PADIHAM Lancs

Church School (1907)

GLOBE - Prop., New Empire (Burnley) Ltd., Empire Theatre, Burnlcy. Phone Burnley 2453.

GRAND THEATRE Station Road Opened 1911. By 1941: (WE) - Prop., New Empire (Burnley) Ltd. 1,232 seats. One show nightly, two on Sat. Mat., Tues., Thurs. and Sat. Prices 5d. to 1s. Booked at Rialto, Rochdale. Stage30ft. deep. Two dressing-rooms. Café attached. Phone 69. Station, Padiham, L.M.S. Closed. Nightclub.

Oddfellows’ Hall T. Barnes (1907)

Temperance Hall J. Blezard (1907)

PADDOCK WOOD Kent

CINEMA HALL 1922 - Prop., L. J. Prickett. Two shows nightly. Two changes weekly. Prices, 5d. to 1s. 3d. Station, Paddock Wood, S.E. & C.R.

PADSTOW Cornwall

CINEDROME / CAPITOL / CINEDROME / REGAL / CINEDROME Landwell Street Opened 1919 as music hall. Cinema 1924. ?350 seats .By 1941: (Morrison) - Prop., E. J. & W. E. Pope. Cinedrome, Liskeard. Phone., Liskeard 32. 280 seats. Once nightly. Mat. Sat. Café attached. Prices 8d. to 2s. 3d. Proscenium width 18ft. Phone 44. Station, Padstow, S.R. During WWII to Cornwall Cinemas (Newquay) Ltd. - renamed Regal. 1947 to R. T. Williams - WTW Cinemas - re-named Cinedrome. 3-D. CinemaScope, WE sound. Late 60s re-named Capitol, part-time bingo. 1997 re-named Cinedrome. Dolby sound. 153 seats.

LOCAL CINEMA / Public Hall Church Street 1922 - Res. Man., H. J. Chidgicy. Tues. & Sat. only. Two changes weekly. Prices, 6d. to 1s. 3d. Station, Padstow, L.S.W.R. ? closed as Cinedrome opened.

PAIGNTON Devon

APOLLO CINEMAS / FESTIVAL THEATRE The Green Opened June 1967. Prop., Council. Closed 3^rd January 1999 - Cinderella on Ice. Re-opened as Apollo cinema summer 1999. 9 screens / 1,650 seats. Seating capacities: 1: 360, 2: 184, 3: 184, 4: 219, 5: 360, 6: 77, 7: 86, 8: 33, 9: 97.

ELECTRIC PALACE / TRIANGLE CINEDROME / ELECTRIC PALACE Totnes Road Opened 15th April 1911. Prop., Paignton Electric Palace Ltd. 1922 as C’drome - Prop. W. J. Lindsell. Res. man. H. Taylor. Continuous. Mat., Wed, and Sat. Two changes weekly. Prices, 4d. to 1s. 6d. Re-named by 1923. Prop. Major A. O. Ellis. By 1941: (Picturetone) - Prop., Major A. O. Ellis. Booked at H.O. Sutherland Towers, Higher Warberry, Tor­quay. Phone Torquray 2895. 280 seats. Continuous. Prices 7d. to 1s. 2d. Proscenium width 16ft. Phone Paignton 5353. Station, Paignton, G.W.R. Sold 1939. Mgress. Miss M. Howard. Later prop., Paignton Pic Hse Co. Closed by 1949 OR 69.

ODEON / PALLADIUM Torbay Road (WE) Opened 31st December 1932 - The Midshipmaid. Prop., Paignton Palladium Ltd. Architects: William Wolff & J. E. Watts OR J. E. Walter. Organ: Christie 2/7. Café attached. By 1940 - Prop., Paignton Palladium, Ltd. 1,060 seats. Booked at Hall. Pictures and Variety. Variety Booked at Hall. Prices 6d. to 2s. Proscenium width 34ft. Stage 18ft. deep; 3 dressing rooms. Café. Phone 82369. Station, Paignton, G.W.R. Fitted ‘Ardente’ Deaf Aids. Closed. To Lou Morris. To Odeon 1943. Re-named 1^st June 1947. Closed as full-time cinema 7^th December 1957. Re-opened for summer season. Closed 30^th September 1961. Top Rank Bingo: later occasional film in summer months. Closed September 1987. Demolished 1989. Flats on site.

OLDWAY HOUSE THEATRE Opened 1873. Architect: George Bridgman (?Matcham involvement). Early film. Demolished 1904.

PALACE THEATRE / PALACE AVENUE THEATRE / GARRISON THEATRE / PALACE AVENUE HALL / PUBLIC HALL & ASSEMBLY ROOMS Palace Avenue Opened 12^th September 1890. Architects: W. R. Fletcher & George Soudon Bridgman. Cost £3000. Cap.700. f., W. A. Axworthy (1907) Films in Badminton (?lower) Hall pre-WWI. By SG46 - Prop.: Paignton U.D.C., 25 Hyde Road, Paignton. Bookings: Paignton U.D.C., 25, Hyde Road, Paignton. Cap.: Stalls 432, balcony 128. Licensed for plays, etc. Stage: Pros. 40ft., height 20ft., min. depth from setting line 25ft. Elec. equip.: 230 v. A.C. Spot bar with two spots, each ind. dimmer controlled. Dressing rooms: Four rooms, acc. 50. 2006 - new foyer, auditorium altered to stadium lay-out & re-seated.

Pier Pavilion Opened c.1878. Prop. Pier Co. (Arthur Hyde Denby). Architect: George Bridgman. W. Aitken (1907) Cinematograph licence 1910. Destroyed by fire 1919.

REGENT CINEMA Station Square (WE) Opened August 1932. Prop., Picture Playhouses Ltd. Architect: Leslie H. Kemp. 730 seats. Prosc. 27′ wide. By 1941 - Props., Picture Playhouses, Ltd. Booked by W. Farrant Gilley, Lloyds Bank Chambers, Torquay. Phone Torquay 2045. 725 seats. Continuous. Prices 9d. to 2s. 6d. Proscenium width 27ft. Phone 5017. Station, Paignton, G.W.R. CinemaScope. Closed 30^th March 1983 - Double Jeopardy. Empty. For sale: £350,000. Demolished 1985 OR 7.

ROYAL BIJOU THEATRE Demolished 1890. Mahogany & gilt pros installed in Public Hall.

TORBAY CINEMA / PAIGNTON PICTURE HOUSE / ELECTRIC BIOSCOPE EXHIBITION CENTRE Torbay Road Opened 1909. Façade/foyer block re-built 1913. 375 seats: 271 stalls, 104 balcony + 4 rear boxes. Pros width 24ft. 1922 - Prop., Paignton Picture House, Ltd. Res. man. G. Bearne. One show nightly. Daily mat. Two changes weekly. Prices, 5d. to 3s. Phone 168. WE sound by 1930. 1937: 532 seats. By 1941: (WE) - Prop., Paignton Picture House, Ltd. 600 seats. Booked at Vaughan Parade, Torquay. Continuous. Phone 5544. Station, Paignton, G.W.R. & Road Transport. CinemaScope - 22′ by 11′ screen. Re-named Torbay Cinema 1968. Sold 1975. Bought by railway. Closed 26^th September 1999 - The Last Picture Show. Grade II* listed.

PAINSWICK Glos

Town Hall f., J. Everatt (1907)

PARKGATE Yorks see RAWMARSH and PARKGATE

PARKSTONE Dorset

PARKSTONE ELECTRIC THEATRE Ashley Road 1922 - Prop., White, Holder, & Co. Res. Man., M. Hiscock. Continuous. Three changes weekly. Prices, 4d. to 1s. Station, Parkstone, L.S.W.R.

REGAL CINEMA Ashley Road (WE) - Prop. Regal (Parkstone) Ltd. Regent, Poole. Booked at H.O. 1,200 seats. Continuous. Prices 6d. to 2s. Café. Station, Parkstone. Fitted ‘Ardente’ Deaf Aids

VICTORY PALACE (The) Ashley Road 1922 - Prop., White, Holder & Co. Res. Man., C. H.. White. Continuous. Two changes weekly. Prices, 6d. to 1s. 6d. Phone, Parkstone 129. Station, Parkstone, L.S.W.R.

PATELEY BRIDGE Yorks

CINEMA Opened c.1931. Prop. poss. John Graham. By 1944 - Prop., Richard Dean. 350 seats. Prices, 9d. to 1s. 9d. Communications to the Premier, Skipton. Phone, Skipton 271.

ODDFELLOWS’ HALL N. Irvin (1907) 1922 - Res. Man., Jas. Forrest. By 1941: (Home Made) 400 seats.

PATRICROFT nr Manchester Lancs

Drill Hall Colonel Andrew (1907)

MAJESTIC (WE) - Prop., Lancashire Entertainments, Ltd., Clarence Arcade Chambers, Stamford Street, Ashton-under-Lyne. Phone 1524. 820 seats. Continuous nightly. Mats., Mon., Wed., Thurs., Sat, Twice nightly Sat. Two changes Weekly. Booked at Clarence Arcade Chambers. Prices 4d. to 1s. Proscenium width 20ft. Phone Eccles 3109. Station, Patricroft, L.M.S.

PALLADIUM (BTP) - Prop., Counties Cinema Patricroft, Ltd. 650 seats. Continuous. Booked at Hall. Two changes weekly. Prices 5d.to 10d.; Sat, and Holidays, 1s. Phone Eccles 3524. Station, Patricroft L.M.S.

Public Hall T. Grindle (1907)

PATRINGTON Yorks

ELECTRIC CINEMA Church Lane 1922 - Prop. & Res. Man., W. H. Coates. One show nightly, on Fri., Sat., & Bank Holidays. One change weekly. Prices, 2½d. to 1s. 3d. Phone 5. Station, Patrington.

PEACEHAVEN Sussex

PAVILION (AWH) - Prop., P. H. Braithwaite, South Coast Road, Telscombe Cliffs. 270 seats. Continuous. Prices 6d. to 1s. Booked at Hall. Proscenium width 20ft. Stageapprox. 15ft.; two dressing rooms. Films by Road Transport. Station, Newhaven.

PEEL I.o.M.

PAVILION (AWH) Stanley Road - Prop., Strand Cinema Theatre Co. (1920) Ltd., 39, Strand Street, Douglas, I.o.M. 400 seats. Phone Douglas 14. Booked by W. J. Hughes, Picture House, Douglas. Continuous Mon. Thurs., and Sat. Once nightly Sun., Tues., Wed, and Fri. Prices, 6d. and 1s. Ballroom attached. Phone Peel 224. Station, Peel.

PEGSWOOD Northumb

MINER’S HALL

PELAW-on-TYNE Co. Durham

CROWN PICTUREDROME Swinburne Terrace Bill Quay 1929: Jn. Lewis, propr.

GRAND CINEMA / GRAND PICTURE HALL Joicey Street 1922 - Prop., Felling & Pelaw Picture Hall, Co., Ltd. Res. Man., T. W. Wilkinson. One show nightly, two on Sat. Two changes weekly. Prices, 3d. to 9d. Phone, Felling 13. Station, Pelaw, N.E.R. 1929: Stanley T. Rogers, propr. By 1941: (BTP) - 700 seats. Booked at H.O. Twice nightly. Prices 3d. to 9d. Phone Newcastle 82213. Station, Pelaw Junction, L.N.E.R.

PELTON Co. Durham

KING’S THEATRE / KING’S HALL 1929: Pelton Electric Theatre Co Ltd. proprs.; Jsph. Wood, mngr. By 1941: (BTP) 975 seats. Sold 1956. Closed 1959.

PELTON FELL Co. Durham

COMEDY THEATRE Opened 11^th March 1910.

PEMBERTON nr Wigan Lancs

CARLTON (BTP) - Prop., Eagle Picturedromes, Ltd. Reg. Office, County Playhouse, King Street, Wigan. Phone Wigan 3476. Booked at H.O. Once nightly, Mon. to Fri.; twice Sat. Two changes weekly. Prices 6d. to 1s. 2d. Phone Pemberton 82122. Station, Pemberton, L.M.S.

QUEEN’S THEATRE Ormskirk Road (BTP) Prop., Eagle Picturedromes Ltd., Reg. Office, County Playhouse, King Street. Wigan. Phone Wigan 3476. Booked at H.O. Once nightly Mon. to Fri.; twice Sat.; Mat. Mon. Prices 6d. to 1s. 2d. Phone Pemberton 82122. Station, Pemberton, L.M.S. Demolished 2006.

PENDLEBURY Lancs

PALACE Bolton Road (WE) - Prop., Palace de Luxe (East Lancashire) Ltd. 1,096 seats. Booked at Hall. Continuous Mon. to Sat. Occasional Variety, booked direct. Prices 5d. to 9d. Proscenium width 30ft. Stage8½ft. deep; three dressing-rooms. Phone Swinton 1805. Station, Swinton, L.M.S.

PENGAM Mon

PALACE CINEMA `922 - Prop., Rowland Williams. Res. Man., Pat Walsh. Continuous. Two changes weekly. Prices, 9d. to 1s. 3d. Station, Pengam, R.R.

PALLADIUM 1922 & 1941 - Prop., Rowland Williams.

REGAL CINEMA (Kalee) - Lessee, G. L. Thomas. 550 seats. Continuous. Booked at Empire, Llanbradach. Prices 4d. to 1s. Stage21ft deep. Two dressing-rooms. Proscenium width 19½ft. Café and Billiard Hall. Station, Pengam, G.W.R

PENISTONE Yorks

ASSEMBLY HALL CINEMA / Assembly Rooms J. Biltcliffe (1907) 1920 Prop., Moses Rowson. Mgr. Beatrice Harris. Prices, 5d to 9d. 1922 - Prop., Moses Rowson. One show nightly, three on Sat. Two changes weekly. Prices, 5d. to 1s. Station, Penistone, G.C.R.

