX / PAVILION High Street  Opened 6^th November 1922 – The Sign on the Door. Conversion of flour mill. Prop. Robert Berrisford. 1,000 seats. Closed & re-opened December 1926. WE sound 15^th April 1929 – 1^st in N Staffs. By 1941: (WE) - Prop., Beresford Cinemas, Ltd., 49 High Street. 1,055 seats. Booked at 49 High Street. Continuous. Prices 6d. to 1s. 6d. Proscenium width 25ft. Phone 67341. Station. Newcastle-under-­Lyme, L.M.S. To Southan Morris. Renamed Rex October 1946. To Essoldo 17^th OR 26^th August 1954. CinemaScope 16^th may 1955 – The Long Gray Line. Closed 24^th October 1971 - structural defects (see Regal) - The Gay Deceivers. To Classic 2^nd April 1972. Re-opened 17^th August 1972. Closed 21^st July 1973 - Black Sabbath. Demolished March/April 1976.

RIO / REGAL  High Street/Pepper Street (WE)  Opened 15^th June 1931 – next to Pavilion, using same entrance. Prices 6d. to 1s. c.1937 Mirrophonic sound. By 1941: (WE) - Prop., Beresford Cinemas, Ltd., 49 High Street. 1,044 Seats. Continuous. Booked at H.O. Prices 7d. to 1s.6d. Proscenium width 27ft. Phone 67341. Station, Newcastle-under-Lyme, L.M.S. To Southan Morris & re-named Rio October 1946. To Essoldo 26 August 1954. CinemaScope Monday 14^th February 1955 – The Sign of the Pagan. Closed Sunday 24^th October 1971 by roof collapse – Le Mans. To Classic 2^nd April 1972. Stayed closed. Demolished with Rex March/April 1976.

ROXY / PLAZA / CINEMA THEATRE Nelson Square  Opened Monday 14^th May 1910 – ex-Theatre Royal. Frontage altered & re-built internally. Mgr. T. Tinsley. Prices, 3d and 6d. 550 seats. 1922 as Cinema - Prop., Cinema House, Ltd. Res. Man., Mrs Brenda Olohan. Continuous. Two changes weekly. Prices, 6d. to 1s. 3d. Station, Newcastle, N.S.R. By 1929 to M & M Cinemas, Paddington. Renamed Plaza 1930. Melotone – later Picturetone - sound. To Robert Beresford 1934. By 1941: (BTP) - Prop., Plaza (Newcastle-under-Lyme)Ltd., 49, High Street. 650 seats. Booked at H.O. Continuous. Prices 7d. to 1s. 6d. Proscenium width 18ft. Phone Newcastle-under-Lyme 66637. Sta­tion, Newcastle, Staffs, L.M.S. To Southan Morris. Renamed Roxy October 1946. To Essoldo with circuit. Closed 23^rd November 1957 – The Creature Walks Among Us. Demolished 1963. Offices.

SAVOY CINEMA / KING’S THEATRE / KING’S HALL PICTUREDROME High Street  Opened Monday 10^th February 1913 – The Count of Monte Cristo. Prop., F. W. Pendleton. 1,000 seats. 1922 - Prop., Norton’s Cinema Theatres, Ltd. Res. Man., J. Mervyn Yardley. Continuous. Two changes weekly. Prices, 6d. to 1s. Phone 4. Station, Newcastle, N.S.R. Stage Play licence. To A. S. Hines. Re-opened re-named Savoy 28^th February 1927. No Stage Play licence. 1929 to H. Cotton. BTH sound 1931. To ABC c.1932. Façade block re-built at some time. By 1941 (BTH) - Prop., Associated British Cinemas, Ltd., 30-31 Golden Square W1. 1,150 seats. Booked at H.O. Continuous. Phone 6565. CinemaScope Monday 14^th March 1955 – Seven Brides for Seven Brothers. Closed 11^th April 1964 - Goliath and the Barbarians. Bingo. Circle split 4^th December 1975 – The Towering Inferno. 200 seats. Bingo closed. Cinema closed March 1986. Re-opened by Mr Dimond. Closed February 1991. Downstairs health club & snooker.

TEMPERANCE HALL PICTURE PALACE / Temper­ance Hall Bridge Street  Godwin (1907)  Early film show. Licensed June 1910. Lessees W. L. Glover & Son. Cap. 350. Closed to film by December 1915. Salvation Army Citadel on site.

THEATRE ROYAL Coleman Davies  (1907)  opened 1787. Closed by 1910. To London Cinematograph Co 12^th February 1910. Converted to Cinema Theatre.

TIVOLI / OXFORD PICTURE PALACE / A1 PICTURE PALACE / Talbot Hall Talbot Hotel, Church Street  opened under licence March 1911. By 1914 A1 Pic Pal, lessee Glanville Osmond. 1916 – Oxford. 1919 – A1, lesseee M. H. Machin. 1920 to Harrison & Rbt. Berrisford as Tiv. 1922 - Prop., E. Olohan. Res. Man., F. C. Harrison. Two shows nightly. Two changes weekly. Prices, 5d. to 7d. Station, Newcastle, N.S.R. Closed by/in 1923. Reverted to ballroom & general use.

Town Hall Town Clerk  (1907) Used as cinema from 1910.

VUE The Square, Market Arcade:  8 screens

 

NEWCASTLE-upon-TYNE Northumb

ABC / HAYMARKET CINEMA Percy Street/Haymarket Lane (WE)  Opened: 21^st December 1933. Prop., Dixon Scott & co. Architect: George Bell (Dixon and Bell), decorator: M Alexander & Son., Newcastle. Capacity: 1,280 (902 stalls, 378 circle) 1936 auditorium rebuilt. 1802 seats (1096 stalls, 706 circle). 1935 to ABC. 1936 enlarged. Architect: Dixon & Bell. 1937: (WE) Prop., A.B.C. Ltd. 2,200 seats. Phone 23345. 1941: Prop., Associated British Cinemas, Ltd., 30-31 Golden Square, London W.1. Phone Gerrard 7887. 1,280 seats. Booked at H.O. Continuous. Café attached. Pros.width, 34ft. 9 in. Phone Newcastle 23345. Station, Central, L.N.E.R. Re-named August 1972. Closed 20^th September 1984. Demolished. Car park.

ADELAIDE PICTURE HALL  385 Ellwick Road, Benwell  Opened 17^th October 1910. Architect: Charles S. Errington. 640 seats. 1922 - Prop., J. E. Faith. Res. Man., F. E. Faith. Two shows nightly. Two changes weekly. Prices, 5d. to 9d. Phone, Central 4967. Station, Newcastle, N.E.R. To Union 1928. 1937: (WE) Prop., Benwell Theatre Co. Ltd. 795 seats. Phone 33267. 1941:  (WE) - Props., Union Cinemas, Ltd., Union House, 15 Regent Street, London, S.W.1. Phone Whitehall 8484. Booked at H.O. Continuous. Phone Newcastle 33267. Station, Newcastle (Central) L.N.E.R. Closed 1^st February 1943. Woolworth. Now motor parts.

APOLLO / STAR Prudhoe Street  Opened 13^th April 1908. Architect: W. H. Knowles, Newcastle (for conversion). Capacity: c.700. Closing date: 1914. Demolished.

APOLLO ENTERTAINMENT CENTRE / APOLLO SUPER CINEMA Shields Road Byker (WE) Opened 28^th December 1933. Architect: Pascal J. Stienlet. Prop., Tyne Picture House, Ltd. (James McHarg circuit), Central Buildings, Station Road, Wallsend-on-Tyne. Phone Wallsend 63566. 1,640 seats. 1937: (WE) Prop., Tyne Picture Houses Ltd. 1,650 seats. Phone 55830. 1941: Booked at H.O. Twice nightly, daily Mat. Phone Apollo 35830. Station, Heaton. L.N.E.R. Bombed 6^th May 1941. New Apollo (on original foundations) opened 16^th March 1956. Architect: Pascal J. Stienlet & Son. Closed 17^th September 1962. Bingo. Last chief projectionist, Mannie Moorhouse. Taken over by Arnold Sheckman. Reopened as cinema 2^nd August 1964 - The Nutty Professor. To Sydney Shurman.  To Classic Group January 1972 and closed. Tripled. Cinema 1 (former circle) opened 30 December - Mary, Queen of Scots. 2 and 3 in stalls. Seating: 534, 180 and 169 + licensed bar. 5 February 1973 fourth screen (87 seats) added in stalls waiting area. Closed 1^st October 1983; Cinema 1 - Friday 13th Part 111. Garage workshop. Demolished December 2001.

Assembly Rooms  Carnegie & Co. (1907)

BAMBORO’ ELECTRIC THEATRE  / BAMBOROUGH PICTURE HALL Union Road, Byker Opened July 1913. Architect: Newcombe & Newcombe. 750 seats. 1922 - Prop., J. Renwick & Son. Res. Man., B. Renwick. Two shows nightly. Two changes weekly. Phone, Central 1619. Station, Newcastle, N.E.R. 1937 as BET: (WE) Prop., B. & L. Renwick. 857 seats. Phone 55619.   1941: (WE) - Prop., Bamborough Pictures, Ltd. Booked at Hall. Two shows nightly. Prices 5d. to 9d. Phone 55619. Station, Newcastle-on-Tyne. L.N.E.R. Closed 11^th April 1959. Demolished.

BIJOU NEWS THEATRE Grey Street  1937: (RCA) Prop., Harridix Ltd. 412 seats.

BRIGHTON ELECTRIC THEATRE Brighton Grove, Westgate Road  Opened 10^th July 1911. Architect: Marshall & Tweedy. 1,085 seats. 1922 - Prop., Newcastle Entertainments, Ltd. Res. Man., J. Coverdale Bell. Two shows nightly. Two changes weekly. Prices, 6d. to 1s. Phone, Central 462. Station, Newcastle, N.E.R. 1937: (WE) Prop., Newcastle Entertainments Ltd. 1,117 seats. Phone 34462. 1941: (WE) – Prop., Newcastle Entertainments, Ltd., Westgate Road. 1,040 seats. Contin­uous Mon, Wed, and Sat. from 2p.m; Tues., Thurs. and Fri., from 5 p.m. Dance Hall and Café attached. Prices 8d. to 1s.9d. Proscenium width 20ft. by 16ft. Phone Central 34462. Station, Newcastle-on-Tyne. Closed 20^th April 1963. 10-pin bowling alley.