PARAMOUNT / METRO / TOWN HALL PICTURE HOUSE Shrewsbury Road Built 1914. Opened as cinema 20^th November 1915. Licensee J. O. Jesson, Huddersfield. Balcony added in 1920s. By 1941: (BTH) - Prop. & Man., Joseph Jesson. 900 seats. Booked at Hall. One show nightly. Mat. Sat. Two changes weekly. Prices 5d. to 1s. Phone Penistone 83. Station, Penistone, L.M.S. To Barnsley council 1974. Renovated, re-seated, & re-named Metro 1986 - The Living Daylights. To Penistone Council 1993. 2000 organ: Compton 4/9 (ex-Odeon/Paramount Birmingham). Stage end re-built & new dressing rooms 1960s. Re-named Paramount c.2000 on installation of organ. Re-seated April 2005 - stalls 229, circle 122 = 351. Still open as cinema/theatre.

PENRITH Cumb

Circus Pitches Coward & Siddle (1907)

Crown Hotel Assembly Rooms Siddle (1907)

Drill Hall E. G. Mason (1907)

George Assembly Rooms Armstrong (1907)

LONSDALE ALHAMBRA / ALHAMBRA Middlegate 1937: (B.A.) Prop., A. V. Branford. 750 seats. 1941: (BA) - Props., The Penrith Alhambra Theatre Co., Ltd. 800 seats. Booked by Graves Cinemas, Ltd., Athenaeum Buildings, Maryport. Twice nightly, two changes weekly. Prices 8d. to 1s. 6d. Phone Penrith 39. Now 2 screens: 1:167 2:90. To Lonsdale City Cinemas Group 2006. Digital sound and other refurbishment announced.

REGENT Old London Road (BTH) - Props., New Cinema (Penrith) Ltd., 40 Baxtergate, Whitby, Yorks. Phone 149. 713 seats. Booked at Waterloo Cinema, Whitby. Con­tinuous evenings, Mon. to Fri. Three shows Sat. Mat., Tues. Prices 8d. to 1s. 6d. Proscenium width 45ft. Café attached. Phone 400. Station Penrith. Demolished 2003.

PENRYN Cornwall

The CINEMA Opened 1912. 1922 - Prop., Victor Roderick Res. Man., Alt. Sellers., One show nightly. Two changes weekly. Prices, 5d. to 1s. 5d. Station, Penryn, G.W.R. By 1937 to Harris Bros.

Temperance Hall T. E. Roach (1907)

PENTRIDGE Staffs

PICTURE HOUSE 1922 KYB

PENSHAW Co Durham

GEM CINEMA 1922 - Prop., Gem Theatre Co. One show nightly. Two changes weekly. Station, Penshaw, N.E.R.

PENZANCE Cornwall

ABC / RITZ Queen Street (WE) Opened 1936. Architect: A. H. James. Props., Union Cinemas, Ltd., Union House, 15 Regent Street, London, S.W.1. Phone Whitehall 8484. Booked at H.O. Continuous. Proscenium width 40ft. Phone 729. 1,000 seats. Station, Penzance, G.W.R. Bingo since 1965. To close 2007.

Central Hall H. H. Pezzack (1907) 1922 - Prop., N. E. Wolf. Res. Man., F. Morrison. One show nightly. Two on Saturdays. Two changes weekly. Prices, 4d. to 1s. 3d. Station, Pen­zance, G.W.R.

Circus Pitch The Corporation (1907)

PAVILION THEATRE The Promenade Opened 1912. (BTP) Prop., W. Ellis Slack. 600 seats. Phone Penzance 713. Station, Penzance, G.W.R. Now amusement arcade.

REGAL / PICTUREDROME Market Place Opened 1910. By 1941: (BTH) - Operated by Sound & Movement Cinemas, Ltd., 14 Portland Square, Plymouth. Phone Plymouth 4981. 500 seats. Contin­uous. Booked at H.O. Prices 7d. to 1s. 4d. Phone Penzance 330. Station, Penzance, G.W.R. Closed to film 1960s. Demolished.

ROYAL CINEMA 1937: Prop., J. Johnson. 450 seats.

ROYAL THEATRE

SAVOY CINEMA / CINEMA / PICTURE THEATRE Causeway Head Opened 1912. 1922 as Cine - Prop., Penzance Cinema, Ltd.. Man. Dir., Robert Thomas. One show nightly. Two mats. weekly. Two changes weekly. Prices, 8d. to 1s. 5d. Phone, Penzance 246. Station, Penzance, G.W.R. By 1941: (BTH) - Operated by Sound & Movement Cinemas, Ltd., 14 Portland Square, Plymouth. Phone Plymouth 4981. 550 seats. Prices 9d. to 2s. 6d. Continuous. Two changes weekly. Booked at H.O. Phone Penzance 330. Station, Penzance, G W R. Now 3 screens Seats: 1:200 2:50 3:50. Merlin Cinemas.

St. John’s Hall E. C. Scobey (1907)

WINTER GARDENS Alexandra Road Conversion to hotel. On site of Royal Theatre.

PERRANPORTH Cornwall

The CINEMA Opened 1927. Prop., A. E. Hamblin. 1929 closed as Palace opened. 1937: (Brown) Prop., W. Dowling. 375 seats. Demolished.

PALACE Opened c.5^th August 1929. seats 296 stalls & 72 balcony. Props., Messrs Menadue & Thomas, then to R. Hill, Palace, Truro. Proscenium width 20′; stage 12′ deep; 2 dressing rooms. By 1941: (Brown) - Prop., W. Dowling. 500 seats. Pictures and occasional Plays. Prices 6d. to 1s. 6d. Proscenium width 20ft. Stage12ft. deep; two dressing rooms. Station, Perranporth, G.W.R. 1942 to Cornwall Cinemas (Newquay) Ltd, then Riviera Cinemas and later J. A. Makinson. 1955 modernised. Proscenium demolished/enlarged to 30′. CinemaScope. Closed late 1960s. Model car racing circuit. Indoor market Demolished c.1999.

PERSHORE Worcs

GRAND CINEMA 1922 KYB

Music Hall f., G. Phillips (1907)

NUMBER-8 High Street Seats: 250 [Repertory, likely opened about 2004]

PLAZA (AWH) - 325 seats. Booked at Plaza Bromyard. Continuous nightly. Mat., Sat. Prices 6d. to 1s. 3d. Station, Pershore, G.W.R. Demolished 1960s.

PETERBOROUGH Northants

BROADWAY / ODEON THEATRE Broadway (BTH) Opened 2^nd September 1937 - Theodora Goes Wild. Prop., Odeon (P’boro’) Ltd. Architect Harry Weedon - from original plans by Roland Satchwell. 1,850 seats. By 1941 - Props., Odeon (Peterborough) Ltd., Old County Cinema, Marlow, Bucks. Phone Marlow 695-9. Booked at Moor Hall, Cookham, Berks. Continuous. Prices 9d. to 2s. 4d. Stage; two dressing-rooms. Phone 3319. . 1,752 seats. CinemaScope February 1955 - The Sign of the Pagan. Faience tiles removes - façade rough-cement rendered. Tripled 25^th February 1973 - 544, 110, 110 seats. Closed 23^rd November 1991. Empty. To Peter Boizet. Altered, new block added on left (site of T.R.) & refurbished as single auditorium. Architect: Tim Foster. Re-named & re-opened 30^th May 2001. 1200 seats. Stage shows, concerts, films, conferences.

CANNON / ABC / ABC EMBASSY / EMBASSY THEATRE Broadway Opened 1^st November 1937 - 1066 and All That. Architect: David Evelyn Nye. Prop., Peterborough Amusements Ltd. (Bancroft circuit). Mgr. Jack Bancroft. Theatre use, but space for cinema equipment. Sg46: Prop.: Peterborough Amusements, Ltd., Embassy Theatre, Broadway, Peterborough. Book­ings: Montague Lyon, Eagle House, Jermyn St., London S.W.1. Cap.: 1,500. Once nightly 7. Matinée Saturday 2. Twice nightly. Matinée Saturday 2.30. All types of entertainment. Stage: Prosc. 42ft., height 26ft., min. depth from setting line 30ft., height under fly galleries 23ft., one fly rail, height of grid from stage 59ft. Counterweight gear installed. 20 lines. 40 hemp lines. Elec. equip.: 230 v. A.C., 50 cycles. Footlights, four circuits with ind. dimmers. Four battens each with four circuits with ind. dimmers. Spot bar with six spots each ind. dimmer controlled. Six floods. 24 dips with nine ind. dimmers. Six dips switch controlled. Four spots on stands. Six floods on stands. Six f-o-h pre-set spots with ind. dimmers. Two f-o-h following limes. One 12-way ind. portable dimmer unit. Dressing rooms: One single, three acc. four each, eight acc. two each, two chorus acc. 36. Sep. room for orchestra. Orchestra: Acc. 14, Resident 9. Amplifying equip.: Microphone. Projection equipment installed 28^th June 1954 - Flight of the White Heron. Films in summer, winter shows and panto. Jack Bancroft retired - to ABC 4^th April 1965. Re-named. Tripled 1981. To Cannon & re-named. Closed 25^th November 1989. Empty. 1996 converted to Academy bar. Circle removed. Architects: Mason Richards Partnership. By 2007 Edwards’ bar.

CITY CINEMA / CITY PICTURE HOUSE Bridge Street Opened 27^th OR 31^st March 1927 - . Architect: Alan W. Ruddle. Prop., Charles Gray. Lessee, J. A. Campbell. 1927 organ: Conacher 4m 30s. 1^st talkies in town 9^th September 1929 - The Singing Fool. 1930 RCA, leased to Bijou Cinemas, Coliseum Harrogate. Lessee Arthur Dent 1937. Lessee Bancroft circuit 1940. By 1941: (RCA) - Prop., Peterborough Amusements, Ltd., 56 Bridge Street. 1,200 seats. Booked by H. Bancroft, Hippodrome, Wisbech, Cambs. Continuous. Café and Dance Hall attached. Prices 6d. to 1s. 10d. Proscenium width 26ft. Stage 40ft. deep; four dressing-rooms. Phone Peterborough 2197. Station, Peterborough, East or North. Fitted ‘Ardente’ Deaf Aids. 1942 - bomb damage, organ destroyed. 1946 mgr. A. E. Brett. 1955 bought by P’boro’ Amusements (Bancroft circuit). Altered for CinemaScope 27^th August 1956 - The Land of the Pharoahs. 1,150 seats. Closed Sunday 21^st March 1960 - The Lone Ranger and Crashing Las Vegas. Demolished February/March 1961. Shop on site - now M&S.

Drill Hall H. H. Holloway (1907)

Fitzwilliam Hall J. Clifton (1907)

GAUMONT / BROADWAY / BROADWAY KINEMA / BROADWAY ELECTRIC THEATRE Broadway Opened 17^th December 1910. Prop. G. C. W. Fitzwilliam. Architect: Alan W. Ruddle. 700 seats. Extended to rear late 1912. 1,000 seats. Lessee Arthur J. Gale & co. Balcony and new façade added August 1913 - re-named B Kinema. Architect: Alan Ruddle for both extensions. 1,560 seats. Lessees Gale & Co. Lessees August 1919 P.C.T., J. E. Draper mgr. 1922 - Prop., Pro­vincial Cinema Theatres, Ltd. Res. Man., J. E. Draper. Continuous. Daily mat. Two changes weekly. Prices, 6d. to 1s. 6d. Phone 225. To G-B February 1929. Talkies 16^th September 1929 - Movietone Follies of 1929. Mgr. H. W. Watson. By 1941: (RCA) - Prop., Provincial Cinematograph Theatres, Ltd. 123 Regent Street, London W.1. Phone Regent 8080. 1,474 seats. Booked at H.O. Continuous. Prices 9d. to 1s. 10d. Pro­scenium width 30ft. Phone 312511. Station, Peterborough, L.N.E.R. & L.M.S. Fitted ‘Ardente’ Deaf Aids. c.1952 mgr., G. C. Dwyer. Wide-screen. 3-D. CinemaScope. Re-named Gaumont 5^th November 1961. Closed to film 18^th October 1963 - It’s All Happening and Watch It Sailor! Bingo. To Hutchinson Leisure. Closed 1982. Demolished October/December 1983. Slot machine arcade.

Grand Assembly Rooms F. D. Ballard (1907)

IMPERIAL / NEW ENGLAND CINEMA / OSBORNE’S CINEMA / New England Working Men’s Club Occupation Road Built 1902. 1^st-floor ‘concert room’. Opened as cinema c.April 1913. Prop., J. Osborne. 1914 to E. H. Moston & re-named NEC.1919: as N.E.C. H. E. Denny, mgr. 400 seats. Prices, 6d to 1/6d. 1922 - Lessee & Res. Man., H. E. Denny. Continuous. Two changes weekly. Prices, 6d. to 1s. 6d. Phone 281. c.1926 lessee Arthur Alderman. Talkies. By 1941: (Morrison) - Prop. A. Alderman. 500 seats. Continuous. Two changes weekly. Prices 6d. to 1s. 6d. Station, Peterborough. Later Imperial sound. CinemaScope 10^th October 1955 - Three Coins in the Fountain. Closed 21^st May 1966 - Dracula, Prince of Darkness. 1971 re-opened for Indian/adult films. By 1980 Independent film Club. Closed 1987. Bar/function room.

JOHN CLARE THEATRE Broadway Opened . Right-hand wing of Library building.

KEY THEATRE Embankment Opened 23^rd November 1973 - Twelfth Night. Architect: Jo Robottom (Robottom & Hill). Prop. Peterborough Arts Theatre Ltd. Cost £165,000. 399 seats. BFI 35mm & 16mm equipment - later removed.

PALACE / PALLADIUM / HIPPODROME Broadway Opened 16^th September 1907. Prop. T. M. Sylvester & Co. Architect: T. V. Woodhouse, Nottingham. Brick with corrugated iron roof. September 1908 leased to Fred Karno Co. Pictures & variety. By 1911: F. W. Hawkins & Fred. Frank. 1915 those two trading as P’boro’ Hipp & Empire Ltd. 1921 cinema conversion. Architect: Sam Dodson, P’boro’. 9^th February 1922 re-named Palladium. P’boro’ Palladium Ltd. - man. dir. F. W. Hawkins, sec. A. E. Cooke. 1922-23 lessee Leopold Saloman. Leased to Bancrofts December 1923, re-opened as Palace 8^th December 1924; bought 1930. Pros. width 42′, stage 37′ deep; 6 dressing rooms. BA Sound. Closed 24^th November 1937 after Embassy opened - Trouble in Morocco and Clarence. Demolished. 1938 Broadway Garage on site. Tesco supermarket on enlarged site.

PETERBOROUGH THEATRE / PLAYHOUSE / THEATRE (2) Church Street/Exchange Street Opened c.1798. Prop., Company of Proprietors. Leased to Robertson - Lincoln Circuit. Demolished 1848. Corn Exchange on site. Demolished 1963. Offices on site.

PRINCESS CINEMA Lincoln Road Opened 22^nd July 1929. Prop. Fred Hart & Sons, Whittlesey Cinema. WE sound. Leased to Bijou Cinemas, Coliseum Harrogate. To Odeon January 1936. Leased to Emery circuit. By 1941: (WE) - Prop., J. Emery Cinema Circuit, 26 Cross Street, Manchester. Phone Blackfriars 7876. 942 seats - single floor. Booked at H.O. Continuous even­ings. Mats. Mon., Thurs. and Sat. Prices 7d. to 1s. 2d. Proscenium width 31ft. Two dressing rooms. Phone Peterborough 2811. Station, Peterborough North, L.N.E.R. Closed 21^st March 1958 - Son of the Hunchback and The Kid. Sold by Rank Organisation. Furniture store. Garage - façade block removed for forecourt. Later retail use.

SAVOY / GEM CINEMA / WOODSTON CINEMA Palmerston Road, Woodston Opened Monday 29^th March 1920 - The Girl Who Came Back. Conversion of 1890 Malden’s brewery. Architects: Smith & Robinson, Leicester. Prop., Aubrey C. E. Malden. 425 on forms & seats. Rear projection - 2 machines. Once nightly. 1922 - Prop. & Res. Man., Aubrey Malden. Continuous. Two changes weekly. Closed 1931. Auctioned February 1931 - no bids. 1933 to Mrs G. E. Catlin, man. dir. New Provincial Entertainments, Higham Ferrars. Secretary, P. Long. Re-built, extended, sound, re-opened as Gem Monday 15^th January 1934. Architect: Alan W. Ruddle. Morrison (later Kalee) sound. 550 seats. Pros 20′, stage 8′ deep, 2 dressing rooms. 1939 to H. Miller, Midland & General circuit, Dunstable - re-named Savoy. By 1940: (Morrison) - Prop., W. Harris. 550 seats. Continuous nightly. Mats. Mon., Thurs., and Sat. Prices 7d. to 1s. 4d. Booked at Hall. Proscenium width 20ft. Stage 8ft. deep; two dressing rooms. Phone 2662. Station, Peterborough, L.N.E.R. & Film Transport. 1941: (Kalee) - Prop., H. Miller, Savoy Cinema, Palmerston Road, Woodston. 500 seats. Prices 6d. to 1s. 2d. Pro­scenium width 20ft. Stage 14ft.; two dressing-rooms. Phone 2662. Booked at H.O. Station, Peterboro’ North & East, L.N.E.R. Closed 1^st October 1955 - The Blazing Forest and Rhubarb. Shop. Warehouse.

SHOWCASE Mallory Road, Boongate Opened Friday 2^nd December 1988. 11 screens. Now 13 screens.

Temperance Hall H. Beech (1907)

THEATRE (1) ?Church Street fl.1774. Closed by 1798.

THEATRE ROYAL (1) Park Road Opened 1872. Architect: Pye & Hayward. Prop. W. D. Nicholls. Re-built internally for theatre 1878. To W. H. Vernon 1890. Re-built and auditorium turned around as TR 13^th August 1894. Closed 1898. 1899 re-built as TR (2). Became scenery workshop & store for TR2. Demolished with theatre 1961.

THEATRE ROYAL and EMPIRE / EMPIRE / GRAND / THEATRE ROYAL (2) Broadway Opened 3^rd September 1900 - re-built from TR 1. Architect: John P. Briggs. A. D. Vernon (1907) Altered & new frontage 1913. Architect: J. P. Briggs. Re-named Grand April 1916. Re-named TR & Empire from 8^th December 1919. 1919: J. A. Campbell, mgr. 1940 cap. 800. 1952 680 seats. Closed 29^th November 1959 - Not In The Book (Penguin Players). Demolished 1960/1. Shelton’s store extension built on site. Demolished. Broadway/ex-Odeon bars built on site.

Local Studies Library notes / Brian Hornsey - 90 Yeas of Cinema … series

PETERSFIELD Hants

Corn Exchange f., W. C. Burley (1907)

ELECTRIC THEATRE KYB 1922. Demolished for Savoy.

SAVOY (Edibell) Opened 1935. Architect: Leslie H. Kemp & Tasker. Prop., South Downs Cinemas, Ltd., 129, Victoria Road, North, Southsea. Phone Portsmouth 32455. 850 seats. Booked at H.O. Continuous. Prices 9d. to 2s. 6d. Phone 338. Station, Petersfield, S.R. Films by Marmion Motor Transport.

PETTS WOOD Kent

EMBASSY (WE) Opened 12^th October 1936 - A Tale of Two Cities. Architect: David E. Nye. Prop., Shipman & King, Shell Mex House, W.C.2. Phone Temple Bar 5077. Booked at H.O. Continuous. Café. Phone Orpington 2511. Fitted ‘Ardente’ Deaf Aids. Prices 1936, 6d. to 1s.; 1939, 6d. to 1s. 10d. CinemaScope c.1955. To EMI 1967. Closed 14^th April 1973 - Snoopy Come Home and Mighty House Playhouse. Derelict. Demolished for offices/supermarket.

PETWORTH Sussex

CINEMA 1922 - Prop., Arthur Barrett. One show weekly (Mon.). Prices, 4d. to 1s. 10d. Phone 12. Station, Petworth, L.B.S.C.R.

PICTUREDROME Pound Street (Imperial) - Prop., S. Collins, Grove House, Grove Street, Petworth. 160 seats. Booked at Hall. Once nightly. Continuous. Sat. Prices 9d. to 1s. 9d. Station, Petworth, S.R., or Southdown Bus. Closed.

REGAL Medhurst Road (Kalee) - Prop., Stanley Collins, Grove House, Petworth. 400 seats. Continuous. Prices 6d. to 2s. Booked at Hall. Pros. width 24ft. Phone 147. Station, Petworth, S.R. or Southdown ‘bus.

Town Hall A. P. McLachlan (1907)

PEWSEY Wilts

BOUVERIE HALL Film shows in 1930s.

REX CINEMA (BECKETT’S) Open by 1939. Prop., Frederick A. Beckett. 350 seats. Continuous. Prices 10d. to 2/9d. Closed mid 1950s. By 1960s factory.

PICKERING Yorks

CASTLE CINEMA Burgate - Props., Majestic Cinema (Pocklington) Ltd., Manor Buildings, Pock­linglon. 550 seats. Prices 8d. to Is. 6d. Booked at Tower, Leeds. Phone 126. Station, Pickering, L.N.E.R. Now seats 250. To Nigel & Angela Hargreaves 2000. 163 seats. Closed 1^st September 2006. For sale 345,000.

CENTRAL CINEMA 1922 - Prop., Cooper & Son. Res. Man., J. A. Cooper. One show nightly. Two changes weekly. Prices, 4d. to 1s. Station, Pickering, G.N.R. By 1941: (BTH) - Prop., H. Boulton. 385 seats. Booked at Hall. Continuous. Mat. Sat. Prices 7d. to 1s. 6d. Proscenium width 14ft. Station, Pickering, L.N.E.R.; also by Cleveland Films Transport Co., Leeds.

KINEMA / Temperance Hall J. Wiley (1907) 1922 - Prop. & Res. Man. A. Warwick. One show nightly. Two changes weekly. Station, Pickering, N.E.R.

PILSLEY Derbyshire

RITZ Bridge Street (Imperial) Opened 1936/7. 350 seats. Phone Tibshelf 58. 1941 - Props., Ritz Cinema Co. (Pilsley) Ltd., Victoria Street, Mansfield. Phone Mansfield 578. 316 seats. Continuous. Prices 6d. to 1s. Booked at Hall. Proscenium width 15ft. Station, Pilsley, L.N.E.R.

PINNER Middlesex

IDEAL CINEMA / Field End Hall Field End Road, East­cote Opened as dance hall/ amateur theatre 10^th December 1927. Prop., Telling Bros. Opened as Ideal Thursday 3^rd January 1929 - Under The Tonto Rim and My Friend From India. Mgr. P. H. Templeton. Prices 6d, 9d, 1s. 1/6, 2s. By 1941: (BTH) - Prop., W. A. Telling, Ltd., 62-64 Raymouth Road, Bermondsey. Jnt ma. dirs. W. A. Telling & A. A. Telling. Phone Bermondsey 1195. 448 seats. Booked at Hall. Gen. mgr., A. H. Bainbridge. Continuous. Prices 6d. to 1s. 6d. Proscenium width 25ft. Phone Pinner 3178. Station, Ruislip & Ickenham, L.N.E.R. G.W.R. Joint. Closed 30^th May 1956 - The Far Horizons and Triple Blackmail. Garage. Demolished. Offices.

ABC / MAYFAIR / LANGHAM Bridge Street (RCA) - Prop., Pinner Cinema Co., Ltd., 30-31 Golden Square W1. Phone Gerrard 7887. 1,500 seats. Booked at H.O. Proscenium width 42ft. Phone Pinner 3242. Station, Pinner, Met. Rly.

PINXTON Notts

PICTURE PALACE 1922: Prop., Midland Empire Theatres, Ltd. Res. Man., A. E. Orton. Two shows nightly. Two changes weekly. Prices, 6d. to 1s. Station, Pinxton, M.R. By 1941: (BTH) - Prop., Ollerton Pictures, Ltd. 500 seats. Pictures and occasional Variety. Booked at Empire, Somercotes. Continuous. Two changes weekly. Prices 8d. to 1s. 2d. Stage14ft. deep; four dressing-rooms. Phone 48. Station, Pinxton, L.M.S. & L.N.E.R. Prop. Percy Dennis. Closed c.1959.

PITSEA Essex

GRANADA / CENTURY / BROADWAY CINEMA The Broadway Opened 28^th March 1930. Architects: A. J. Varndell & L. A. Green. 700 seats - single tier. Pictures & variety. Café. Prop., Roger H. Howard, ‘Blue House,’ London Road, Pitsea. Phone Vange 3140. 600 seats. Booked at Hall. Continuous. Occasional Variety. Prices 8d. to 1s.10d. Phone Vange 2206. Café attached. Station, Pitsea. To Granada June 1954. 6 week closure for modernisation. Re-opened February 1955 as Century. Closed 31^st October 1970. Bingo.

PLATT BRIDGE Lancs

MINERS HALL (BA) - Props., Livesey & Forshaw. 410 seats. Booked at 48, Scholes, Wigan. Twice nightly. Two Mats, weekly. Prices 5d. to 10d. Phone 6198. Station, Platt Bridge, L.M.S.

PALACE PICTURE HOUSE (BTH) - Prop., Eagle Picturedromes, Ltd., Booked by T. C. Robin­son. Twice nightly. Three changes weekly. Prices 6d. to 1s. 2d. Station, Platt Bridge, L.M.S.

SAVOY

PLUMSTEAD Kent

CENTURY / KINEMA / EMPIRE High Street/Garibaldi Street c.1911. Architect: Andrews & Peascod. Prop., Alexander Bernstein. Cap. 900. To G-B March 1928. ?Leased to Bersteins. Cap. 1,008. Altered & seated. Architect: Cecil Masey. Re-opened as Kine 27^th July 1928. 913 seats. Re-named Cent 3^rd March 1952. Closed 24^th September 1960.

Freemason’s Hall f., Secretary (1907)

PLAZA / PLUMSTEAD CINEMATOGRAPH THEATRE High Street Opened 7^th September 1911. Cap. 600. To London & District Cs. Altered, sound installed, re-opened as Plaza 1931. 528 seats. To Granada 11^th December 1954. Closed c.1961. Store. Demolished for Woolworth branch.

PLYMOUTH Devon see also Devonport

ABC / MGM / CANNON / ABC / THEATRE ROYAL (3) / ROYAL CINEMA Derry’s Cross (RCA) Opened Friday 15^th July 1938 - Stage Door and Dangerously Yours. On site of Theatre Royal. Architect: W. R. Glen. Props., Associated British Cinemas. 2,404 seats. Continuous. Prices, 6d to 1/6d. Phone 3300. Fitted ‘Ardente’ Deaf Aids. January 1954, new stage facilities, re-named T.R. - Peter Brough with Archie Andrews. Re-named ABC 26^th October 1958 - Merry Andrews and Blind Spot. Mgr. Tom Purdie. 2,124 seats. Closed 1976. Closed Saturday 30^th October 1976 The Likely Lads and Steptoe & Son. Mgr. Bill Clarke. Re-opened as triple Thursday 5^th May 1977. 578 / 367 / 122 seats + 1,200 bingo hall. Mgr., Clive Jones ex ABC Cheltenham. Projection: Philips projectors & Kinoton platters. To Cannon & re-named 7^th January 1987. Re-named MGM Sunday 24^th May 1992. September 1994 Clive Jones, Carole Philips retired gen. mgr. Re-named ABC.