BRINKBURN PICTURE THEATRE  Brinkburn Street, Byker  Opened 25^th February 1910. Architect: J. Newton Fatkin. James McHarg’s first picture hall. 922 seats. 1922 - Prop., James McHarg. Res. Man., G. T. Edminson. Two shows nightly. Mat., Sat. Two changes weekly. Prices, 4d. to 9d. Phone, Central 2487. Station, Newcastle, N.E.R.             1937: (BTP) Prop., Tyne Picture Theatre Ltd. 600 seats. Phone 52691. 1941: (BTP) - Prop., Tyne Picture Houses, Ltd., Central Buildings, Station Road, Wallsend-on-Tyne. 658 seats. Booked at H.O. Two shows nightly. Prices 5d. to 9d. Phone 56291. Station, Heaton, L.N.E.R. Closed 2^nd July 1960. Cash & Carry warehouse. Demolished early 1985 for new road project.

Cambridge Drill Hall Carnegie & Co. (1907)

CANNON / ABC / CLASSIC / ESSOLDO  Westgate Road/Thornton Street  (WE) Opened 29^th August 1938 - The Hurricane. Architect: William Stockdale, decorator Alexander & Son. Hammond 2m electronic with surround. Prop., Essoldo Theatre (Newcastle) Ltd., Sol Sheckman, 11 Bath Lane, Newcastle. Phone 28082. Booked at Bath Lane. 2,109 seats. Films and Variety. Prices 6d. to 2s. Continuous. Stage. Phone 23232. Station, Newcastle Central. Organ removed 1969. Twinned 1971. To Classic 2^nd April 1972. To ABC 31^st March 1974. To Cannon 1986. Closed 11^th January 1990. Demolished 1991.

Central Hall R. L. Hay  (1907)

Circus Pitch  (1907) 

Cordwainers’ Hall  J. Snowdon  (1907)

COSY PICTURE HOUSE Swalwell  1937: Prop., J. Ritson                         

CROWN ELECTRIC THEATRE  818-830 Scotswood Road Elswick  Opened 24^th December 1910. Architect: White & Stephenson. Prop., Crown Electric Theatre Ltd. 1,190 later 1,041 seats. 1922 - Prop., J. Dobson. Res. Man., W. E. Finch. Two shows nightly. Mat., Sat. Two changes weekly. Prices, 4d, to 9d. Phone, Central 2871. Station, Newcastle, N.E.R. 1937: (BTH) Prop., Crown Electric Theatre Ltd. 1,200 seats. Phone 33392. 1941: (BTH) - Prop., Crown Electric Theatre Co., Ltd., Newcastle-on-Tyne. 1,200 seats. Twice nightly, Mon., Fri. and Sat. Continuous Tues., Wed, and Thurs. Two changes weekly. Prices 6d. to 10d. Booked by E. J. Hinge, Tatler Chambers, 147/149 Northumberland Street, Newcastle-on-Tyne 1. Proscenium width 26ft. Phone Dial 33891. Station, Newcastle-on-Tyne, L.N.E.R. Leased to Sol Sheckman (Essoldo) February 1945. Closed to film  24^th November 1962. Bingo. Closed by fire and demolished 1971.

ELECTRA Denton Road Scotswood  Opened pre-8^th December 1910. Conversion of building. Closed c.12 January 1911. Demolished. 

ELSWICK PICTURE PALACE / QUEEN’S THEATRE / New Tyne Circus Opened as Queen’s 12^th November 1900 Opened as Elswick 14^th December 1908. Cap., 1,200 – 2,000. Closed 16^th January 1909. Demolished c.1910.

EMBASSY Thorntree Drive, Denton (RCA)  Opened 6^th September 1937. Prop., J. W. Longstaff & J. Bain. Architect: Robert Burke, decorator Fred. A. Foster. 988 stadium seats. Closed 25^th June 1960. Bingo.

EMPIRE CINEMA 10-12 Grainger Street  Opened 2^nd April 1913. Architect: W. & T. R. Milburn, decorator F de Jong. 614 seats. 1922 - Prop., Moss Empires, Ltd. Res. Man., G. Brown. Con­tinuous. Two changes weekly. Prices, 9d. to 1s. 3d. Phone, Central 1445. Station, Newcastle-on-Tyne, N.E.R. To Favourite Cinemas. To ABC. Closed 11^th November 1933. 1937:           900 seats. (Closed) Furniture shop. Demolished. Site now entrance to shopping centre.

EMPIRE PALACE of VARIETIES (1) Opened 1^st December 1890. Architects: Oliver & Leeson. 1st venture by Moss & Thornton. Above Royal Scotch Arms. Moss Empires Ltd. (1907)

EMPIRE THEATRE / EMPIRE PALACE of VARIETIES (2) Newgate Street  Prop. : Moss Empires, Ltd., Cranbourn Mansions, Cranbourn Street, London W.C.2. Bookings: By above. 1937: (Legit.) Prop., Moss Empires Ltd. 1,800 seats. Phone 24444. SG46: Cap. : Stalls 360, P. stalls 433, D. circle 316, U. circle 362, gallery 523. Barring clause : Variety artistes in accordance with Arbitrator’s Award and Produc­tions, 20 miles. Once nightly 6.30. Matinées Wednesday and Saturday 2. Twice nightly 5.20 and 7.35. Matinée Saturday. Variety. Stage : Prosc. 34ft. 6 in., height 25ft., min. depth from setting line 34ft. 6 in. approx., height under fly galleries 20ft., width between fly galleries 40ft., grid to stage 50ft. No counterweight gear. 56 lines. Elec. equip. : 240 v. A.C., 50 cycles. Footlights, four circuits with ind. dimmers. Five battens, each with four circuits with ind. dimmers. Four dips switch controlled. Two spots on stands. Six floods on stands. Three f-o-h following limes. Dressing rooms : 11 single, two chorus, acc. 20 each approx. Band room. Orchestra: Acc. 26. Resident 13 with M.D. Amplifying equip. : Two turn-table re­producer. F-o-h only. Microphone.

EMPIRE / ODEON The Gate, Newgate Street  12 screens / 2,800 seats [Odeon until November 2005 when sold as part of OFT requirement following Odeon/UCI merger]

ESSOLDO CINEMA Westgate WE) Opened Monday 22^nd August 1938. Props., Essoldo Theatre Newcastle Ltd., 11, Bath Lane, Newcastle. 2,018 seats. Prices 9d. to 2s. 3d. Pictures and Variety. Continuous. Booked at 11, Bath Lane. Proscenium width 40ft. Stage 25ft. deep, six dressing rooms. Café. Phone 23232. Station, Newcastle Central. Fitted ‘Ardente’ Deaf Aids.

FLORA ROBSON / PLAYHOUSE Jesmond SG46: Prop.: Playhouse (Newcastle) Ltd., Newcastle-on-Tyne. Cap.:  Stalls 363, back 182, 2nd stalls 179 Once nightly, Monday to Friday. Twice nightly, Saturday. Plays. Stage: Pros 27ft., height 20ft., width between fly galleries 19ft., height of grid from stage 19ft. No counterweight gear. Elec equip.: A.C., 60 cycles. Footlights three circuits with ind. dimmers. Three battens, each with three circuits with ind. dimmers. Spot bar with eight spots, each ind. dimmer controlled. Ten dips with dimmers. Two dips switch controlled. Two 1,000 w. spots on stands. Four floods on stands (two 1,000w., two 500w.). One 500 w. flood in centre of batten No. 1, ind. dimmer controlled. Dressing rooms: Six single, one chorus, acc. 20. Orchestra: Acc. 18. No resident orchestra. Amplifying equip.: Two turn-table reproducer. F-o-h or stage. Micro­phone.

GAIETY CINEMA / GAIETY VARIETY THEATRE / New Tyne Concert Hall / Lecture Room 12 Nelson Street Opened as Gaiety Cinema 29^th March 1911. Architect: Percy L. Browne. 875 seats. Prop., Stanley Rogers 1912. 1922 as GT- Prop., Baker Bros. Res. Man., H. C. Jones. Continuous. Mat., Mon.&  Sat. Two changes weekly. Prices, 6d. to 9d. Phone, Central 1150. Station, Newcastle, N.E.R. 1937: (BTP) Prop., S. Rogers Cinemas Ltd. Phone 21131. 1941: (BTP) E. J. Hinge Circuit, 147/149, Northumberland Street, Newcastle. 900 seats. Booked at H.O. Continuous. Prices 6d. to 10d. Phone Central 21131. Station, Newcastle Central. Closed 26^th February 1949. Demolished except for façade.

GAUMONT / WESTGATE / New WESTGATE PICTURE HOUSE / Mission Hall  Westgate Road/Clayton Street  Opened as Pic Hse 12^th February 1912. Architect: Arthur Stockwell. 830 seats. New Westgate 31^st October 1927 – rebuilt and new Westgate façade. Architect:  Percy L. Browne & Son. Capacity: 1,870 (1145 stalls, 725 circle). To G-B March 1928 - £72,500. 1930 organ: Wurlitzer 2/6. Re-named Westgate 1937. 1937 as New W: (RCA) Prop., Denman Picture Houses Ltd. 1,870 seats. Phone 24982. 1941: (RCA) - Prop, Denman Picture Houses, Ltd., Denman Street. W. 1,865 seats. Booked at H.O. Continuous. One change weekly. Prices 9d. to 1s. 6d. Proscenium width 30ft. Phone 24981. Café, Station, Newcastle-on’ Tyne. L.N.E.R. Fitted ‘Ardente’ Deaf Aids. Re-named Gaumont 10^th July 1950. Closed 29^th November 1958. Organ scrapped 1959. Became Rank Majestic Ballroom. Bingo club from c.1964. Converted to Academy live venue 2005.

GEM 115 Elswick Road Opening date: 6^th April 1911. Architect: Barnes & Burton, Newcastle (for conversion). Capacity: 350 Closed c.1912. Demolished.

GEM Tindal Street Opening date: 8^th January 1934. Architect: Edwin M Lawson, Chester-le-Street (for conversion) Capacity: 630. By 1941: (BTH) - 500 seats. Closed 29^th August 1960. Demolished.

GLOBE Salters Road, Gosforth Opened 19^th December 1910. Architect: J. J. Hill, Newcastle. Capacity: 883. September 1927 to Gosforth Pictures Ltd. (George II & Edward Black.) Capital £6,000. to E J Hinge, 1935. Closed to film 25^th November 1961. Restaurant and shops.

GLORIA CINEMA  St. Anthony’s Road, Walker  Opened: 11^th April 1938. Architect: Albert Fennel, Gateshead. Decorator: Webster Davidson & Co., Sunderland (plasterwork). Capacity: 1,184 (762 stalls, 422 balcony). By 1941: (RCA) - Props., The Bensham Picture House (1923) Ltd., Bensham Road, Gateshead. Phone 72441. 1,117 seats. Prices 4d. to 9d. Con­tinuous. Booked at Bensham Picture House. Proscenium width 30ft. Phone 55677. Station, Newcastle Central. Closed 4 March 1962. Demolished

Grand Assembly Rooms  C. E. Barkas  (1907)

GRAND CINEMA PALACE  3 Condercum Road Benwell  Opened 7^th August 1911. Architect: Gibson & Stienlet, North Shields, decorator: Anderson’s, South Shields (plasterwork). Capacity: 666 (448 stalls, 192 circle, 26 boxes; stadium plan). 1922 -  Prop., J. Grantham. Res. Man., J. Curry. Two shows nightly. Two changes weekly. Prices, 5d. to 9d. Phone, Central 918. Station, Newcastle, N.E.R. 1937: (BTP) Prop., E. J. H. Theatres Ltd. 450 seats. Phone 33918. 1941: (BTP) - E, J. Hinge Circuit, Stanley Rogers Cinemas, Ltd., 147/149 Northumberland Street, Newcastle. Phone 20317. 670 seats. Pictures booked at H.O. Newcastle-on-Tyne. Continuous. Prices 6d. to 9d. Proscenium width 20ft. Stage 25ft. deep. Five dressing-rooms. Phone 33918. Closed 26^th September 1956. Demolished.

GRAND THEATRE  Wilfred Street Byker  (No 2)  Opened 27^th July 1896. Architect: William Hope, Newcastle, decorator: Dean, Birmingham. Cap. 2,500. Sydney Bacon  (1907) Capacity: 1272.To film 1910 – Stanley Rogers. To Black circuit 1913. Pictures & variety. 1922 - Prop., Thompson & Collies. Rev. Man., E. Robertson. Two shows nightly. Two changes weekly. Prices, 6d. to 1s. 6d. Phone, Central 544. Station, Newcastle, N.E.R. 1937: (BA) Prop., E. J. H. Theatres Ltd. 1,539 seats. Phone 559342.  1941: (BTP) Prop., Gaumont British Pictures Corporation, Ltd., 123 Regent Street, London W.1. Phone Regent 6641. 650 seats. Booked at H.O. Two shows nightly, Two Mats. Prices 3d. to 9d. Phone 55934. Stage36ft. deep ; 10 dressing-rooms. Proscenium width 30ft. Station, Heaton, Newcastle, L.N.E.R. SG46: Prop. : Stanley Rogers Cinemas, Ltd., 147-9, Northumber­land Street, Newcastle-on-Tyne. Bookings: Premier Vaudeville Agency, Newcastle & London. Cap. : O. stalls 183, stalls 114, P. stalls 288, circle 296, gallery 400. Once nightly 6.45. No Matinées. Twice nightly Saturdays only. Revue and variety, Stage : Pros. 28ft., height 22ft., min. depth from setting line 8ft., height under fly galleries 22ft., width between fly galleries 40ft. No counterweight gear. Elec. equip. : 240 v. A.C., 50 cycles. Footlights, four circuits with ind. dimmers. Three battens, each with four circuits with nd. dimmers. Four dips with ind. limmers, Four dips switch controlled. Two spots on stands. Two floods on stands. Three f-o-h following limes. Dressing rooms : Seven single, one chorus, acc. 12. Orchestra : Acc. nine. Resident even (piano, two violins, trombone, trumpet, bass, drums). Amplifying equip.: Microphone. Closed: 27^th August 1954. Demolished

GRAINGER PICTURE HOUSE (1)  26-28 Grainger Street  Opened 1^st December 1913. Shop conversion. Architect: Percy L. Browne & Glover, Newcastle. Capacity: 775 (566 stalls, 209 circle) Collins cinema. 1922 - Prop., Grainger Picture House Co., Ltd. Res. Man., C. E. Linney. Continuous. Prices, 6d. to 1s. 3d. Phone, City 758. Station, Newcastle, N.E.R. November 1923 Bernicia, Ltd. (George Black II + James McHarg & Sidney Bamford - Tyne Picture Houses circuit. To ABC 1930. Closed 31^st July 1937.  To MacHarg circuit, 1937. Grainger (2) built on site.

GRAINGER CINEMA / GRAINGER NEWS THEATRE (2)  26-28 Grainger Street (WE)  Opened: 2^nd December 1937. Prop., Lyric (Newcastle) Cinema Co., Ltd., 47, Pilgrim Street, Newcastle – part of  Tyne Picture Houses, Ltd. Architect: Marshall & Tweedy, Newcastle, decorator: R. W. Smiles, Newcastle (plasterwork). Phone 25791. Capacity: 733 (515 stalls, 218 circle). Booked at Tyne Picture Houses, Wallsend. Continuous from 1.30 p.m. Prices 1s. to 1s. 6d. Phone 22504. Station, New­castle, L.N.E.R. 1938 name shortened & feature films. Closed 26^th March 1960. Demolished for shops.

GREY STREET PICTURE HOUSE / NEWCASTLE PICTURE HOUSE / VICTORIA music hall and Billiard Saloon 10-12 Grey Street  Opened as cinema 6^th May 1914. Architect: White & Stephenson. Prop. PCT. Capacity: 927 (719 stalls, 208 circle) 1922 - Prop., Provincial Cinematograph Theatres, Ltd. Res. Man., C. M. Fraser. Continuous. Two changes weekly. Prices, 1s. to 2s. Phone, City 421. Station, Newcastle, N.E.R. Re-named Grey St Pic Hse 5^th June 1922. To George Black & brothers August 1927. To GTC March 1928, then GTC May. Closed 14^th May 1932. Now foyer as Bank, auditorium as restaurant.

HEATON / HEATON ELECTRIC PALACE North View, Heaton Opened 21^st November 1910. Architect: White & Stephenson, Newcastle, decorator: Ferguson & Co., Newcastle (plasterwork). Capacity: 825 (390 stalls,223 pit, 312 circle; stadium plan). 1922 -  Prop., Heaton Assembly Hall Co., Ltd. Res. Man., J. H. Fenwick. Two shows nightly. Two changes weekly. Prices, 4d. to 1s. 3d. Phone, Central 3000. Station, Heaton, N.E.R. El Pal H.: (WE) Prop., Heaton Assembly Hall Co. Ltd. 854 seats. Phone 55400. By 1941:  (WE) - Prop., The Heaton Assembly Hall Co., Ltd., 45, Heaton Road, Heaton, Newcastle-on-Tyne. Booked at Hall by F. Tabrah. Con­tinuous nightly, two afternoon shows. Two changes weekly. Prices 6d. to 1s. Phone Central 55400. Café, Dance Halls and Billiards Room attached. Station, Heaton, L.N.E.R. Closed 17^th June 1961. Bingo club.

HIPPODROME (1) / Ginnett’s Circus Northumberland Road  Opened 18 May 1908; 1 March 1909. Architect & Builder: Thomas V. Woodhouse, Nottingham. Decorator: Mortimer Bros., York. Capacity: c.2,000 Closing date: 18 June 1908; ?16 March 1909 Demolished, 1909

HIPPODROME (2) Northumberland Road  Operated as live theatre by GTC. 2433 seats. Taken over 5.28, part of GTC circuit, No apparent film use. Closed 20^th May 1933: (Legit.) Prop., General Theatre Corporation Ltd. 3,000 seats.

IMPERIAL PICTURE HALL / MINERVA 127 Byker Bank, Byker  Opened ?15^th August 1910. Architect: A. P. Farthing. Capacity: 437 (300 stalls, 137 circle). 1922 as Imp - ­Prop., J. H. Dawe. Res. Man., S. Dawe. Two shows nightly. Two changes weekly. Phone, Central 480. Station, Heaton, N.E.R. 1937 as Imp: (BTP) Prop., Dawe Bros. Ltd. 434 seats. Phone 55940. 1941: (WE) - Props., Dawe Bros., Ltd., Gibb Chambers, Westgate Road, Newcastle-on-Tyne. Phone Newcastle 25505. 500 seats. Two shows nightly. Booked at Reg. Office. Phone 55940. Station, Heaton. Closed 24^th August 1963 Demolished, 1985.

JESMOND PICTURE HOUSE Lyndhurst Avenue, West Jesmond  Opened 2^nd May 1921. Architect: White & Stephenson, Newcastle. Capacity:               998 (486 stalls, 269 pit, 243 circle). Closed January 1922. Sold. Re-opened 4^th December 1922 – booked by MacHarg circuit. 1937: (WE) Prop., Jesmond Picture House Co. Ltd. 992 seats. Phone Jesmond 526. 1941: (WE) - Prop., Jesmond Picture House Co. (1922) Ltd., 47, Pilgrim Street, Newcastle. Phone 25701. 956 seats. Continuous. Two changes weekly. Prices 9d. to 1s. Pro­cenium width 26ft. Phone Jesmond 526. Station, West Jesmond, L.N.E.R. Jesmond. To Arnold Sheckman (Dorlyn Entertainments). Part-time bingo. July 1975 to Top Flight Leisure. January 1977 to Prem Khanna. Closed 1^st October 1993. Unknown (building standing) Building for sale in 2004. Bought 2006. For sale in October 2006

KING’S HALL / Drysdale Hall Marlborough Crescent Architect: James E Parsons, Newcastle (original building). Opened as King’s C. 31^st December 1908. Props., Collins Bros. Capacity: 900. Closed by fire 5^th September 1931. Demolished

KING’S HALL Cattle Market  1922 - Prop., James Lowes. Res. Man., J W. Davies. Two shows nightly. Three changes weekly. Prices, 2d. to 4d. Station, Newcastle-on-Tyne, N.E.R.

Louvaine Hall H. Shaw  (1907)

LYRIC Stephenson Road, Heaton (WE)  Opened 6^th January 1936. Architects: Marshall & Tweedy. Decorator: R. J. Richardson, Newcastle. Capacity: 1,594. 1937: (WE) Prop., Lyric Heaton Cinema Co. Ltd. 2,650 seats. 1941 - Prop., Lyric (Newcastle) Cinema, Ltd., 47, Pilgrim Street, Newcastle­-on-Tyne. Phone 15791. Booked by James MacHarg, Jun., The Poplars, The Green, Wallsend-on-Tyne. Continuous. 1,596 seats. Prices 6d. to 1s. 3d. Proscenium width 38ft. Stage 10ft. deep. Café attached. Phone 55463. Station, Heaton, L.N.E.R. Closed 20^th June 1959. Became People’s Theatre (2) q,v.