ANDREW’S NEW PICTURE HOUSE (2) 151 Union Street Opened Monday 1^st August 1910. Architects: Messrs Thornley, Rooke & Barron, Plymouth. Prop., Arthur and Horace Andrews - Andrews Pictures Ltd, 49 Greek Street, London. Licensee, Arthur Harry Andrews. Cost £15,000. Gen. mgr Charles Gaston. Res. mgr. Mont Gilpin. M.D. Coppyn Baxter. Cap 1,500 in raked stalls and balcony. Prices 3d to 2s. Tea rooms attached. 1911 licensee Mrs E Linsdell. Mgr. Auguste Denton. 1915 licensee William Gregory then Herbert Cecil Fontaine. 1917 with Horace Edward Andrews. 1922 - Prop. Provincial Cinematograph Theatres, Ltd. Res. Man. H. C. Fontaine. Continuous. Two changes weekly. Prices, 9d. to 3s. Phone, Plymouth 935. Station, Millbay. G.W.R To G-B February 1929. Closed Saturday 4^th October 1930. Demolished for Gaumont Palace.

ARCADIA The Hoe Opened Monday 22^nd May 1922. Lessee Gwyther Eastlake Prance. ‘a canvas covering in case of inclement weather‘. Performances 3pm and 7.30pm.Prices 3d, 8d and 1s 3d, reserved seats at 2 shillings each. Closed @ season end.

ARTS CENTRE Looe Street: Seats: 73

BELGRAVE Picture THEATRE / BELGRAVE ELECTRIC THEATRE / BELGRAVE HALL ELECTRIC THEATRE / Belgrave Hall 2 Belgrave Road, Mutley Plain Built c.1908. Opened as cinema July 1910. Licensee W. Dobie. ?re-built 1911. Re-opened Monday 11^th September 1911 - The Cattle Herders and Call of the Open Range. Prop., Dobie’s Electric Theatres Ltd. Mgr. Frank Seymour. Prices 3d & 6d. 1914 lessees: Montague Gilpin & Alfred Williams. Re-built 1921. Architect: Thornely & Rooke. Cost £6,000+. 673 seats - 541/132. Kalee machines. 1922 - Prop., Belgrave Picture Theatre, Ltd. Man. Dir. Mont Gilpin. Continuous. Two changes weekly. Prices, 6d. to 1s. 10d. Station, Mutley, G.W.R. Sold 1923. March 1925 to Thomas Hoyle - £5,550. Mgr. R. D. Nichols. 1926 licensee Ernest Bertram Hoyle. Talkies 9^th May 1929 - The Jazz Singer. By 1941: (BA) - 700 seats. 1951 to Embassy Cinema (Plymouth) Ltd. Mgr. John Prance. Closed Saturday 26^th March 1983 - First Blood. Later snooker hall.

CINEDROME 57 Ebrington Street Opened 27^th Monday November 1913 - possibly site of Gem. Prop. William Linsdell. M.D. Sydney Graham. Prices, 3d, 6d, 9d &1s. 1916 cinema organ. M.D. H. E. Linsdell. 1922 - Prop., W. J. Lindsell. Two shows daily. Two changes weekly. Prices, 6d. to 1s. 3d. Phone 810. 1940: (WE) - Prop., Mrs. M. Hoyle, ‘Protea,’ Seaway Lane, Torquay. Phone 65244. 900 seats. Booked at Hall. Continuous. Two changes weekly. Prices 4d. to 1s. Phone Plymouth 4810. Stations, Friary, S.R.; & North Road, G.W.R. Bombed Thursday March 20th 1941. Front remains.

CINEMA de LUXE 110 Union Street Licensed March 23rd 1910 - converted house & waxworks. Prop., William Caston. Cap. 500 on benches. December 19919 to Mrs. Caston (widow). 1922 - Prop., Mrs. Hannah Caston. Res. Man., W. Caston. Two shows nightly. Four mats. weekly. Two changes weekly. Prices, 2½d. upwards. Station, Mut­ley, G.W.R. Closed late 1926/early 1927.

Corn Exchange Market Tolls Collector (1907)

CRITERION KINEMA 13/14 Cornwall Street Opened 10^th February 1920 - The Temperamental Wife and The Polar Star. Conversion of owner’s drapers shop premises. Prop. Frank Pearce. Prices, 9d to 2s 3d. 1922 - Prop., Frank Pearce. Continuous. Two changes weekly. Prices, 6d. to 2s. 6d. Talkies Tuesday 19^th July 1932 - The Lottery Bride. By 1939: (BTH) - Prop., Frank Pearce, 600 seats. Continuous. Two changes weekly. Prices 4d. to 1s. Station, Millbay, G.W.R. Closed Saturday 2^nd September 1939 - You Can’t Take it with You. Bombed March 1941. Demolished January 1945.

DRAKE FILM CENTRE / ODEON (3) / DRAKE - ODEON / DRAKE Union Street Derry’s Cross Opened 5^th June 1958 - South Pacific. Architect: Leonard Allen FIAA. Prop., 20^th-Century Fox. Mgr. Peter Bland. Prices, 4s & 5s circle, 2s & 3s stalls. To Rank 1961. 1043 seats. Closed as single screen Saturday March 1st 1975. Re-opened as Drake triple Thursday 27^th March 1975. 919/168/168 seats. Chief projectionist Pat A’Hearn, senior projectionist Ron Wilson. Closed 9^th April 1980. December 1980 - roller disco. 1987 nightclub/rock venue. Screen 1 split. Re-opened as triple Friday 29th March 1991. Allan Rosser still Gen mgr. Closed Sunday 31^st October 1999 - Big Daddy. Closed. Demolished. Galleon removed to storage.

EMBASSY / CARLTON / GAIETY THEATRE Union Street Opened 4^th September 1919 as cinema. Mgr. Gilbert Smith. 1922 to Horace Jones. September 1923 to Harry Knowles. 1931 to H. B. Mather Cinemas Ltd. July 1936 leased to E. J. and W. E. Pope. 1937: (R.C.A.) New Carlton, W. E. & E. J. Pope. 350 seats. To C. Lowe. Re-seated, re-opened, re-named Carlton. 580 seats. Closed 3^rd June 1939 on lease end. Re-named EMBASSY Thursday August 8th 1940 - French Without Tears and Death of a Champion. By 1940 (GB) - Props., Embassy Cinema (Plymouth) Ltd. Phone 60987. 650 seats. Prices 9d. to 2s. Two changes weekly. Booked at Hall. Sunday opening. Station, Plymouth. Destroyed by bombing Thursday March 20th 1941 - Dance Girl Dance and Laughing at Danger.

EMPIRE / ARGYLE / MUTLEY CINEDROME Ford Park Road, Mutley Plain Opened c.January 1914. Prop., Mrs William James Linsdell. Licensee William James Linsdell. Cap. 300. Demolished.

EMPIRE ELECTRIC THEATRE 40 Union Street Opened Friday July 29^th 1910 Faust excerpts + others. Prop., Bournemouth, Exeter and Plymouth Bioscope Theatres Ltd. Mgr. R. E. Wensley. 400 tip-up seats. Reversed auditorium. Prices, 6d & 3d. 1916 licensee Harry Douglas Parry. 1922 - Prop. King & Parry, Res. Man. W. Barrow. Continuous. Two changes weekly. Prices, 5d. to 9d. July 1923 to closure Major A O Ellis. By 1940: (Picturetone) - Prop., Empire (Plymouth) Ltd. 300 seats. Man., Dir., A. O. Ellis. Booked at Suther­land Tower, Higher Warberry, Torquay. Phone Torquay 2895. Continuous. Two changes weekly, Prices 7d. to 1s. 2d. Phone Plymouth 2640. Station. Millbay, G.W.R. Bombed Thursday 20^th March 1941. Ruins demolished.

Belgrave Hall 40 Union Street Opened as cinema July 10th 1910 a licence was granted to Mr W. Dolcie. August 1910.

FORD PALLADIUM / PALLADIUM St. Levan’s Road/Ford Hill Thursday 9^th August 1917 - The Combat + others. Conversion of F. J. Stanbury’s building shed. Licensee Gwyther Eastlake Prance. Mgr. Ernest W. Price (ex-Cinedrome). Gallery added c.1918. Post-war licensee A. Fredman. 1922 as Pall - Prop., Ford Palladium, Ltd. Res. Man. E. W. Price. Two shows nightly. Two changes weekly, Prices, 5d. to 1s. 3d. Phone, Devonport 87. Station, Ford, G.W.R. By 1941: (RCA) - Prop., Henry B. Mather. 430 seats. Booked at Grand Union Street. Continuous. Mats., Wed, and Sat. Prices 8d. to 1s. 2d. Station, Plymouth (North Road); & Film Transport Services (Cardiff) Ltd. To Cyril Charters Closed 1964. Builders’ merchants / DIY shop. destroyed by arson 20^th January 1994.

GAIETY THEATRE 193/194 Union Street Opened Thursday 4^th September 1919. Architect: E. H. H. Barron, Plymouth. Tip-up seats. Continuous 6 to 10.30pm. Prices, 9d to 2/3d inc. tax. 1922 - Prop. M. P. Lowe. Res. Man, G. H. Smith, Continuous. Two changes weekly. Prices, 9d. to 2s. 5d. Phone, Plymouth 2472. Station, Millbay, G.W.R. By 1941: (RCA) - Prop., Henry B. Mather. 400 seats. Booked at Hall. Continuous. Prices 6d. & 1s. Station, North Road, G.W.R.; or Film Transport Services (Cardiff) Ltd. (Closed.)

GEM / THEATRE ELITE PICTURE PLAYHOUSE Ebrington Street 1921 as Th Elite - Prop., Theatre Elite, Ltd. Res. man. C. H. Rundle. Continuous. Two changes weekly. Prices, 5d. to 9d. Station, Plymouth, G.W.R. Demolished. ? Cinedrome on site.

GLOBE THEATRE / BIJOU THEATRE Royal Marine Barracks Stonehouse Opened 1848 - conversion of racquet court and hay loft. Altered 1864 & 1887. Pros width 26ft. 1928 - cinema equipment installed. Auditorium restored 1971. Still in use. 260 seats. Grade II listed.

HOE SUMMER THEATRE Opened 8^th June 1962 - pre-fab. building. 600 seats. November 1973 orchestra pit installed. 545 seats. May 1981 the first five rows taken out. Cap. c400. Saturday 13^th February 1982 - The Last Night. Mgr., Peter Millington. Demolished May/June 1982.

HOME of SERIALS William Street, Morice Town 1922 - Prop., W. Corse. Res. man. R. Scawn. Continuous. Two changes weekly. Prices, 6d. to 9d. Station, Devonport, G.W.R.

MAYFLOWER / STATE CINEMA Victoria Road, St. Budeaux (RCA) Opened Monday 16^th October 1939 - That Certain Age. Prop. St. Budeaux Cinema Company Ltd. Capital £10,000. Prices 6d, 1s. and 1/6d. 1941 - Props., St. Budeaux Cinema Co., Ltd. 750 seats. Prices 6d. to 1s. 6d. Two shows daily. Booked at Hall. Station, North Road, Plymouth, G.W.R. Re-named Saturday 2^nd May 1970. Mgr., Prynne Richards. 935 seats. Closed Saturday 3^rd March 1973 - Soldier Blue and Carnal Knowledge. Some childrens’ Saturday shows after. Snooker/retail.

NEW ATHENÆUM THEATRE Opened Thursday 1^st June 1961. 352 seats. Occasional film from 1971.

NEW LYRIC PICTURE HOUSE / LYRIC THEATRE / NEW PICTURE LOUNGE 34 Union Street, Stonehouse Opened Saturday 6^th May 1911. Prop., Theatrical Picture Lounges Ltd., Cannon Street, London. Cap. 500. Continuous. Two changes weekly. Re-named c.March 1915. Licensee Mrs H Farrell. 400 seats. To William Caston. To Frederick Wardle. Re-named & re-opened Easter Monday April 24th 1916. Cap. 400. To Walter T Ellis. Closed c.1916. Dance hall. Blitzed WWII.

ODEON THEATRE (1) / REGENT Frankfort Street (RCA) Opened Saturday 21^st November 1931 - City Lights. 1931. Architect W. Watson (Chadwick, Watson & Co., Leeds) Props., Regent Cinema (Plymouth) Ltd. (Prance & Mumford circuit) 3,254 seats inc. 1,390 balcony. Mgr. E. B. London. Prices, 7d to 1/6d. To Oscar Deutsch. Re-named 17^th June 1940 - Contraband. 1941: Prop., Associated Theatres (P. A. & D.) Ltd., Old County Cinema, Marlow, Bucks. Phone Marlow 695-9. Booked at Moor Hall, Cook­ham, Berks. Continuous. Prices 9d. to 2s. 6d. Proscenium width 48ft. Phone Plymouth 5392. Station, Plymouth, North Road, G.W.R. Modernised. Closed 8^th September 1962. Closing Mgr. A. M. Edwards. Chief projectionist Leonard Jeffery. Demolished July 1963 - Littlewood’s store.