MAJESTIC Condercum Road, Benwell  Opened 3^rd October 1927 as theatre, with unused projection equipment. Architect: Dixon & Bell. 1,400 seats. Cinema from 4^th August 1930. To Union. 1937: (WE) Prop., Benwell Theatre Co. Ltd. 1,891 seats. Phone 33202. 1941: (WE) - Props., Union Cinemas, Ltd., Union House, 15 Regent Street, London, S.W.1. Phone Whitehall 8484. Booked at H.O. Continuous. Prices 5d. to 9d. Phone Newcastle 33202. Station, Newcastle (Cent.). Closed 20^th May 1961. Bingo. Derelict. Demolished.

MECHANICS’ INSTITUTE Walker  1922 – Lessee &  Res. Man., J. Scott. Continuous. Two changes weekly. Prices, 4d. to 9d. Station, Walker, N.E.R.

NORTHERN STAGE / NEWCASTLE PLAYHOUSE / UNIVERSITY THEATRE Re-built & re-named Northern Stage 2006.

Northumberland Hall  T. Greenwell  (1907)

ODEON Byker / BLACK’S REGAL Shields Road Byker (WE)  Opened 3^rd September 1934. Architect: Edwin M. Lawson. Prop. Black’s Byker Theatre Ltd. Capital £25,000. (Directors: Alfred and Edward Black, Roland Jennings & Ronald Sutcliffe) 1,645 OR  1,722 seats. Organ: Compton 3c/6 with surround on lift, single chamber. By 1941 - Prop., Black’s Theatres, 115, Shaftesbury Avenue, London W.C.2. Phone Temple Bar 9324. 1,800 seats. Booked at H.O. Proscenium width 40ft. Stage 30ft. deep, Phone Newcastle 55407. Station, Newcastle-on-Tyne, Central. Sold to Rank 1955. 1969 organ removed to preservation. Closed 1^st November 1972. Demolished.

ODEON (1) / PARAMOUNT Pilgrim Street (WE)  Opened 7^th September 1931. Architect: Frank Verity & Samuel Beverley, London Decorator: Charles Fox, Hollywood (‘art director’) Prop., Paramount, Newcastle Theatre, Ltd. Wurlitzer 3/19 on lift – pipework divided. Capacity: 2,602 (stalls 922, orchestra stalls 452, circle 1228). 1937 as Para: (WE) Prop., Paramount Theatres Ltd. 2,608 seats. Phone 23248. 1941: (WE) - Prop., Odeon Theatres, Ltd., Old County Cinema, Marlow, Bucks. Phone Marlow 695-9. Booked at Moor Hall, Cookham, Berks. Continuous. Pictures and Variety. Prices 1s. to 3s. 6d. Proscenium width 54ft. Stage 21ft. deep ; seven dressing-rooms. Café. Phone New­castle 23248. Station, Newcastle Central. 1964 organ removed to preservation. Closed 26^th November 2002. Empty.

ODEON (2) The Gate, Newgate  Street Opened 27^th November, 2002 Capacity: 2,569

OLYMPIA (1) Northumberland Road Moss & Thornton From Sept 1903 as ‘Empire at Olympia’. Leased to Ralph Pringle’s Pictures when new Empire opened. Burned down 1907.

OLYMPIA (2) Northumberland Road  Opened 20^th December 1909. Rebuilt in brick. Architect: J. Shaw, Newcastle, decorator: W. T. Gibson, Gosforth. Capacity: 1,100 (352 stalls, 400 pit, circle 348). Taken by Sidney Bacon. Cap., 1,500. 1922 - Prop., Sydney Bacon’s Pictures, Ltd. Res. Man., H. Chadwick. Continuous. Mat., Sat. Two changes weekly. Prices, 4d. to 1s. Phone, Central 4583. Station, Central, N.E.R. 1937: (WE) Prop., Union Cinemas, Ltd. 1,450 seats. Phone 24223. 1941 - (WE) Con­trolled by Associated British Cinemas. Ltd., Union House, 15 Regent Street, London, S.W.1. Phone Whitehall 8484. 1,112 seats. Booked at H.O. Continuous from 2 p.m. Two changes weekly. Phone. 24223. Station, Central. Closed 8^th April 1961. Demolished 1971.

PALACE THEATRE Haymarket T. W. Rowe (No 2)  (1907) 1937: (Legit.) Prop., E. J. H. Theatres Ltd. 1,800 seats. Phone 21336.

SG46: Prop. : The Palace Co. (Newcastle) Ltd., Palace Theatre. Book­ings : Syd Royce, Russell Chambers, King Street, Nottingham. Cap. : Stalls 253, S. stalls 174, P. stalls 489, D. circle 334, U. circle 234, gallery 500. Barring clause : Six miles radius. Twice nightly 5.45 and 7.45. Pantomime : Once nightly 6.30. Matinées daily 2. Pantomime, revue, variety. Stage : Pros. 32ft., height 21ft., min. depth from setting line lift., height under fly galleries 19ft. Elec. equip. : 110 v. A.C. Footlights, three circuits with ind. dimmers. Four battens, each with three circuits with ind. dimmers. Eight stage dips with ind. dimmers. One dip switch controlled. One spot on stand. Four floods on stands. Three f-o-h following limes. Two floods in footlights, ind. switches. Dressing rooms : Five single, five chorus, acc. eight in each. Band room. Orchestra : Acc. 14. Resident 12 (conductor, piano, two violins, ‘cello, bass, two trumpets, trombone, drums. Doubles : Three saxes, two flutes.) Ampli­fying equip.: Two microphones.

PALLADIUM / ROYAL PICTURE HALL 17-19 Groat Market  Opened 15^th June 1908. Architect: F. M. Dryden, Newcastle (for conversion). Capacity: 963 (261 stalls, 305 pit, 397 circle). 1937: (BTP) Prop., S. Rogers Cinemas Ltd. Phone 20384. Closed 30^th September 1939. Demolished.

PAVILION CINEMA / PAVILION THEATRE Westgate Road  Opened 28^th December 1903. Architect: Wylson and Long, London. Decorator: F. de Jong, London. Builder: Jacob Parkinson & Sons, Ltd., Newcastle. Capacity: 1585 (stalls 723, circle 246, boxes 16, gallery 600). Prop: Thomas Barrasford. Ciné-variety from 17^th November 1913. Variety from 1915 to 30^th June 1917. New Pav Cinema from 10^th December 1917. 1,600 seats. Organ (no date) 2m straight tubular pneumatic action. 1922 as New Pav - Prop. (Newcastle) Scala, Ltd. Res. Man., G. Harcourt. Continuous. Two changes weekly. Prices, 7d. to 3s. 6d. Station, New­castle, N.E.R. To Thompson & Collins circuit. as Pav. To G-B March 1928. 1937 as New Pav: (RCA) Prop., Denman Picture Houses Ltd. 1,575 seats. Phone 203762. 1941: (RCA) - Prop., Denman Picture Houses, Ltd., 123 Regent Street, London W.1. Booked at H.O. Continuous. Prices 6d. to 1s. 6d. Phone New­castle 203761. Station, Central, L.N.E.R. Modernised 1961 & 1968. Closed 29^th November 1975. Auditorium demolished 1990, frontage block 1992. Flats on site.

PEOPLE’S THEATRE (1) SG46: Prop.: Tyneside Citizen’s Theatre, Ltd., P.O. Box 67, Rye Hill, Newcastle 1. Cap. : Stalls 205, D. circle 97. Once nightly 6.30. First quality plays only. (All plays normally exempt from entertainments duty). Stage: Prosc. 27ft., height 13ft., height under fly galleries 8ft., only one gallery. Grid to stage 23ft. Six lines. Elec. equip:. 240 v. D.C. Footlights, two circuits with ind. dimmers. Four battens, each with three circuits with ind. dimmers. Spot bar with three spots with ind. dimmers. Top lighting with two floods coupled to two dimmers. Pit lighting with two circuits ind. dimmed. Two dips with ind. dimmers. Three spot on stands. Three f-o-h pre-set spots with ind. dimmers. Two f-o-h following limes. Acting areas between compartments of battens : Two pre-set, dimmer controlled. Dressing rooms: Two chorus rooms, acc 30. Amplifying equip.: Two turn-table reproducer. F-o-h or stage. Microphone.

PEOPLE’S THEATRE (2)  former Lyric Cinema

PICTUREDROME 36 Gibson Street/Buxton Street  Opened 30^th July 1910. Architect: Hope & Tasker, Newcastle. Builder: Millar & Besford, Whitley Bay. Decorator: J. Thorne, Newcastle. Capacity: 280 (209 stalls, 71 circle) 1922 - Prop. &  Res. Man., H. Millar. Two shows nightly. Two changes weekly. Prices, 4d. to 6d. Station, Newcastle-on-Tyne, N.E.R. 1937: (BTH) Prop., H. Millar. 375 seats. Phone 24739. 1941: (BTH)  - Prop. & Res. Man., H. Millar. 375 seats. Two shows nightly. Two changes weekly. Prices 3d. to 6d. Phone 24739. Station, Newcastle­-on-Tyne, L.N.E.R. Closed 20^th August 1960. Demolished

PLAZA Picture House  Westgate Road/Gowland Avenue Opened 6^th February 1928. Architect: S. J. Stephenson, Newcastle. Builder: H. T. & W. A. Smelt, Newcastle. Capacity: 1247 (778 stalls, 469 circle). Organ: Blackett & Howden 2m 18s straight. 1937: (BA) Prop., Plaza (Newcastle-on-Tyne) Ltd. 1,300 seats. Phone 33342. 1941: (BA) - Prop., Plaza (Newcastle-on-Tyne) Ltd. 1,300 seats. Booked at 125 Westgate Road. Continuous. Two changes weekly. Prices 8d. to 1s. 2d. Proscenium width 30ft. Phone 33341. Stage18ft. deep. Six dress­ing-rooms. Closed 31^st December 1960. Later bingo. 2000 Wetherspoons converted to pub. Foyer coffee lounge. The stage is still there with curtains; ceiling and proscenium art deco designs. Balcony still intact - closed off to public.