ODEON (2) / GAUMONT / GAUMONT PALACE Union Street (BA) Opened Monday 16^th November 1931 - The Ghost Train and Almost a Divorce. On enlarged site of An­drew’s Pic Hse. Architect: Percy Bartlett (W. H. Watkins). Prop., Gaumont-British. Mgr. and licensee R. E. Eady. Organ: Compton. 2,252 seats: 1462 stalls & 790 circle. Prices, 7d to 2s. Cont. form 2pm. Box equipment: Gaumont R/S Eclipse Hall and Connelly type R.4 H.I. arc lamps, BA Duosonic sound. Premier spotlight and slide lantern. Renamed Gaumont c.1937. 1939 box staff: R. Thomas (2nd), C. Charters (3rd), C. Peel (4th) and E. West (5th). By 1941 - Prop., Gaumont-British /P.C.T., 123 Regent Street, London. Chief: Maurice Leacey. 2,025 seats. Prices 9d. to 2s. 6d. Booked at H.O. Continuous. Station, Millbay, G.W.R. Fitted ‘Ardente’ Deaf Aids. Mgr 1950 to end A. M. Edwards. Chief still Maurice Leacey! Closed 2^nd December 1961 - Francis of Assissi and Temple of the Swinging Doll. Organ removed to chapel. Split for dance hall in stalls and 1,000 circle cinema. Re-opened as Odeon 10^th September 1962 - Billy Budd. Mgr. A. M. Edwards. House engineer Maurice Leacey. 70mm Cinemeccanica plus stereo sound. Prices, 3/6 to 5/6d. Cinema closed Wednesday 9^th April 1980 - The Deer Hunter. December 1980 roller disco. Now nightclub. Closed c.2005. Building boarded up - sold 2006.

PALACE THEATRE Union Street Opened 5^th September 1898 - variety bill. Architect: William Arber (J. T. Wimperis & Arber). Prop., United Counties Theatres Ltd. Man. Dir. Alfred Moul. Cost £95,000. Mgr E. J. Dexter. M. D. Frank Reed. Cap. c.2,500. Prices, stalls 2/6d, grand circle 1/6d, and gallery 1s. Closed through fire. Repaired. Re-opened as New Palace Theatre of Varieties 22^nd May 1899. Man. dir. James Wynes. Bioscope from c.1904. J. Field (1907) 1909 - Bioscope - the Paloscope. September 1911 to G Hamilton Baines syndicate, Theatre Royal, Cardiff. June 1913 to Thomas Hoyle - £25,000. 1915 to Myer Fredman. 1924 to John Tellam. Re-purchased by Hoyle for £25,000. 1933 to Hoyle widow. 1,408 seats. January 1945 to Gerard Heath (man dir) syndicate. SG46: Direction: Gerard Heath, Palace Theatre, Plymouth. Tel.: 5347. Bookings: Gerard Heath, ‘Eagle House,’ 108-111, Jermyn Street, London, S.W.1. Tel.: Abbey 2357. Cap. : Stalls 339, P. stalls 307, D. circle 214, U. circle 148, gallery 400. Barring clause: 40 weeks prior to and two weeks afterwards within a radius of 20 miles. Also bars Torquay. Once nightly 6.30. Matinées Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday. Twice nightly 6 and 8,10. Variety, opera, circus, plays, pantomime, orchestral musical weeks, etc. Stage : Pros. 30ft. 7 in., height 32ft., min. depth from setting line 22ft. 6 in., height under fly galleries 27ft., width between fly galleries 36ft. 6 in., height of grid from stage 55ft. No counterweight gear. 38 sets hemp lines. Elec. equip.: 230 v. A.C., 50 cycles. Footlights, three circuits with ind. dimmers. Four battens, each with three circuits with ind. dimmers. Four dips with ind. dimmers. Four dips switch controlled. Eight floods on stands. Two f-o-h following limes. Dressing rooms: Six to take three or four persons. Four single star rooms, two chorus, acc. 26. One M.D. room. Band room. One pianist room (lady). Orchestra : Acc. 14 (with grand piano) 18 without. Resident 13 and M.D. (two 1st violins, 1st and 2nd ‘cellos, bass, flute, clarinet and/or sax, bassoon or sax, piano, 1st trumpet, trom­bone, drums). Amplifying equip.: Micro­phone. Closed July 1949. Redecorated & re-seated. Re-opened July 1950 - Wakey! Wakey! Billy Cotton Bandshow. Closed 1954. Renovated, stage enlarged, dressing-rooms reconstructed. Re-opened 1^st October 1956. Closed Saturday 7th February 1959 - Little Miss Muffet. 1961 to Palace Theatre (Bingo) Ltd. George Roseman man dir. Gen. Mgr Geoffrey Wren, Reg Sully resident mgr. 1962 re-opened Sinbad the Sailor. (Many changes & re-openings). Re-opened 23^rd December 1978 - Cinderella. Lessee John Redgrave New Palace Theatre (Plymouth) Ltd. Closed. 1983. ‘Arcade’ Disco. Closed. Listed Grade II*. Empty.

PALLADIUM 27 Ebrington Street Opened Monday 11^th December 1922 - Foolish Wives. Conversion of 1909 skating rink with corrugated iron roof. Cap. 2,458. Prices, 6d, 9d, 1/3d. Mgr. Reginald Eady. To G-B July 1928. Talkies 30^th September 1929 - Behind that Curtain. Percy Gibson from 1934. 1940: (WE) - Prop., Denman Picture Houses, Ltd., 123 Regent Street, London W.1. Phone Regent 8080. 2,458 seats. Booked at H.O. Continuous. Prices 9d. to 1s. 10d. Proscenium width 32ft. Phone Plymouth 601141. Station, North Road, G.W.R. Bombed out 21^st March 1941. Ruins demolished. Road over.

PARAGON PICTURE HALL 26/27 Vauxhall Street Licensed December 1912. Prop., Charles Hancock & sister Sophie. 1^st-floor hall. Cap. 100 on wooden benches. December 1913 licensee J. F. Cox. Last licensed in June 1916. Demolished.

PEOPLE’S PALACE / OLYMPIA Martin Street fl. 1890s - circus et al. By 1897 re-named.

PEOPLE’S POPULAR PICTURE PALACE / PICTURE PALACE Lower Street/Harbour Avenue, Gaston Licensed 21^st December 1910. Prop. William Caston. December 1919 to Mrs Hannah Cason (widow). Closed c.July 1927. Demolished.

PHOENIX HALL of AMUSEMENTS Phoenix Street

PICTURE HOUSE 19 George Street Licensed 24^th April 1918 - Hearts Adrift. Prop., Sydney George Boultwood. Conversion of existing premises. Prices, 6d, 1s and 1/6d plus tax. 1921 - Prop. Sydney G. & G. F. Boultwood. Man. Dir. S. G. Boultwood. Continuous. Two changes weekly. Prices, 9d. to 1s. 10d. Phone 1595. Station, Millbay, G.W.R. Closed 3^rd May 1922. Burton’s shop & billiard hall on site. Blitzed.

PICTUREDROME / WYCLIFFE HALL ELECTRIC THEATRE St John’s Road, Cattedown Licensed 21^st December 1910 - conversion of 1^st floor of former factory. Cap. 150. Licensee E. A. Conybeare. Dance hall attached. Re-named c.December 1911. 1922 as P’drome- Prop., Mrs. Henry Bambridge Mather. One show nightly. Two changes weekly. Station, North Road, G.W.R. Closed December 1932, demolished.

Pier Pavilion J. H. Higson (1907)

PLAZA / STUDIO 7 / PLAZA Exeter Street/Treville Street (RCA) Opened February 1934. Architect: H. J. Hammick. To ABC June 1935. By 1941: Prop., Associated British Cinemas, Ltd., 30-31 Golden Square W1. 933 seats. Booked at H.O. Pro­scenium width 30ft. Phone Plymouth 4450. Station, North Road. ABC sold lease. Star circuit from Sunday 23^rd March 1969. Closed Sunday 7th September 1969 - Haunted Palace and Masque of the Red Death. Reopened as Studio 7 Thursday 11^th September 1969 - I, a Woman and Roseanna. Mgr., Alan Gregory. To Shipman & King 1976, re-named Plaza Sunday 28^th March 1976. Closed Saturday 3^rd October 1981- Sex on the Rocks and Blue Movie Star. Mgr. Bill Willitts. Split for various businesses.

Princess Hall f., F. W. Murray (1907)

REPERTORY THEATRE Opened 24^th December 1915. Closed 1929. Re-opened. Closed May 1935.

ROSEVALE EMPIRE / ARGYLL / MUTLEY PLAIN CINEDROME 56 Mutley Plain Opened 1914. Prop. William Linsdell. 1921 - Prop. W. Lindsell. Man. L. Baxter. Three shows daily. Two changes weekly, Prices, 6d. to 1s. 5d. Phone 374. Station, North Road, G.W.R. December 1921 to John Mumford. Re-named Argyll. Cap. 300. December 1922 to Samuel W Hodgess. Re-named. Closed c.April 1923.

Royal Assembly Rooms S. Pearce (1907)

ROYAL NAVAL BARRACKS CINEMA Devonport (BTH) - Props., Canteen Committee, R.N. Barracks, Once nightly. Admission only to Naval Ratings. Phone Devonport 372.

ST. JAMES’S HALL / ANDREW’S PICTURE PALACE (1) / PALACE of VARIETIES / St. James’s Hall Union Street Opened November 1866 - variety & circus. Livermore Brothers. Re-named. Closed Saturday 6^th November 1897 as Palace opened. Back to hall. Early films. W. J. Thomas (1907) Leased to Aberdeen Picturedrome July 1910 ‘Extensive alterations’ and redecoration. Re-opened Tuesday 2^nd August 1910. Lessee Henry N Phillips. Twice daily 3 and 7.45pm. Prices, 2d, 4d, 6d & 9d. Resident manager W. H. Anderson. M.D. H Wilson. Bio box March 1911. 900 seats. To Biocolour circuit. Closed for reconstruction 30^th October 1920. Demolished for Savoy.

SAVOY PICTURE HOUSE Union Street Opened Monday 1st August 1921 - The Breed of the Treshams and The Dreamer. On site of St James’s Hall. Prop., Savoy Picture House (Plymouth) Ltd London. Joint Managing Directors E. E. Lyons & H. T. Underwood. Mgr G Mudge. Cost c.£60,000. 1,400 seats. Prices, 9d to 2s 4d. Café and tea lounge attached. 1922 - Prop.. Savoy Picture House (Plymouth), Ltd. Res. Man., H. W. Knowles. Two shows nightly. Two changes weekly. Prices, 6d. to 1s. 5d. Phone 528. Station, Millbay, G.W.R. To G-B March 1927. Talkies 12^th August 1929 - The Singing Fool. By 1941: (WE) - Prop., Gaumont-British Picture Corpn., Ltd., 123 Regent Street, London W.1. 1,393 seats. Booked at H.O. Prices 6d. to 1s. 6d. Mats., 9d. to 1s. 10d. Phone 528011. Station, North Road, G W.R. Bombed out 20th March 1941. Flats on site.

STANTON’S THEATRE of VARIETIES Lambhay Hill fl. 1890s.

STAR HALL of VARIETIES Frankfort Street

THEATRE Broad Hoe Lane Opened 1745. Conversion of cottages. Abandoned 1758.

THEATRE de LUXE 166 Union Street Opened Saturday April 10th 1909 - The Raven + others. Licensee William Sharp. Res. mgr. Harry W. Knowles. Price, 3d. Continuous 2pm to 11pm. Two changes weekly. To Cecil Frost. 1922 - Prop., Sydney Boultwood & Lowe. Man., Cecil Frow. Continuous. Two changes weekly. Station, Millbay, G.W.R. 1922 to Horace Edward Jones. 1923 to Harry Knowles. Closed mid-1923. Motorcycle shop. Demolished.

THEATRE ELITE PICTURE PLAYHOUSE 11A Ebrington Street Opened to public Monday May 9^th 1910 - The Man (private performance held Friday 6^th). Prop., Alfred Ernest Bryant. Mgr. Charles Halderson Rundle. Cap. 300+. Price, 3d. Continuous to 11pm. Closed 1922/23. Umbrella maker to WWII. then fishing tackle shop.

THEATRE ROYAL (1) / THEATRE Frankfort Gate

THEATRE ROYAL (2) Opened Monday 23^rd August 1813. Architect: John Foulston (see Richard Leacroft for interiors and machinery.) (No 1) C. F. Williams (1907) Cinematograph licence with new box 1918. Closed & demolished April 1937 for ABC’s Royal Cinema.

THEATRE ROYAL (4) Opened 5^th May 1982.

VAUXHALL THEATRE / PANTHEON Old London Inn, Vauxhall Street fl.1840s - 1897

VUE / WARNER VILLAGE Barbican Leisure Centre, Coxside Opened 27^th May 1999 - Notting Hill. 15-screens / 3,577 seats. 1^st provincial THX sound system.

Extra info from Brian Moseley - plymouthdata web-site

PLYMPTON Devon

The CINEMA Ridgeway Opened during w/c Monday 22^nd December 1913. Prop., R. C. Budge. Doors opened 6.30pm, mat. Saturdays.

CINEDROME Opened 1918. Prop., Reginald Charles Koostra Budge. 1922 - Prop. & Res. man. R. C. Budge. One show nightly. Mat. Sat. Two changes weekly. Prices, 6d. to 1s. 3d. Station, Plymp­ton, G.W.R. Closed by bankruptcy mid 1923. Demolished.

District Hall f., Hon. Secretary (1907)

POCKLINGTON Yorks

CENTRAL HALL Peter’s/Market Square 1922 - Prop. & Res. Man., Mrs. F. Lee. One show nightly. One change weekly. Prices, 5d. to 8d. Phone, Pocklington 11. Station, Pocklington, N.E.R. By 1941: (AWH) - Prop., Central Hall Cinema Co., Ltd. 500 seats. Booked by C. H. Whincup, at 54, New Briggate, Leeds. Once nightly. Mon. to Fri. Two shows Sat. Prices 4d. to 1s. Phone Pocklington 46. Station, Pocklington L.N.E.R. (Closed.)