QUEEN’S CINERAMA THEATRE / QUEEN’S HALL  Northumberland Street Opening date: 9^th September 1913 (public). Architect: Marshall & Tweedy, Newcastle. Capacity: 1413 (1047 stalls, 366 circle). March 1920 to Geo. Black II co. control - organ: H S Vincent 3m 29s straight - pipework divided. 1922 - Prop. Black Bros. Res. Man., D. Hardie. Continuous. Two changes weekly. Prices, 1s. to 2s. Phone, Central 88. Station, Newcastle, N.E.R. To GTC March 1928 and G-B May. Refurbished 23^rd July 1928. 1937 as QH: (WE) Prop., General Theatre Corporation Ltd. 1,393 seats. Phone 278881. 1941: (WE) - Prop., General Theatre Corporation, Ltd., 123 Regent Street, London W1. 1,400 seats. Phone Regent 6641. Booked at H.O. Con­tinuous. Prices 1s. 2d. to 1s. 6d. Phone 27888. Station, Newcastle (Central) L.N.E.R. Fitted ‘Ardente’ Deaf Aids. 1955 organ broken down by David Clegg. Closed 15^th June 1963. Converted to Cinerama Theatre. Opened 9^th November 1963. Architect: Unknown. Builder: Stephen Easten, Newcastle. Decorator: Decorative Plaster Co., Newcastle. Capacity: 972 (613 stalls, 359 circle). Closed 16^th February 1980. Demolished for shop arcade.

RABY GRAND CINEMA Commercial Road/Oban Road, Byker  Opened 17^th January 1910. Architect: White & Stephenson, Newcastle. Capacity: 825 (195 stalls, 450 pit, 178 circle). 1922 - Prop., J. R. Marshall &  J. Broughton. Res. Man., A. M. Moffatt. Two shows nightly. Two changes weekly. Prices, 6d. to 1s. Station, Newcastle-on-Tyne, N.E.R. 1937: (BTP) Prop., Castle Cinema Co. Ltd. 380 seats. Phone 55880. 1941: (BTP) - Prop., Castle Cinema Co., Ltd., 178, Westgate Road, Newcastle-on-Tyne. Phone 27451. 800 seats. Booked at H.O. by V. R. Marshall. Two shows nightly. Mid-weekly change. Prices 6d. and 8d. Phone Central 55880. Station, Newcastle-on-Tyne. Closed 7^th March 1959. Demolished

REGAL Church Street  (BTP) - Prop., Mrs. R. A. Davenport, 14 Rosewood Gardens, Sheriff Hill Gateshead. Phone Low Fall 76354. 600 seats. Booked at Newcastle. Continu­ous. Prices 4d. to 6d. Proscenium width 22ft. Phone Wallsend 63428. Station, Walker.

REGAL CINEMA  Two Ball Lonnen, Fen­ham (BTP)  Opened 8^th November 1933. Architect: J. H. Morton, South Shields. Builder: Hastie Burton Ltd., North Shields. Decorator: Fred A Foster Ltd., Nottingham. Capacity: 1226 ( 818 stalls, 408 circle). 1937: Prop., Suburban Cinemas (N’castle) Ltd. 1,250 seats. Phone 33773. 1941:  (BTP) - Prop., Suburban Cinemas (Newcastle) Ltd. E. J. Hinge Circuit, 147/149 Northum­berland Street, Newcastle. Phone 20317. Booked at H.O. Continuous from 6.30. 1,207 seats. Prices 8d. to 1s. 2d. Café. Phone Newcastle-on-Tyne 33773. Station, Newcastle-on-Tyne. Closed 30^th April 1960. Present use: Offices

REGENT Bridge Crescent, Scotswood Opened 29^th December 1938 (licensing date) - replaced Scotswood. Architect: Robert Burke, Newcastle. Capacity: 536 stadium - 332 stalls, 204circle. Closed 6^th July 1957. Demolished, 1964

RENO CINEMA  Wideopen (Knightofone)  Opened 1939 - Prop., Reno Cinemas, Ltd., 2 Prudhoe Street, Newcastle-on-Tyne. Continuous from 6 p.m. Prices 7d. to 1s. 2d. Phone Wideopen 53. No Sunday show. Children’s Saturday afternoon matinée. Programmes six days. c.500 seatsinc. small balcony. Closed to film mid-1960s. Bingo. Cooperative store by late 1960s.

REX Ferguson’s Lane, Benwell Village  (WE) Opened 8^th December 1938. Architect: S. J. Stephenson & Gillis, Newcastle. Builder: H. T. Smelt. Decorator: M Alexander and Sons., Newcastle. Props., Rex Cinema (New­castle-on-Tyne) Ltd. Capacity: 1,012 (634 stalls, 378 balcony) Prices 8d. to 1s. 2d. Booked at H.O., 125 Westgate Road, Newcastle-on-Tyne. Phone 33097.

Closed 10^th August 1968. Present use: Social club

RIALTO Armstrong Road, Benwell  Opened 10^th May 1937. Architect: Percy L Browne, Son & Harding, Newcastle. Builder: Walter Wilson, Ltd., Newcastle. Decorator: M Alexander & Sons, Newcastle. Capacity:  1,026 (668 stalls, 358 balcony). 1937: (BTP) Prop., E. J. Hinge Cinemas Ltd. 1,050 seats. 1941: (BTP) - Prop., Hinge Circuit, 147/149, Northumberland Street. New­castle-on-Tyne. Phone 20317. 1,050 seats. Continuous from 5.30 p.m. Mat., Mon. Prices 6d. to 1s. 2d. Booked at H.O. Pros.width, 26ft. Stage20ft. deep, 50ft. wide ; five dressing rooms. Phone Newcastle-on-Tyne 34259. Station, New­castle Central, L.N.E.R. & Film Transport. Closed 25^th June 1961. Demolished

ROYAL ELECTRIC THEATRE Groat Market  1922 - Prop., J. Henderson. Res. Man., G. Hender­son. Continuous. Two changes weekly. Prices, 4d. to 1s. 3d. Station, Newcastle-on-­Tyne, N.E.R.

ROYALTY High Street, Gosforth  Opened 17^th October 1934. Architect: Marshall & Tweedy, Newcastle. Builder: William Hall, Ltd., Gateshead. Decorator: R. J. Richardson, Newcastle. Capacity: 1,156 (790 stalls, 366 circle). Closed 30^th December 1981. Demolished.

St. George’s Drill Hall  Carnegie & Co. (1907)

SAVOY CINEMA Westmorland Road/Beech Grove Road, Benwell (BTP)  Opened 12^th December 1932 - Sunny Side Up. (chapel conversion) Prop., Savoy (Newcastle-on-Tyne) 125, Westgate Road, Newcastle-on-Tyne (Smelt circuit. Phone 27887). Architect: S. J. Stephenson, Newcastle. Builder: H. T. Smelt. Decorator: Fred A Foster Ltd., Nottingham. 791 seats. Booked at H.O. Con­tinuous. Prices 8d. to 1s. 2d. Phone 33645. To Essoldo November 1948. Closed by fire 29^th May 1966. October 1969 repaired & re-opened as bingo club. Burnt down May 1997. Demolished.

SCALA  Chillingham Road/Tosson Terrace, Heaton  Opened 10^th March 1913. Architect: Percy L Browne, Newcastle. prop. Armstrong Electric Theatres, Ltd. Builder: W. Thompson, Newcastle. Organ (no date) H S Vincent 2m straight. Capacity: 1051 (560 stalls, 312 pit, 163 circle, 16 dress circle). 1922 - Prop., Armstrong Electric Theatre Co., Ltd. Res. Man., W. M. Patterson. Continuous. Two changes weekly. Prices, 4d. to 9d. Phone, City 484. Station, Heaton, N.E.R. George Black II acquired an interest. 986 seats. To GTC/G-B 1928. 1937: (BA) Prop., General Theatre Corporation Ltd. 1,057 seats. Phone 554841. To Sol Sheckman - Essoldo 1936. By 1941: (BA) - Prop, Sol Sheckman Theatres, Ltd., 11, Bath Lane, Newcastle- on-Tyne. Phone Newcastle 28082-3. 1,036 seats. Booked at H.O. Continuous. Prices 6d. to 1s. 3d. Phone Newcastle-on-Tyne 554841. Station, Heaton, Newcastle-on-Tyne. Closed 1^st July 1961. Demolished.

SCOTSWOOD Bridge Crescent, Scotswood Opened 1^st April 1926. Architect: F. M. Dryden, Newcastle (for conversion). Capacity: 290. Closed end 1938  Demolished for Regent.

SIDE CINEMA  Opened 2001.

STANHOPE GRAND / IMPERIAL  Worley Street/Longley Street Opened 10^th August 1908 Architect: Austin & Johnson, Newcastle (original building). Capacity: 604 (520 stalls, 84 circle). 1922 as SG - ­Prop., W. R. Marshall &  J. Broughton. Res. Man., W. R. Marshall. Two shows nightly. Two changes weekly. Prices,  4d. to 7d. Station, Newcastle-on-Tyne, N.E.R.

Closed pre February 1931. Demolished.

STAR PICTURE HALL / KOSY PICTURE HALL Worley St. Tantobie, Opened 1908. Renamed Star by Dec 1909. 1929: R. Fisher, mgr. Closed 1932.

STUDIOS 1-4  Waterloo Street  Opened 13^th December 1973. Seats: 1: 85; 2: 112; 3: 105; 4: 142. Closed 26^th March 1983. Converted to apartments.

SUN HALL Long Row, Byker Hill, Shields Road  Opened 29^th November 1909 Architect: W. R. Storey, Gateshead (for conversion). Capacity: 350 (250 stalls, 100 balcony). 1922 - Prop., H. Spoor. Res. Man., B. Spoor. Two show nightly. Two changes weekly. Prices, 4d. to 7d. Station, Newcastle, N.E.R. Closed after 2 February 1934. Demolished.

TATLER News Theatre 149 Northumberland Street (BTP)  Opened 16^th December 1937. Architect: J. Newton Fatkin, Newcastle. Decorator: Fred A. Foster Ltd., Nottingham. 437 stadium seats. Prop., Stanley Rogers Cinemas, Ltd., 147-149, Northumberland Street, Newcastle-on-Tyne. Phone 20317. 500 seats. Continuous. Price, 8d. Booked at H.O. Café Restaurant attached. Phone 26841. Station, Newcastle-on-Tyne. Closed 24^th August 1980. Auditorium demolished, frontage remains.

THEATRE ROYAL (No 1) Robert Arthur (1907)  1937: (Legit.) Prop., Robert Arthur Theatres Ltd. seats. Phone 22062. SG46: Prop.: Howard & Wyndham, Ltd., King’s Theatre, Edinburgh, 3. Bookings: Stewart Cruikshank, Director, Howard & Wynd­ham Ltd., 2-5, Old Bond Street, London W.1. Cap.: Stalls 622, boxes 34, D. circle 271, U. circle 308, Amphitheatre 165, Gallery 450. Barring clause: Radius 20 prior to and one month after, including Sundays. Includes artists. No broadcasts, talking film or television, prior to engagement. Once nightly 6.30 or 7. Subject to variation. Matinées Wednesday Saturday. Pantomime, musicals, ballet, opera, plays, drama. Stage: Pros. 29ft. 6 in., height 31ft. 2 in., to pelmet 24ft. 2 in., max. depth from setting line 36ft., height under fly galleries 24ft. 5 in., width between fly galleries 39ft., height of grid from stage 58ft. No counterweight gear.               80 lines. Elec. equip.: 240/480 v. A.C., 50 cycles. Footlights, 4-colour circuits with with ind. dimmers. Six battens, each with four colour circuits with ind. dimmers. (Red and blue : 24, 60 w. each. White and amber : 10, 100 w. each, 14, 60w. in series.) Ten 4-colour dips with ind. dimmers, each colour switch controlled. Two spots on stands. Eight floods on  stands. Two f-o-h following limes. One acting area barrel with four acting area lanterns, each with dimmer. Perches : 1,000 w. spot lanterns (one each side) dimmer and switch. Two 15 amp. arc points (one each side). Pros. (2) : 4 colour circuits each with dimmer and switch. Plugs: Two arc stage plugs (one each side) off rectifier. Fittings: Six hanging lengths, seven lamps each. Four branch lights with seven lamps each. Dressing rooms: Nine single, eight chorus, acc. 70. Band room. Orchestra: Acc. 22. Resident four (leader, 1st violin, ‘cello, piano). Amplifying equip.: Two turn-table reproducer. F-o-h or stage. Microphone.

TIVOLI Walker Road/Raby Street  Opened pre-18 July 1908. Capacity c.250. Closed c.1912. Demolished

Town Hall  City Treasurer  (1907)

TYNE THEATRE & OPERA HOUSE / STOLL PICTURE THEATRE / TYNE THEATRE Westgate Road  Howard & Wyndham (No 1) (1907) Opened as Stoll 2^nd June 1919. Architect: W B Parnell, Newcastle; (for conversion) F Matcham, London. Builder: J & W Lowery, Newcastle. Decorator: J. Richardson and Co., Newcastle. Capacity: 1,370. 1922 - Lessee, Sir Oswald Stoll. Res. Man., W. H. Lindon Travers. Continuous. Two changes weekly. Prices, 8d. to 2s. Phone, Central 1555. Station, Newcastle, N.E.R. Organ: Nicholson & Lord 2m 11s straight.1928, rebuilt by Blackett & Howden.                Talkies: 11^th May 1929 - The Singing Fool. 1937: (WE) Prop., Stoll Theatre Corporation Ltd. Cap.2,572. Phone 22552. 1941 (WE) Westgate Road -Lessee & Licensee, Sir Oswald Stoll, Coliseum Buildings, Charing Cross, London W.C. Phone Temple Bar 1500. 1,389 seats. Res. Man., A. Blake. Booked at H.O. Continuous. Café attached. Prices 6d. to 3s. Proscenium width 29ft. Stage60ft. 11 dressing-rooms. Phone Newcastle 21551. Station, Central, L.N.E.R. Organ removed 1942. Closed 23^rd March 1974. Present use: Theatre/Opera house

TYNESIDE CINEMA / NEWS THEATRE Pilgrim Street (RCA)  Opened 1^st February 1937. Architect: George Bell (Dixon & Bell). Builder: Thomas Clements and Son., Newcastle.412 seats (252 stalls, 160 circle). Prop., Haridix Ltd., The Newe House, Newcastle-on-Tyne. Phone Newcastle 11387. 402 seats. Continuous from 10.30 a.m. daily. Prices 7d. to 1s. 2d. Booked at Hall. Station, Newcastle-on­-Tyne, L.N.E.R. Closed March 1968 (as News Theatre). Re-opened as regional Film theatre. Seats: Classic: 268 Electra: 100 Digital: 35-60 [Plans announced April/May 2005 to add one or two further screens within a year; £3.5m lottery grant at end of year for main auditorium refurbishment] Re-opened 2008.

VAUDEVILLE Picture House Church Street Walker  Opened 23 November 1908 as theatre. Architect:           White and Stephenson, Newcastle. 1910 opened as picture hall. Architect: J. Johnson, Hebburn. Builder: T. M. Miller. 390 stadium seats. 1922 - Prop., Baker &  Rocke. Res. Man., S. H. Taylor. Two shows nightly. Two changes weekly. Prices, 4d. to 9d. Station, Walker, N.E.R. 1937: (BTH) Prop., Vaudeville Cinema Co. Ltd.             450 seats. Phone 63357. 1941: (BTH) - Prop., C. L. & C. R. H. Baker, ‘Ingleside,’ Esplanade Avenue, Whitley Bay. Phone Whitley Bay 192. 500 seats. Booked at Whitley Bay. Continuous. Twice nightly Sats. Two changes weekly. Prices 4d. to 6d. Phone Wallsend 63357. Station, Walker, L.N.E.R. Closed 2^nd August 1958. Demolished.

WARNER Manors Opened 8^th December 1989. Architect: Ira Stiegler, Howard & Unick. Builder: P Whelan. Seats 1: 404; 2: 398; 3: 236; 4: 244; 5: 290; 6: 659;          7: 509; 8: 398; 9: 248. Closed.

WELBECK CINEMA and PLAYHOUSE Scrogg Road/Byker Street, Walker  Opened 4^th November 1929. Prop., Welbeck Cinema & Playhouse Co., Ltd. Architect: J. Newton Fatkin. Capacity: 965 (360 stalls, 290 pit, 315 circle). (RCA)  Stage 30ft. deep, 6 dressing rooms under. 1937: (RCA) Prop., Welbeck Cinema & Playhouse Co. Ltd. Phone 55377. 1941: Booked at Hall. Continuous Mon. to Fri.; twice nightly Sat. Two changes weekly. Prices 5d. to 1s. Proscenium width 29ft. Phone Newcastle 55377. Station, Walker Gate, L.N.E.R.  Closed after 6 December 1968. Bingo club.

West End Assembly Rooms  (1907)

WESTERHOPE PICTURE HOUSE (Mellophone)- Prop., P. Longhorn & Son. Phone New­castle-on-Tyne 69182. 450 seats. Con­tinuous from 5.30 Mon. to Fri.; two shows on Sat. Prices 6d. to 1s. Booked at Newcastle. Station, Newcastle-on-Tyne.

WESTGATE / WESTGATE ROAD PICTURE HOUSE / PICTURE HOUSE Westgate Road/Clayton Street  Opened 12^th February 1912 – rebuild of mission hall. Architect: Arthur Stockwell. 850 seats. Enlarged to 1,021 seats 1913. Re-named 1914. 1922 - Prop., Con­solidated Kinematograph Theatres Co., Ltd. Res. Man., J. A. Sandilands. Continuous. Two changes weekly. Prices, 9d. to 1s. 6d. Phone, Central 4981. Station, Newcastle, N.E.R. Closed 5^th March 1927. Re-built as New Westgate (see Gaumont).

Additional information from Frank Manders’ The Cinemas of Newcastle

 

NEW FERRY nr Birkenhead Cheshire

LYCEUM  Opened 30^th August 1913. Architects Nagington & Shennan, 1176 seats. 1922 - Prop., Lyceum Picture House Co., Ltd. Head office, Lyceum, New Ferry. Res. Man., Louis Best. Two shows nightly. Twice weekly. Prices, 8d. to 1s. 3d. Station, Bebington & New Ferry, L.N.W.R., 194 miles. To Luxor Cinemas (Southan Morris) by 1937. 1,167 seats. By 1941: (WE) - Prop., S. M. Super Cinemas, Ltd., 37/38 Golden Square W1. 1,176 seats. Two shows nightly. Twice weekly. Prices 6d. to 1s. 6d. To Essoldo 26^th August 1954 by. Closed March 1962. Demolished. Supermarket.

 

NEWFIELD Pelton Fell Co. Durham

GRAND CINEMA / GRAND ELECTRIC THEATRE  1922 - Prop., & Res. Man., C. Buckton. Two shows nightly. Two changes weekly. Prices, 3d. to 9d. Station, Pelton, N.E.R. 1937: (B.T.H.) Prop., C. Buckton. By 1941: (BTH) - Prop. Christopher R. Buckton, South View, West Pelton, nr Beamish. 500 seats. Booked at Newcastle. Twice nightly. Two changes weekly. Prices 3d. to 6d. and 8d.

 

NEWHAVEN Sussex

REX / CINEMA de LUXE High Street  1922 as de L.- Prop.  &  Man., C. Cook. Two shows nightly. Mat. Sat. Two changes weekly. Prices, 4d. to 9d. Station, Newhaven, L.B.S.C.R. By 1941: (WE) - Prop., Mrs. R. L. Cooke, Sussex Lodge, Newhaven. 494 seats. Continuous. Booked at Hall. Two changes weekly. Prices 7d. to 1s. 6d. Phone 37. Station, Newhaven, S.R. Closed 1970, demolished.

Drill Hall  f., Sergt.-Major Sheppard.

KINEMA  1922 - Prop., H. Ellis. Gen. Man., H. H. Levenston. Two shows nightly. Two changes weekly. Prices, 4d. to 1s. 1d. Phone, Newhaven 76. Station, Newhaven Town, L.B.S.C.R. By 1941: (WE) - Props., Newhaven Cinema De Luxe, Ltd., High Street, Newhaven. 500 seats. Booked at Hall. Continuous. Prices. 6d.               to 1s. Phone 37. Station, Newhaven Town, S.R.

 

NEW HERRINGTON Co. Durham

TIVOLI Herrington Burn  1922 - Prop., Fencehouses Palace, Ltd. Res. Man., Mrs. L. Winsley. One show nightly. Two changes weekly. Prices, 6d. to 1s. Station, Penshaw, N.E.R. 1929: Fence Houses Palace Co. Ltd; Mrs. Lizzie Winsley, manageress. 1937: Prop., Fencehouses Palace Ltd. 826 seats. Phone H’ton-le- Spring 143. By 1941: (WE) - Prop., Fencehouses Palace, Ltd. Once nightly Sun. to Thurs. Twice nightly Fri. and Sat. Prices 4d. to 9d. Proscenium width 21ft. Phone Houghton 143. Station, Penshaw, L.N.E.R.