CIVIC ARTS CENTRE / RITZ / OAK HOUSE Market Place (BA) - Prop., Majestic Cinema, (Pocklington) Ltd., Manor Buildings, Pock­lington. 548 seats. Booked at Tower, Leeds. Prices 8d. to 1s. 6d. Phone Pocklington 2137. Station, Pocklington, L.N.E.R.

MAJESTIC

Victoria Hall f., T. Grant (1907)

POLESWORTH Warks

ELECTRIC PICTURES - Prop., G. Deeming. One show nightly. Two changes weekly. Prices, 6d. to 1s. Phone, Polesworth 14. Station, Polesworth, L.N.W.R.

PALACE THEATRE (AWH) - Prop., L. & M. K. Hudson, The Hood, Polesworth. Phone 16. 500 seats. Booked at Grand Theatre, Coal­ville. Mon. to Fri., from 6.30 p.m. Sats. and Holidays at 2, 5, and 7 p.m. Two changes weekly. Prices 8d. to 1s. 2d. Station, Polesworth, L.N.E.R.; & Film Transport.

ROYAL CINEMA (Marshall) - Prop., Wm. A. Brown, Knighton Lodge, Dordon, nr Tamworth. 316 seats. Prices 4d. to 1s. 2d. Once nightly, including Sun. Two shows Sat. Proscenium width 24ft. Booked at Birmingham. Phone Polesworth 50. Station, Tamworth. Fitted ‘Ardente’ Deaf Aids

POLPERRO Cornwall

Church Schoolroom 120 seats. Prop., Mr Leonard, Cinema, Looe. Shows ceased 1931. Demolished c.1932.

CINEMA (BTH) ?Opened during/post WWII. 144 seats. Mrs S. B. Pearn Regent, Looe. Closed mid-1960s.

PONDERS END Middx

PLAZA High Street (Parmeko) - Props., Plaza, Ponders End, Ltd., 26, D’arblay Street, London W.1. Phone Gerrard 1454. 500 seats. Booked at D’arblay Street, W.1. Continuous. Mat, daily. Prices 7d. to 1s. 2d. Phone Enfield 1502. Road Transport.

ELECTRIC THEATRE High Street 1922 - Prop., W. Paterson. Continuous. Mat., Mon., Thurs. & Sat. Two changes weekly. Prices, 3d. to 1s. 3d. Phone, Enfield 502. Station, Ponders End, M.R.

PONTEFRACT Yorks

ALEXANDRA Tanshelf (RCA) - Props, The Pontefract Cinema, Ltd. 860 seats. Booked at the Crescent. Prices 9d. to 1s. 6d. Phone No. 444. Stations, Monkhill & Tanshelf, L.M.S. Later to Star circuit.

Assembly Rooms f., A. Baxter (1907)

CINEPLEX / CRESCENT CINEMA Ropergate Opened 1926. Prop., Pontefract Cinema Co. Ltd. Booked at Hall by Man. Once nightly. Café and dance hall attached. Prices, 6d. to 1s. 3d. Phone 188. By 1941: (WE) - Prop., Pontefract Cinema, Ltd. 1,190 seats. Booked at Hall by Man. Once nightly. Mat., Mon., Thurs. and Sat. Dance Hall attached. Prices 9d. to 1s. 6d. Phone Pontefract 188. Stations, Monkhill & Tanshelf, L.M.S. Now 300 seats.

PREMIER PICTURES / PICTURE HOUSE Tanshelf KYB14: Mr. Wilcox. 700 seats. Town’s 1^st first purpose-built cinema. 1922 - Prop. & Res. Man., Albert Wilcock. Continuous. Two changes weekly. Prices, 3d. to 9d. Station, Tanshelf, L.& Y.R. 1927 prop., T. C. Holden, mgr. H. M. Farrington. Once nightly. Two changes weekly. Prices, 3d. to 1s. Phone 205. By 1931: (WE) prop. T. C. Holden & Co. Booked at Hall. One show nightly, two Sat. Mat., Mon. Thurs. & Sat. Prices 6d. to 1s. Phone 205. Station Tanshelf, L.M.S. 1941: (WE) - Prop., T. C. Holden & Co. 800 seats. Booked at Hall. Once nightly. Two shows Sat. Mat., Mon., Thurs., and Sat. Prices 6d. to 1s. 3d. Proscenium width 26ft. Phone 205. Station, Tansfield, L.M.S.

PLAYHOUSE CINEMA / PICTURE PLAYHOUSE / THEATRE Late 18^th Century theatre. Closed 19^th century - became Wesleyan chapel. Opened as Pic P’house 1917. 2^nd cinema. 1920: props. J. Hutchinson & A. Firthy. One show nightly. Two changes weekly. Prices 5d. to 9d. 500 seats. Licensed for music & dancing. 1922 as Playh Cine - Prop., J. Hutchinson & A. Firth. Res. Man., J. Hutchinson. One show nightly. Booked at Hall. Two changes weekly. Station, Pontefract, N.E.R. By 1941: (WE) - Props., Playhouse Cinema (Pontefract) Ltd., Gillygate. 853 seats. Prices 4d. to 1s. 6d. Booked at Leeds. Once nightly; twice Sat. Mat., Mon., Thurs., and Sat. Occasional Variety. Phone 164. Later to Star circuit. Extra info. Kate Taylor.

REGENT Upton (WE) - Props., Star Cinemas (London) Ltd., New Star Cinema Castle­ford. Phone 2531. 700 seats. Prices 6d. to 1s. 2d. Once nightly; Twice on Sat. Phone Upton 237. Station, South Elmsall, L.N.E.R.

PONTNEWYNYDD Mon

PALACE 1922 KYB

SUPER PAVILION (Sound, Ltd.) - Prop., West Pavilion, Ltd. Phone Pontypool 77. Booked at Cardiff. Continuous. Two changes weekly. Prices 7d. to 1s. 4d. Station, Pontnewynydd, G.W.R.

WEST’S PAVILION 1922 - Prop., West’s Pavilion, Ltd. Res. Man., Altred Maurice. Continu- Dos. Two changes weekly. Prices, 6d. to 2s. Station, Poutnewydd, G.W.R.

PONTYPOOL Mon

Hanbury Assembly Rooms f., W. H. Pitten (1907)

New ROYAL Osborne Road (BA) - Prop., Pontypool Theatres, Ltd. 800 seats. Booked at Pavilion, Abertillery. Continuous. Prices 7d. to 1s. 2d. Proscenium width 24ft. Phone Pontypool 24. Station, Crane Street, Ponty­pool, G.W.R. ; & Road transport.

PARK CINEMA (Sound, Ltd.) - Prop., The Pontypool Theatres, Ltd. 1,200 seats. Prices 7d. to 1s. 2d. Booked at Pavilion, Abertillery. Continuous. Phone Pontypool 120. Station, Crane Street, Pontypool, G.W.R.

PONTYPOOL CINEMA 1922 - Continuous. Phone Pontypool 120. Station, Pontypool, G.W.R.

Town Hall H. H. Hadon (1907)

PONYESBURY Salop

Assembly Rooms f., Wm. Martin (1907)

POOLE Dorset

AMITY HALL / AMITY PICTURE & VARIETY PALACE / Amity Hall High Street f., W. A. Hunkin (1907) South Coast Theatres Ltd. 1922 - Prop., & Res. Man., J. Bravery. Continuous. Two changes weekly. Phone 103. By 1941 - (BTH) Prop., South Coast Theatres, Ltd. H.O. Regent Theatres, High Street, Poole. Booked by J. Bravery, Man. Dir. at H.O. Continuous. Mat. Sat. Two changes weekly. Prices 6d. to 1s. 4d. Proscenium width 24ft. Phone Poole 355. Station, Poole, S.R.

ELECTRIC THEATRE High Street 1922 - Prop., J. Bravery. Res. Man., W. G. Ferguson. Continuous. Two changes weekly. Phone 103. Station, Poole, L.S.W.R.

EMPIRE / ODEON / UCI Tower Park: 10 screens. November 2005 to Empire Cinemas (Ward Anderson) after Odeon/UCI merger.

LIGHTHOUSE Arts Centre Seats: 100

REGENT High Street (WE) -Props., South Coast Theatres, Ltd. 1,000 seats. Booked at Hall. Continuous. Prices 6d. to 2s. Proscenium width 20ft. Stage25ft. deep. Seven dressing-rooms. Phone Poole 355. Station, Poole, S.R. Fitted ‘Ardente’ Deaf Aids

PORLOCK Devon

VILLAGE HALL

PORT ERIN I.o.M.

STRAND CINEMA -Prop., Strand Cinema Theatre Co. (1920) Ltd., 39, Strand Street. Douglas, I.o.M. 700 seats. Booked by W. J. Hughes, Picture House, Douglas. Phone Port Erin 217.

PORTHLEVAN Cornwall

Town Hall Cornish Mobile Cinemas ?16mm.

PORT ISAAC Cornwall

RIVOLI Opened late 1930s. Prop., Olivers Radio & Cinema Services, St Teath, Bodmin. 16mm. operation. ?Friday night. Café.

1950’s West Country Mobile Entertainments, 50 Ebrington Street, Plymouth. Two shows weekly. Closed c.1960.

PORTISHEAD Somerset

Assembly Hall f., S. Thomas (1907)

CINEMA / PORTISHEAD CINEMA High Street, Portishead 1922 - Prop., Avonmouth & Portishead Picture House, Ltd. Res. Man., S. H. Hubmet. Two shows Thurs. & Sat. Continuous rest of week. Mat, Sat. Two changes weekly. Prices, 6d. to 1s. By 1941: (Gyrotone) - Prop., S. W. Durbin, Heathdene, Slade Road, 230 seats. Once nightly. Prices 7d. to 1s. 2d. Booked at Hall. Films by Transport Service. Station, Portishead, G.W.R.

PORTLAND Dorset

PALACE / EASTON PALACE Park Road, Easton Opened 1911. 1922 - Prop., Provincial Cinematograph Theatres, Ltd. Res. Man., W. Walton. One show nightly. Two changes weekly. Prices, 6d. to 1s. 5d. Station, Eas­ton, G.W.R. Closed 1958. Demolished.

Jubilee Hall f., E. Stone (1907)

PALACE / Masonic Hall Victoria Square Chiswell f., The Caretaker (1907) Prop., Albany Ward circuit. To PCT. 1922 - Prop., , Provincial Cinematograph Theatres, Ltd.. Res. Man., H. Reynolds. One show daily. Mat, Sat. Prices, 6d. to 1s. 3d. Station, Portland, G.W.R. To G-B February 1929. Closed c1931.

REGAL Fortuneswell (BA) - Opened c.1932. Architects: Andrews & Andrews. 1941: Prop., J. W. & F. H. Herbert. 562 seats. Continuous. Mats., Wed., Thurs. and Sat. Booked at Hall. Prices 6d. to 1s. 6d. Proscenium width 31ft. Phone Portland 2137. Station, Portland, G.W.R. & S.R.

PORTSCATHO Cornwall

Public Hall Cinema 1920s - 1930s ?part-time. 1937 (Brown) Prop. A. E. Hamblin. Replaced by later Public Hall.

PORTSLADE-by-SEA Sussex

PAVILION / PORTSLADE PICTUREDROME / PRINCE’S IMPERIAL PICTURE PALACE and THEATRE North Street Opened 1911 (purpose-built). 1922 - Prop., Sussex Picturedrome Co., Ltd. Res. Man., A. E. Taylor. Continuous. Two changes weekly. Prices, 5d. to 1s. 3d. Phone, Portslade 79. Station, Portslade, L.B.S.C.R. 1941 - Prop. & Res. Man., P. V. Reynolds, 298 Seats. Booked in London. Continuous. Two changes weekly. Pictures and Variety. Prices 6d. to 1s. 2d. Phone Portslade 282. Station, Portslade, S.R., & Transport. By 1941: (WE) - Prop., J. E. Greaves. 630 seats. Prices 8d. to 1s. 6d. Continuous. Booked at Hall. Occasional Variety. Proscenium width 30ft. Stage. 10ft. One dressing-room. Phone 8492. Station, Portslade-by-Sea. Closed 1958.

ROTHBURY CINEMA Franklin Road (BTH) Opened 27^th March 1934 - The Private Life of Henry VIII. Architect: George Coles. Orig. to be an assembly hall, taken over by Odeon. Prop., Langdon Enterprises, Ltd., Ritz Cinema, Seaford, Sussex. Phone Seaford 2988. 548 seats - single floor. Continuous. Occasional Variety. Prices 8d. to 1s. 9d. Proscenium width 34ft. Phone Portslade 8752. Café and Dance Hall attached. Station, West Hove & Portslade. Closed 19^th January 1964 - The Champion and Where Danger Lies. Bingo. 1983 Southern FM Radio.

PORTSMOUTH and SOUTHSEA, Portsea, and Landport Hants

Albert Hall H. Russell (1907)

ARCADE CINEMA / ARCADE PICTURE PALACE 17 The Arcade, Commercial Road Landport 1922 - Prop., J. W. Mills. Res. man., J. H. Stedham. Continuous. Two changes weekly. Prices, 6d. to 1s. 6d. Phone, Portsmouth 5854. Station, Portsmouth, L.S.W.R. 1931: John W. Mills, propr. Licensee, J. W. Mills, 9&11, Arcade. Phone 5834. 504 seats. Continuous. Two changes weekly. Prices 6d. to 1s. Booking Manager, John M. Stedhan, 8, Wilson Grove, Southsea. Phone 73456.

CANNON / ABC / SAVOY 335 Commercial Road/Fitzherbert Street Kingston Cross (WE Mirrophonic) Opened Saturday 17^th July 1937 - That Girl From Paris. Architect: William R. Glen. Organ: Compton 3c/6+melotone with surround on lift. Ross FC machines. Mgr. Bert Miller. Continuous from 1.30pm. Prices, 6d to 2s. 1941 - Props., Associated British Cinemas Ltd. 1,911 seats. Fitted ‘Ardente’ Deaf Aids. WWII mgr. F Stewart. Later mgrs. D. Denyer, J. Fisher. Re-named ABC c.1961. 1,841 seats. Organ removed 1966. 1967 - Todd-AO , new box. 1,660 seats. Tripled 1982 - total 1,000 seats. 1984 mgr. Mike Rodgers. To Cannon & re-named 1986. Open in 1993. Closed.

Clarence Pier C. Hunter (1907)

CLASSIC CINEMA Commercial Road (BTH) - Props., Unique Cinemas, Ltd. 465 seats. Booked at H.O. Continuous. Prices 8d. and 1s. 2d. Phone Portsmouth 6262. Station, Portsmouth Town, S.R.

COLISEUM Theatre of Varieties Edinburgh Road Landport Portsmouth Empire Palace Limited, props.

COMMODORE 1931: Harry Joseph, propr. Fawcett Road Southsea. To ABC by 1934. 1,000 seats. 7d. to 1/6d.

Connaught Drill Hall Captain Cooper (1907)

COPNOR THEATRE Copnor Road 1922 - Prop. and Res. Man., Sydney Treviss. Continuous Two changes weekly. Prices, 6d. upwards. Station, Fratton, L.B. & S.C.R.

EMPIRE CINEMA / EMPIRE Stamshaw Road Landport Captain E. R. Warren Wright (1907) 1931: A. Levison, propr. 1934: 574 seats. 7d to 1/3d.

ESSOLDO / APOLLO KINEMATIC THEATRE 42 Albert Road, Southsea Opened 6 April 1912. 500 seats. Prop. Apollo Kinematic Theatre (Southsea) Ltd. Enlarged 1916 & 1920. 1250 seats. 1922: Res. Man., W. Bass. Continuous. Daily Mat. Two changes weekly. Prices, 6d. to 1s. 3d. Phone, Portsmouth 4995. Station, Fratton, L.S.W.R. 1934: 6d to 1/6. 1,257 seats. Rebuilt 1^st August 1936. Architect R. A. Thomas, 1455 seats. Lease by ABC 26^th December 1937. By 1941: (RCA) - Prop., Associated British Cinemas, Ltd., 30-31 Golden Square, London W.1. Phone Ger­rard 7887. 1,455 seats. Continuous. Phone Portsmouth 4995. Station, Portsmouth Town, S.R. Films per London & Provincial Films, Motor Transport. Fitted ‘Ardente’ Deaf Aids. Essoldo - lease taken over 26^th December 1949. Re-named Essoldo November 1950. To Classic and re­named 2^nd April 1972. Closed 29^th November 1975. Flats.

ESSOLDO / MAJESTIC PICTURE THEATRE Kingston Cross Opened December 1921 - A Yankee at the Court of King Arthur. Prop. Richard Stokes. Cost £51,000. 1931: R. W. G. Stockes, proprietor. 1934: 1,095 seats. 7d to 1/6d. By 1941: (Ernemann) - Prop., Exors. of R. W. G. Stokes. 1,078 seats. Continuous. Prices 8d. to 1s. 6d. Phone Portsmouth 6652. Station, Portsmouth Town, S.R. To Essoldo 1949. Refurbished, re-decorated, ‘floating screen’. Re-opened & re-named Boxing Day 1949 - The Fighting O’Flynn. Mgr. Jack Hearn (ex-Chief). 1,026 seats. Closed. Snooker.

FORUM CINEMA Stamshaw Road (WE) - Props., A. & H. Levison, 19, Angerstein Road, North End, Portsmouth. 574 seats. Booked at Hall. Continuous. Prices 7d. to 1s. 2d. Proscenium width 22ft. Phone Portsmouth 73967. Station, Portsmouth Town. S.R.

GAIETY PICTURE HOUSE Albert Road Southsea 1931: L. Zeid, mngr. By 1941: (WE) - Props., R. Hyman & H. Levison. 1,382 seats. Booked at Hall. Continuous. Prices 7d. to 1s. 6d. Phone Southsea 31350 Stations, Portsmouth Town or Fratton, S.R.

GAUMONT / REGENT THEATRE 55 London Road, North End Opened 31^st March 1923. Architect: S. Closigh, 1908 seats. To Hyams & Gale 8^th October 1929. To G-B 10^th February 1931: Jas. Carreras, mngr. 2,017 seats. 1934: Prop. APPH. 1,972 seats. 7d to 2s. By 1941: (WE) - Prop., Associated Provincial Picture Houses, Ltd. Regent Street, London W.1. 1,972 seats. Continuous. Prices 9d. to 2s. 6d. Stage40ft. deep; six dressing-rooms. Phone Portsmouth 725611. Station, Portsmouth Town, S.R. Fitted ‘Ardente’ Deaf Aids. Renamed 9^th March 1953. 1616 seats by 1970. Closed 1^st September 1973. Demolished April 1974. Supermarket.

GLOBE ELECTRIC THEATRE Fratton Road 1922 - Prop., W. Pannell & Sons. Res. man., W. Pannell. Continuous. Two changes weekly. Prices, 6d. to 1S. 5d. Phone, Portsmouth 2918. Station, Fratton, L.B. & S.C.R. 1931: Pannell Bros. proprs.

GRAND CINEMA Arundel Street 1922 - Prop., Landport Electric Theatre, Ltd. Res. Man., J. W. Gaskin. Continuous. Two changes weekly. Prices, 6d. to 9d. Station, Portsmouth Town, L.S.W.R.

HIPPODROME Commercial Road Landport Prop., Portsmouth Hippodrome Ltd. To GTC March, then G-B May 1928. 1931: Claude Earner, res. mgr. Cine-variety by 1933. Films Sundays. 1,873 seats. Destroyed by bombing 10^th January 1941. Hippo­drome House (offices) on site.

KING’S THEATRE Southsea Albert Road Architect: Frank Matcham. 1931: W. E. C. Sperring, genl. mngr. By 1941: (RCA) - SG46: Prop.: Portsmouth Theatres, Ltd. (Chairman & Managing Director, Chas. Clarke) Theatre Royal, Portsmouth. Phone 2101.Bookings: Moss’ Empires, Ltd., Cranbourn Mansions, Cranbourn Street, London W.C.2. Cap.: Boxes 6, ground floor 742, D. circle 202, U. circle 400, gallery 640. Barring clause: 20 miles, one month before and after. Once nightly (times of performances vary under existing transport restrictions). Matinées Thursday and Saturday. Once nightly touring and prior to London productions. Stage: Pros. 30ft., height 26ft., min. depth from setting line 40ft., height under fly galleries 23ft. 6 in., width between fly galleries 44ft. 6 in., height of grid from stage 53ft. Elec. equip.: 230 v. A.C., 50 cycles. Foot­lights, four circuits with ind. dimmers. Five battens, each with four circuits with ind. dimmers. Spot bar with 12 spots, each with ind. dimmers. Eight dips with ind. dimmers. Six f-o-h pre-set spots. Two f-o-h following limes. Dressing rooms: 11 single, one chorus. Band room. Orchestra: Acc. 20-24. Resident 12. Amplifying set with four house speakers, two stand microphones (portable) and three swan necks in floats.

New ROYAL HIPPODROME W. de Frece (1907)

No 6 CINEMA No 6 Boathouse Dockyard.

NORTH END CINERAMA Stamshaw Road 1922 - Prop., W. J. Parlett. Res. Man., W. Peade. Two shows nightly. Two changes weekly. Prices, 6d. to 15. 3d. Phone, Portsmouth 4645. Station, Portsmouth Town, L.S.W.R.

ODEON / UCI Portway, Port Solent 6 screens. Re-named February 2006.

ODEON THEATRE London Road, Portsmouth (BTH) Opened Monday 14^th December 1936 - Chick. Architect: Andrew Mather. 1,824 seats. By 1941 - Prop., Odeon Theatres, Ltd., Old County Cinema, Marlow, Bucks. Phone Marlow 695-9. Booked at Moor Hall, Cook­ham, Berks. Continuous. Prices 9d. to 2s. 6d. Stage; two dressing-rooms. Phone Portsmouth 73175. Foyer damaged by bomb. Modernised, re-decorated & Todd-AO 25^th September 1960 - South Pacific. Tripled 26^th August 1973. Quadded 1990. Now 4 screens. Sold 2006.

PALACE 32-36 Commercial Road Opened 1921. Architect: A. E. Cogswell. 1934: 626 seats. 6d to 1/3d. By 1941: (WE) - Props., Portsmouth Town Cinemas, Ltd. 613 seats. Booked at Shaftesbury Cinema, Portsmouth. Phone Portsmouth 4976. Prices 8d. to 1s.6d. Continuous. Phone Portsmouth 5665. Station, Portsmouth Town, S.R.

PARAGON PICTURES Lake Road 1922 - Prop., E. Martin. Res. Man., M. Martin, Jnr. Continuous. Two changes weekly. Prices, 3d. Station, Portsmouth Town, L.S.W.R.

PEOPLE’S PALACE F. Pearce (1907)

PEOPLE’S PICTURE PALACE Lake Road.

PICTURE HOUSE Commercial Road - Prop., Provincial Cinematograph Theatres, Ltd. Res. Man., R. H. Jones. Continuous. Two changes weekly. Prices, 1s. 3d. to 2s. 4d. Phone, Portsmouth 5029. Station, Portsmouth Town, L.S.W.R.

PLAZA Bradford Junction, Southsea (BA) - Prop., Associated Provincial Picture Houses, Ltd. Regent Street, London W.1. 1934: 1,770 seats. 7d to 2s. By 1941: 1,700 seats. Booked at H.O. Continuous. Prices 9d. to 2s. 6d. Phone 718111. Station, Ports­mouth Town, S.R. Fitted ‘Ardente’ Deaf Aids

Portland Hall R. A. Storry (1907)

PRINCE’S THEATRE Lake Road The New Prince’s Theatre (Portsmouth) Ltd. 1931: proprs. ; J. H. Martin, mngr. ; E. W. Kidd, sec. 1934: 1,488 seats. 7d to 1/6d. By 1941: (WE) - Props., South Downs Cinemas, Ltd., 129, Victoria Road North, Southsea. Phone 32455. 1,500 seats. Booked at H.O. Continuous. Prices 6d. to 1s. 6d. Phone 2580. Station, Portsmouth, S.R. Films by Marmion Transport.

QUEEN’S CINEMA Queen Street Portsea 1922 - Prop., L. Zeid. Continuous. Prices, 6d. to 1s. Station, Portsmouth Town, L.S.W.R. 1931: H. F. Bingham, propr. 1934: 452 seats. 6d to 1s.

New QUEEN’S CINEMA Queen Street, Portsea (BTH) - Prop., H. P. E. Mears. 547 seats. Continuous. Mat., Sat. Prices 7d. to 1s. 2d. Booked at Roxy Theatre, Bournemouth. Proscenium width 22ft. Phone 2569. Station, Portsmouth Town, S.R.

REGAL PICTURE HOUSE Eastney (WE) - Prop., E. J. Baker & Son, 116, Haslemere Road, Southsea. Phone 31795. 830 seats. Booked at Hall. Continuous. Three changes weekly. Prices 6d. to 1s. 3d. Café attached. Phone Portsmouth 31273. Station, Fratton, S.R.

REX Fratton Road (RCA) - Prop., Tivoli (Portsmouth) Ltd., 285, Lake Road. Phone. Portsmouth 73842. 500 seats. Continuous. Prices 8d. and 1s. 2d. Booked at 95, Shaftesbury Avenue, London W.1. Phone Ports­mouth 6538. Proscenium width 32ft. Station, Fratton, S.R.

RIALTO SUPER CINEMA Arundel Street 1931: G. Ramsey, propr.; B. Croucher, mngr. By 1941: (BTH) - Prop., Rialto (Portsmouth) Ltd., 1, Sussex Court, Sussex Road, Southsea. Phone 5859. 1,250 seats. Proscenium width 27ft. Con­tinuous. Prices 7d. to 1s.2d. Booked at Hall. Phone Portsmouth 7107. Station, Portsmouth Town, S.R.

ROYAL SAILORS’ REST - Res. Man., Dame Wintz. Occasional shows. Station, Ports­mouth Town, L.S.W.R.

St. James’s Concert Hall Frank Pearce (1907)

SALON / ODEON THEATRE Festing Road/Highland Road, South­sea (BTH) Opened 4^th December 1937 - The Sky’s The Limit. Architect: Andrew Mather. 1,688 seats. By 1941 - Prop., Odeon (Southsea) Ltd., Old County Cinema, Marlow, Bucks. Phone Marlow 695-9. Booked at Moor Hall, Cook­ham, Berks. Continuous. Prices 9d. to 2s. 6d. Stage; one dressing-room. Phone Portsmouth 32163. Closed 19^th November 1977 - Valentino. To independent & re-named 1980. 2^nd screen in back stalls 1981. Closed September 1983. Demolished 1985. School playing field.

SCALA THEATRE / SCALA PICTURE HOUSE Elm Grove, Southsea Southsea. 1922 - Prop. & Res. Mans., Pannell Bros. Continuous. Two changes weekly. Prices, 1s. to 2S. 4d. Phone, Portsmouth 2919. Station, Fratton, LB. & S.C.R. 1931: Mrs. J. Boultwood, proprtrss. 1934: 743 seats. 7d to 2s. By 1941: (BTH) - Prop., Basingham Subsidiary Properties, Ltd., 75-77, Shaftesbury Avenue, London W.1. Phone Gerrard 1970. 800 seats. Booked at H.O. Continuous. Two changes weekly. Prices 6d. to 1s.6d. Proscenium width 30ft. Phone 5859. Station, Portsmouth Town, S.R.