 

NEWLYN Cornwall

GAIETY Opened 1921. Architect: Cowell, Drewitt & Wheatley, Penzance. Prop., Reginald Hennessey. Reversed auditorium. By mid 1930s to Robert Thomas, Penzance. By 1941: (BTH) – Props. A. J. Carle, ‘Beulah,’ Newlyn. 357 seats. Prices 7d. to 1s. 9d. Continuous. Booked at Cardiff. Pictures and Variety. Proscenium width 24ft. Stage 8ft. deep. Phone Penzance 757. Station, Penzance G.W.R. To Harry Herbert Flower, Newlyn. By late 1950’s screen 17’ by 10’ 4”; RCA sound. Closed c.1970. Now restaurant.

 

NEW MALDEN Surrey

PLAZA / NEW MALDEN CINEMA 1922 - Prop., New Malden Cinema Co. Res. Man., G. H. Frome. Con­tinuous. Mat. Sat. Two changes weekly. Prices, 5d. to 1s. Station, New Maiden, L.S.W. R. Re-named. Destroyed by fire Sunday 27^th December 1936. Not rebuilt.

ODEON THEATRE Shannon Corner  Opened 7^th November 1938 – Gold is where you find it. Architect: George Coles. Seats: 961 +650 = 1,611. By 1941: Props., Odeon (New Malden) Ltd., Old County Cinema, Marlow, Bucks. Phone Marlow 695-9. Continuous. Prices 9d. to 3s. Booked at Moor Hall, Cookham, Berks. Phone New Malden 2992. Closed 2^nd January 1960 – The Five Pennies and The Ama Girls. Demolished.

 

NEWMARKET Cambs

DORIC CINEMA  High Street  (BTH) Opened Monday 1^st March 1937 – Good Morning Boys. Props., Norton Cinemas (Newmarket) Ltd., The Doric Cinema. Mgr. Ralph Wolsey. 1,124 seats. Prices 7d. to 2s.4d. Continuous from 2 p.m. Pictures and Variety. Booked at Hall. Pros. width, 30ft. Stage 30ft. deep by 50ft. wide. Six dressing-rooms. Café attached. Phone Newmarket 700. Station, Newmarket, L.N.E.R. Films by Transport. CinemaScope January 1955. Closed 27^th July 1964 – Dead Image and Secret Door. Mgr F. V. Morris. Empty.  Re-opened February 1980 as Newmarket Variety & Cabaret Club.

KING’S THEATRE  Fitzroy Street.

KINGSWAY High Street  Opened December 1926. By 1941: (BTP) - Prop., Kingsway (Newmarket) Ltd. 850 seats. Booked at Hall. Twice nightly. Prices 8d. to 2s. 6d. Phone Newmarket 406. Station, Newmarket L.N.E.R. & Road Transport. CinemaScope January 1955. Closed to film 28^th May 1977. Coronet Social Club. Nightclub.

KOZEY KINEMA Grafton Street 1922 -  Prop,  &  Res. Man., Barrington Lynham. Two shows nightly. Mat. Sat. Two changes weekly. Prices, 6d. to 1s. 3d. Station, Newmarket, G.E.R.

PALACE / KOSY CINEMA / BIOSCOPE PICTURE HALL Grafton Street. Opened 1908/9. Props., Cook & Evans. !910: props. H. & C. Adams, mgr Cyril Adams.

VICTORIA / VICTORIA CINEMA-de-LUXE / Victoria Hall / CINEMATOGRAPH HALL / BIJOU THEATRE High Street  f., Frank Phillips (1907) 1912 prop. Barrington Lynham. Ballroom conversion. 1922 as Vic C de L - Prop., Barrington Lynham. Two shows nightly. Two changes weekly. . Prices, 8d. do 1s. 9d. Phone 70. By 1941: (Imperial) -Prop., Kingsway (Newmarket) Ltd. 550 seats. Pictures and occasional Variety. Booked at Hall. Two shows nightly. Two changes weekly. Prices 8d. to 1s. 6d. Stage 15½ft. deep. Two dressing rooms. Ballroom attached. Phone Newmarket 229. Station, Newmarket L.N.E.R. Closed 1950s. demolished with hotel 1977.

Town Hall Clerk to the Council (1907)

 

NEW MILLS nr Stockport Derbys

ART THEATRE / ART PICTURE PLAYHOUSE / EMPIRE & HIPPODROME Jodrell Street  Opened 24^th June 1911. Architects: John & J. B. Fraser. Prop. New Mills Cinematograph & Entertainment Co. Ltd. Lessee David Taylor. Once nightly, twice Sat., mats. Wed. & Sat. 6d to 1/3d. To Walters & Law November 1920. 1921 as Emp Th - Prop. & Res. Man., D. Taylor. One show nightly, two on Sat. Mat., Wed. & Sat. Three changes weekly. Prices, 6d. to 1s. 3d. Phone, Newmills 63. Station, Newmills, G.C.R. Closed 9^th April 1921. Re-constructed, redecorated & re-opened as Art Pic Play 29^th August 1921. Architect: Albert Winstanley. To New Mills Co March 1930. 1937: (B.T.H.) Prop., Art Playhouses Ltd. 905 seats. By 1941: (BTH) - Prop., New Mills Cinema (Sheffield) Ltd., 45, West Street, Sheffield. Phone Sheffield 26002. 600 seats. Booked at H.O. Occasional Variety. Booked at Hall. Twice nightly. Prices 6d. to 1s. 6d. Proscenium width 22ft. Stage 22ft. Five dressing-rooms. No fly tower. Phone New Mills 2230. SG46: Suitable for plays. Closed March 1950. Other use. Bought by amateurs c.1955. Re-opened 1959 as amateur theatre. 511 seats. Still in use.

CINEMA  Union Road  Opened October 1922. Props as in 1941. WE Sound early 1930. 760 seats. By 1941: (WE) - Prop., New Mills Cinema (Sheffield) Ltd., 45 West Street, Sheffield. Phone Central 26002. 720 seats. Booked at H.O. Once nightly Mon., to Fri. ; Mats., Wed., and Fri. Three shows on Sat. Prices 7d. to 1s. 2d. Phone New Mills, 3212. Station, New Mills L.M.S. Closed September 1949. re-opened April 1950. Closed to film mid-60s. Bingo to 1990s. Nightclub. Ruinous.

PAVILION  Market Street fl. 1915. Closed by fire. Site later market.

PICTUREDROME Crown Hotel  Opened 14^th February 1911 – conversion of assembly/ballroom? Lessee Stratton Wells. ?Closed during WWI.

 

NEW MILTON Hants

SCALA CINEMA Station Road  1922 - Prop., Wencote & Wilkinson. Res. Man., J. C. Wilkinson. One show nightly. Two changes weekly. Prices, 6d. to 1s. 7d. Phone, New Milton 48. Station, New Milton, L.S.W.R.

WAVERLEY CINEMA Station Road 1931: Edwin Haywood, propr. (BTH) 1937: (B.T.H.) C. Haywood. 602 seats. Phone 342.

 

NEWPORT  I. of W.

APOLLO THEATRE Refurbished 2006.

CINEWORLD Coppins Bridge: 11 screens / 1,805 seats

Circus Pitch Wells (1907)

GRAND THEATRE Lugley Street  1931: Arth. Hill, propr. By 1941: (BA) - Prop., Isle of Wight Theatres, Ltd., Theatre Royal Ryde. Phone Ryde 2387. 526 seats. Booked at Theatre Royal, Ryde. Continuous from 2.30 p.m. Pros.width, 28ft. Prices 8d. to 1s. 10d. Phone Newport 2300. Station, Newport (I.o.W.) S.R.

MEDINA CINEMA / Medina Hall Cinema / Medina Hall 23 High Street  f., A. J. Salter (1907) 1922 as Med H - Prop., A. J. Salter. Res. Man., A. C. Salter. Continuous. Two changes weekly. Station, Newport, I.W.R. 1931: Albt. Jas. Salter, propr. 1937: (W.E.) Prop., Britten & Manning. 900 seats. Phone 291. 1941: (WE) - Prop., Medina Cinema, Ltd., 36 Kingsway, W.C.2. Phone Holborn 3283. 1,000 seats. Booked at Hall. Continuous daily from 2.30. Café attached. Prices 6d. to 2s. Phone Newport 2691. Station, Newport (I.o.W.) S.R. Closed.

RINK PICTURE PALACE Hearn Street - Prop., J. H. Cole & H. W. Parnell. Continuous. Two changes weekly. Prices 5d. to 1s. 3d. Station, Newport, I.W.R.

SAVOY / ODEON THEATRE Town Lane Corner/Pyle Street (BTH)  Opened 17^th October 1936 – East Meets West. Architect: Andrew Mather. 1,228 seats. 1941 - Props., Odeon (Newport, I.o.W.) Ltd., Old County Cinema, Marlow, Bucks. Phone Marlow 695-9. Booked at Moor Hall, Cookham, Berks. Continuous. Stage. Prices 9d. to 3s. 4d. Phone Newport 2515. Became Savoy 1^st January 1961. Closed 18^th December 1982 – Scum and The Long Good Friday. Demolished.

 

NEWPORT Mon

CANNON / ABC Bridge Street  Opened 28^th November 1968 – Half A Sixpence. On site of Lyceum. Architect: C. J. Foster & Alan Morgan. 1,320 stadium seats. Mgr. Terence C. Buttle. Prices, 5s to 7/6d, pensioners 1/3d to 4pm. Tripled 1980. To Cannon 1986 & re-named.

CANNON / STUDIOS 1 & 2 / COLISEUM Clarence Place, Corporation Street  Opened 22^nd June 1911. Prop., Biocolour circuit. 1922 - Prop., Biocolour Theatres, Ltd. Res. Man., W. H. Govier. Continuous. Two changes weekly. Prices, 6d. to 1s. 6d. Phone, Newport 3776. To G-B March 1927. 1937: (R.C.A.) Prop., Gaumont British Picture Corp. Ltd. 814 seats. Phone 3776. 1941: (RCA) - Prop., Gaumont-British Picture Corpn., Ltd., 223 Regent Street, London W.1. Phone Regent 6642. 1,000 seats. Booked at H.O. Continuous. Two changes weekly. Prices 9d. to 1s. 10d. Proscenium width 26ft. Phone Newport 377611. Station, Newport, G.W.R. Closed 15.th April 1967. To Star circuit - re­opened 26^th September 1970. Closed 31^st December 1970. Twinned. Studios 1 & 2 1^st March 1971. 339 & 140 seats. To Cannon & renamed. Closed 19^th March 1987. Empty. Demolished post-1995.

CAPITOL Dock Street  1937: (BA) Prop., Gwent Theatres Ltd. 852 seats. Phone 3648. 1941: (BA) - Prop., Western Theatres, Ltd. 1,000 seats. Continuous. Prices 6d. to 1s. 6d. Phone Newport 3648. Station, Newport.

CITY CINEMA / METRO/ ABC Bridge Street  Opened 1968.

Drill Hall  f., Capt. Howard (1907)

EMPIRE THEATRE Charles Street  Moss Empires. Ltd. (1907)  1937: Prop.,Terence Bryon Theatres Ltd. 1,400 seats. Phone 2908. (Legit.) Bombed in 1940.

GEM CINEMA 144 Commercial Road  Opened 1913. 1937: (B.T.H.) Prop., F. H. Sutton. 1941: (BA) - Prop., H. Clayton-Gill, 33, Somerton Road, Newport. 300 seats. Booked at Hall. Continuous. Prices 4d. to 7d. Proscenium width 35ft. Closed 1950s. Demolished.

LITTLE THEATRE SG46: Cap.: Stalls 310, balcony 130. Once nightly 7. Matinées Thursdays and Saturdays. Plays and concerts. Stage: Prosc. 28ft., heightft., depth 23ft., height of grid 22ft. Elec. equip.: 230 v. D.C. Footlights, three. Three battens, one with four and two with three circuits. Spot bar with five spots. Four floods coupled to four dimmers. ft lighting with three circuits. Three dips., Five dips switch controlled. One spot on stand. Two floods on stands. Three f-o-h pre-set spots. Dressing rooms: two double, two single, two chorus rooms.

LYCEUM THEATRE Bridge Street  Sidney Cooper (1907) 1937: (W.E.) Prop., Lyceum (Newport) Ltd. 1,207 seats. Phone 2906. 1941: (WE) - Prop., Mr. & Mrs. S. Cooper. The Meadows, Glaswllch Lane, Newport. Lessees, Lyceum, Newport, Ltd. 1,350 seats. Booked at Theatre. Continuous. Prices 8d. to 1s. 10d. Occasional Variety. Proscenium width 27ft. Stage12 dressing rooms. Phone 2906. Station, Newport, G.W.R. SG46: Lyceum (adapted as a cinema). Closed 1961. Demolished – site used for ABC.

MAINDEE  158 Chepstow Road  Opened 1939. Closed 1961. Bingo. Now Wetherspoon’s.

ODEON THEATRE Clarence Place/East Usk Road (BTH)  Opened 12^th March 1938 – Young and Innocent. Architect: Arthur J. Price (Harry Weedon). 1,546 seats. By 1941 - Prop., Odeon (Newport) Ltd., Old County Cinema, Marlow, Bucks. Phone Marlow 695-9. Booked at Moor Hall, Cookham, Berks. Prices 9d. to 1s. 10d. Stage Phone Newport 5344. Closed 30^th May 1981 – The Last Flight of Noah’s Ark. Derelict. Snooker hall 1986-c.1991. Nightclub. Building listed. Closed. Now Newport City Live Arena.

OLYMPIA Cwmbran (BA) - 500 seats

OLYMPIA Skinner Street  Opened 14^th May 1913. 1,000 seats. Enlarged c.1915. 1922 -Prop., Tilney’s Kinemas L td.

To ABC 1929. 1937: (W.E.) Prop., A.B.C. Ltd. 1,307 seats. Phone 2259. 1941: (WE) - Lessees, Associated British Cinemas, Ltd., 30-31 Golden Square, London W.1. Phone Gerrard 7887. 1,570 Seats. Booked at H.O. Continuous. Proscenium width 36ft. Phone Newport 2259. Station, Newport, Mon., G.W.R. Closed September 1964. Demolished.

PALLADIUM / REGAL  1922 as Pall - Prop., Welsh Electric Theatres, Ltd. Res. Man., M. Whittle. Continuous. Two changes weekly. Prices, 9d. to 2s. Phone, Newport 2963. Closed 1937. Demolished for Odeon.

PAVILION Stow Hill  1937: (R.C.A.) Prop., Stow Properties Ltd. 1,650 seats. Phone 2906. 

PILL PALACE 100, Commercial Road  1937: (B.T.H.) Prop., Mrs. A. Averbuck. 450 seats.

PLAZA (BTH) - Prop., The Plaza (Newport) Ltd., 100, Commercial Road. 850 seats. Booked at Hall. Continuous. Prices 5d. to 1s. Proscenium width 25ft. Station, Newport, G.W.R. Fitted ‘Ardente’ Deaf Aids

RIALTO THEATRE Station Approach  1922 - Prop., Newport Electric Theatres, Ltd. Res. Man., Harry Salter. Continuous. Two changes weekly. Prices, 9d. to 1s. Phone, Newport 3028. Station, Newport, G.W.R.

SOUTH WALES ELECTRIC PALACE  1922 - Prop., H. Willstead. Res. Man., W. Ash. Two shows nightly. Two changes weekly. Prices, 3d. to 8d. Station, Newport, G.W.R.

Town Hall A. A. Newman (1907)

TREDEGAR PICTURE HOUSE  / TREDEGAR HALL PICTURE HOUSE / Trede­gar Hall Stow Hill  J. K. Stone (1907) Opened as full-time cinema October 1922 - Prop. A. Freedman, I. Harris, & A. Cohen. Res. Man., A.. Feathers. Continuous. Two changes weekly. Phone, Newport 2031. Station, Newport, G.W.R. To London & Southern c.1929. To Odeon with circuit 1939. 1.019 seats. 1937 as TPH: (W.E.) Prop.,  Odeon Theatres Ltd. 1,091 seats. Phone 2031. 1941: (WE) Props., London & Southern Super Cinemas, Ltd., Old County Cinema, Marlow, Bucks. Phone Marlow 695-9. 1,019 seats. Booked at Moor Hall, Cookham, Berks. Con­tinuous. Prices 9d. to 1s. 10d. Phone 2031. Station, Newport, G.W.R. Closed December 1945. Repairs. Re-opened 7^th April 1946. Closed 29^th March 1958. Became Rank Majestic Ballroom. Bar/nightclub by 2001.

UGC Seven Styles Avenue: 13 screens

 

NEWPORT Salop

PICTURE HOUSE / Town Hall  f., Manager (1907) By 1941: (WE) - Props., Wright’s Picture House (Newport) Ltd. 450 seats. Booked at Hall. Prices 7d. to 1s. 6d. Proscenium width 20ft. Stage10ft. Phone Newport 58. Station, Newport, L.M.S.

 

NEWPORT PAGNELL Bucks

ELECTRA / ELECTRIC THEATRE  St. John Street  Opened 1912 – hall built on to rear of existing Georgian house. Prop. Alex Salmon. 1922 - Prop., G.. Salmons, L. Salmons, & A. Ballard. One show nightly. Thurs., Fri.. and Sat, One change weekly.. Prices, 4d. to 1s. Phone, Newport Pagnell 29. 1937: (B.A.) Prop., L. Salmonds & Co. Ltd. 585 seats. Phone 29. By 1941: (BA) - Props., Electra (Newport Pagnell) Ltd. 500 seats. One show nightly and Mats. One change weekly. Prices 8d. to 1s. 6d. Booked at Hall. Phone 146. Station, Newport Pagnell, L.M.S., or Film Transport Road Service. Closed 1991, now shops. Auditorium demolished, façade restored.

Masonic Hall  f., G. H. Sampson (1907)

Town Hall  f., M. Warren (1907) 

 

NEW ROMNEY Kent

PAVILION High Street  KYB 1922

 

NEW SILKSWORTH Co. Durham

HIPPODROME (The)  1922 - Prop., Stanley Rogers & R. G. Elder. Res. Man., J. French. Phone, Ryhope 12. Station, Ryhope, N.E.R. 1929: Stanley Rogers & Robert G. Elder, proprs. 1937: (B.T.P.) Prop., S. Rogers Cinemas Ltd. 700 seats. Phone Ryhope 231. By 1941: (BTP) - E. J. Hinge Circuit. Phone Newcastle 20317. 638 seats. Booked at 72 Grey Street, Newcastle. Twice nightly. Prices 5d. to 8d. Phone Ryhope 231. Station, Sunderland, L.N.E.R.

REX

 

NEWQUAY Cornwall

ASTOR / NEW THEATRE Narrowcliff  (BTP)  Opened 2^nd October 1939. Prop. Enid Hosking OR Newquay Entertainments Ltd. 611 stadium seats. Proscenium width 36’, stage 19’ 6” deep stage; 6 dressing rooms. Café. Modernised 1955. Late 1950s leased to Duchy Cinemas Ltd. re-named Astor. CinemaScope. Closed to film 1978. 2^nd storey added, furniture store. Closed. 2006 – boarded-up. Demolished January 2007.

CAMELOT  The Crescent  Opened 1970 - on site of Pavilion, but flank towers original. (Left-hand one, looking at the building from the front, had a metal ladder down the inside, plus a winch at the top to haul the film cans up and down. Still the original ones from when the Pavilion was built! – Darron Keeling) Prop., Council. 812 seats. CinemaScope, 70mm - Cinemechanica Victoria 6s/DTS stereo sound. To Garfield Daniels by 1980. Stage built in house – 5 rows/100 seats lost. Closed 1994, reopened Blue Juice première. Closed November 1987. 2002 Australian theme bar, cladding hides much of structure.

Drill Hall (1907) 

PAVILION THEATRE / The Pavilion and Shelter  The Crescent  Opened 1912. Prop., Newquay Urban District Council/ Cornish Riviera Entertainments Ltd. Lounge and tea rooms at rear. 1922 - Prop., Pavilion, Ltd. Res. Man., W. Ellis Slack. One show nightly. Two. mats, weekly. Two changes weekly. Prices, 8d. to 1s. 10d. By 1932 to Prance & Mumford (Sound & Movement Cinemas Ltd) Proscenium width 30’. 750 seats. RCA Photophone sound. By 1941: (RCA) - Operated by Sound & Movement Cinemas, Ltd., 14, Portland Square, Plymouth. 750 seats.