SOUTH PARADE PIER PAVILION / South Parade Pier F. W. Chambers (1907) 1922 - Prop., Ports­mouth Corporation. Res. Man., F. G. Robson. Occasional shows. Station, Fratton, L.S.W.R. 1934: Films. 496 seats. 4d to 1/6d. SG46: concert parties, etc.

SOUTHSEA ELECTRIC THEATRE Pawcett Road 1922 - Prop., Southsea Picture Playhouse Co., Ltd. Man. Direc,, H. B. Harrison. - Continuous. Two changes weekly. Prices, 6d. to 1s. 3d, Phone, Portsmouth 5643. Station, Fratton, L.S.W.R.

STATE CINEMA Fawcett Road (BTH) - Props., Southsea Entertainments, Ltd., 37/38, Golden Square W1. Phone Gerrard 7347. 1,010 seats. Prices 6d. and 1s. Continuous. Booked at H.O. Proscenium width 30ft. Phone Portsmouth 4244. Station, Fratton

STRAND KINEMA de LUXE Lake Roads 1922 - Prop., E. Martin. Res. Man., Ms Martin, Jnr. Continuous. Two changes weekly. Prices, 6d. to 1s. 3d. Station, Portsmouth To L.S.W.R.

TATLER / SHAFTESBURY CINEMA / SHAFTESBURY HALL PICTURE PALACE Kingston Road Buckland Opened 1910. 1922 - Prop., Cook & Bamber. Res. Man., B. J. Cook. Three shows daily. Two changes weekly. Prices 6d. to 1s. 1d. Phone, Portsmouth 4976. Station, Portsmouth Town, L.S.W.R. 1934: 1,127 seats. 7d to 1/4d. By 1941: (WE) - Prop., Portsmouth Town Cinemas, Ltd. 1,021 seats. Booked at Hall. Continuous. Prices 8d. to 1s. 6d. Phone Portsmouth 4976. Station, Portsmouth & Southsea S.R., & Transport Service. Bingo.

THEATRE ROYAL Commercial Road (No 1) J. W. Boughton (1907) 1931: Portsmouth Theatres Ltd. proprs. 1931: W. E. C. Sperring, man. dir. 1934: 1,418 seats. 6d to 1/6d. By 1941: (RCA) - Prop., Portsmouth Theatres, Ltd. Phone Portsmouth 2793 or 73228. Station, Ports­mouth Town, S.R.

TIVOLI THEATRE Copnor Road 1934: 1,752 seats. 9d to 1/3d. By 1941: (Mirrophonic) - Prop., Tivoli (Portsmouth) Ltd., Buckingham Place. Phone 73842. 1,642 seats. Continuous. Mats, daily. Booked at Troxy Cinema. Prices 8d. to 1s.6d. Proscenium width 35ft. Stage25ft. deep. Two dressing-rooms. Phone Portsmouth 6347. Station, Fratton, S.R.

TROXY Fratton Road (WE) - Prop., Tivoli (Portsmouth) Ltd., Buckingham Place, Laker Road, Portsmouth. Phone Ports­mouth 73842. 1,921 seats. Continuous daily from 1.30 p.m., Sun. from 2.30 p.m. Booked at 95, Shaftesbury Avenue, London W.1. Prices 8d. to 1s. 6d. Proscenium width 42ft. Stage35ft. deep. Four dressing-rooms. Phone Portsmouth 6538. Station, Fratton, S.R.

VICTORIA / VICTORIA HALL CINEMA THEATRE / Victoria Hall Commercial Road Landport f., G. W. Ash (1907) Opened as cinema c.January 1914. 1922 - Prop. S. J. Flatau. Res. Man., Tom Panton. Continuous. Two changes weekly. Prices, 6d. to 2s. 4d. Station, Ports­mouth, L.S.W.R. To Union August 1928. 1934: 1,407 seats. 3d to 1/6d. To ABC 1937. Later re-named Victoria. By 1941: (WE) - Props., Union Cinemas, Ltd., Union House, 15 Regent Street, London, S.W.1. Phone Whitehall 8484. 1,407 seats. Booked at H.O. Continuous. Sundays once nightly. Two changes weekly. Proscenium width 28ft. Phone 2525. Station, Portsmouth, Central, SR.; Films by Road Transport. Closed 7^th March 1960. Demolished. Offices.

VUE Gun Wharf Seats: 14 screens

POTTERS BAR Middx

RITZ Darkes Lane/Byng Drive (WE) Opened Monday 8^th October 1934 - Roman Scandals and One Is Guilty. Architect: Major W. J. King. Organ: Compton 2/6 with surround on lift. Tea Lounge and Dance Hall attached. Briefly leased by ABC on opening. By 1941 - Prop., Shires & Southern Counties Cinemas, Lid, 113-117, Wardour Street, London W.1. Phone Gerrard 1363. 1,170 seats. Prices 9d. to 1s. 10d. Continuous. Booked at H.O. by F. W. Allwood. Proscenium width 39ft. Stage20ft. deep; three dressing-rooms. Phone Potters Bar 2718. Station, Potters Bar, L.N.E.R.; & Road Transport. Closed April 1954. Returned to Major King. Re-furbished, new heating/ventilation, CinemaScope installed, leased by George Snazelle, re-opened 24^th January 1955 - How To Marry A Millionaire. 1955 Frank Seymour mgr. Sold to Tesco. Closed Saturday 1^st July 1967 - That Riviera Touch and Shenandoah. Organ removed 1968. Demolished. Tesco supermarket.

POULTON Lancs

PICTURE HOUSE (BTH) - Prop., & Man., J. I. Smith. 600 seats, Booked at Hall by Prop. One show nightly, Prices 7d. to 1s. 6d. Proscenium width 15ft. Stage25ft. deep; four dressing-rooms. Phone Poulton 11. Station, Poulton, L.M.S.

PRESCOT Lancs

Assembly Rooms H. Cross & Son (1907)

LYME HOUSE CINEMA 22, Eccleston Street (WE) - Prop., Lyme House Cinemas, Ltd., 980 seats. Booked by County Playhouse, Wigan. Once nightly. Twice Sat, and holidays. Mat., Mon., Thurs. and Sat. Prices 7d. to 1s. 2d. Proscenium width 22ft. Phone Prescot 6114. Station, Prescot, L.M.S.

PALACE Kemble Street (BTH) - Prop., Lyme House Cinemas, Ltd., 22, Eccleston Street, Prescot. Phone 6114. 698 seats. Once nightly; twice Sat, and Holidays. Prices 6d. to 10d. Phone Prescot 6439. Station, Prescot, L.M.S.

Parish Rooms (1907)

Town Hall H. Cross & Son (1907)

PRESTON Lancs

ABC Fishergate Opened 14^th March 1959 - The Reluctant Debutante. On site of Theatre Royal. Architect: C. J. Foster & R. J. Westaway. 1,487 seats. Mgr. J. W. Bonnick. First Xenon installation. Prices, 1/9 to 3/6d. Continuous from 1pm. 1973: split to Painted Wagon pub and circle film operation. Closed 1982. Demolished. Opening programme in GTC.

CARLTON Ribbleton Opened ?1920s. By 1941: (WE) 900 seats. Booked at Hall. Prices 4d. to 1s. Phone Preston 84112. Station, Preston Central. Closed to film. Bingo. Play centre. Empty.

CHARTER THEATRE Opened 1972 - part of Guild Hall complex.

COSY THEATRE St. Peter’s Street (BTP) - Prop., & Res. Man., A. Wiles. 450 seats. Booked at Hall. Two shows nightly. Daily Mat. Two changes weekly. Prices 2d. and 3d. Proscenium width 25ft. Phone 875. Station, Central. Closed. Spiritualist church. Now garage.

ELECTRIC THEATRE Craggs Row (Gramo-Radio) - Prop., H. Bennett. 500 seats. Two shows nightly. Mat., Sat. Two changes weekly. Phone 490. Station, Preston, L.M.S.

EMBEE Opened 1907. Props., Mercado Bros.

EMPIRE (WE) - Props., Empire (Preston) Ltd., Imperial Buildings, Oxford Road, Man­chester. 1,628 seats. Booked at H.O. Phone Preston 5033. Station, Preston.

EMPRESS SUPER CINEMA Eldon Street (WE) - Props., Empress Cinema (Preston) Ltd., 900 seats. Occasional Variety. Booked at Manchester and Liverpool. Continuous nightly. Daily Mat. Prices 6d. to 1s. 4d. Prosceninm width 28ft, stage 15ft. deep; 2 dressing-rooms. Phone 2932. Station, Preston, L.M.S.

New GAIETY PALACE of Varieties Tithebarn Street. Opened 1884. Sole Prop. & Mgr. Harry Hemfrey.

GUILD CINEMA Geoffrey Street (WE) - Prop., Philip H. Yorke. 960 seats. Booked at Hall. Continuous. Mats., Mon., Thurs. and Sat. Prices 5d. to 1s. Phone Preston 4423. Station, Preston, L.M.S.

GUILD HALL Opened 1972. Prop., Corporation. cap. 2,000+. Theatre, concerts, snooker,

Guildhall Old Town Hall Prop., Corporation. Bookings: Town Clerk (1907)

HIPPODROME music hall W. H. Broadhead (1907)

KING’S PALACE THEATRE Opened 6^th February 1913 - ‘A Hot Time in Dogville’ supported by Star Variety. Broadhead Circuit. Architect: J. J. Alley. Interior décor: Barlett. Mgr Harry Winstanley. Stage; 75ft wide; 35ft deep. Scenic artist Edward Leigh. 2,600 seats - standing 400. Later film, then live again. Closed 1955.

ODEON / GAUMONT / NEW VICTORIA (WE) Church Street Opened 17^th September 1928. Prop., PCT. Architect: W. E. Trend, 2100 seats. To G-B with circuit February 1929. By 1941 - Prop., Provincial Cinematograph Theatres, Ltd., 123 Regent Street, London W.1. Phone Preston 280011. 2,099 seats. Prices 9d. to 1s. 10d. Fitted ‘Ardente’ Deaf Aids. Re-named Gaumont 22^nd September 1952. Modernised c.1959. Closed 16.6.62 Split: ground floor dance hall/disco & upstairs ODEON opened 28^th January 1963. 1,229 seats. 2^nd screen in ex-restaurant opened April 1970. 105 seats. Closed 10^th September 1992.

ODEON / UCI Riversway 10 screens. Re-named December 2005.

PALACE THEATRE Old Vicarage (PTA) - 2,340 seats. Contin­uous. Two changes weekly. Prices 4d. to 1s. Phone Preston 3317. Station, Preston L.M.S. SG46: Prop.: Percy B. Broadhead, Harewood Lodge, Carlton Road, Whalley Range, Manchester 16. Cap.: Stalls 567, P. stalls 768, D. circle 693. Barring clause: Revues, plays, etc.: 10 miles. Variety: V.A.F. Award. Once nightly 7. Matinées Thurs­day and Saturday 2.15. Twice nightly 6.15 and 8.20. (Saturday matinée arranged for pantomime and circus). Variety, revues, pantomimes, etc. Stage: Pros. 32ft., height 32ft., min. depth from setting line 40ft., height under fly galleries 20ft., width between fly galleries 40ft., grid to stage 42ft. No counterweight gear. 30 working sets lines. Elec. equip.: 230 v. A.C. Footlights, three circuits with ind. dimmers. Four battens, each with three circuits with ind. dimmers. Spot bar with two spots with ind. dimmers. Four spots on stands. Four floods on stands. Two f-o-h following limes. Dressing rooms: Eight single, two chorus. Orches­tra: Acc, 18. Resident 11 (three violins, ‘cello, bass, piano, clarinet, two trum­pets, trombone, drums). Amplifying equip.: Two turn-table reproducer. F-o-h and stage. Microphone.

PALLADIUM Church Street (WE) - Prop., Preston Palladium, Ltd. 952 seats. Gen. Man., Ernest Angers. Continuous. Two shows Sat. Daily Mat., Sun. from 7.30 p.m. Prices 4d. to 1s. 3d. Phone Preston 3470. Station, Preston, L.M.S.

PICTUREDROME Brackenbury Place (BTH) - Prop., Will Onda. Two shows nightly. Mats., Mon., Thurs. and Sat. Two changes weekly. Prices 3d. to 1s. Phone Preston. 5465. Station, Preston, L.M.S.

PLAZA (WE) - Props., The Plaza (Preston) Ltd. 900 seats. Phone Preston 2357.

PRINCE’S THEATRE Tithebarn Street Sawyer & Woodruff (1907) Will Onda converted to film c1908 before K. Pal op. By 1941: (AWH)-Prop., Will Onda. 1,000 seats. Three shows daily, except Friday. Two changes weekly. Prices 3d. to 1s. Phone Preston 4165. Station, Preston, L.M.S.

PUBLIC HALL / New Public Hall Borough Treasurer (1907) 1941: W. A. Davies, Borough Treas­urer. Phone 1. Station, Preston, L.M.S.

QUEEN’S CINEMA New Hall Lane (BTP) - Prop., Philip H. Yorke. 420 seats. Continuous. Three changes weekly. Prices 5d. to 8d. Proscenium width 12ft. Station, Preston, L.M.S.

QUEENS Tarleton (AWH) 450 seats. Prop., High Park Picture Palace Co. (Southport). Twice weekly. Thurs. and Sat, Prices 4d. to 1s. 3d.

Queen’s Hall SG46: Some years ago the Corporation erected New Baths in Saul Street, and during the winter months the large plunge bath is covered by a dance floor and is let for dancing, also high class concerts, and is known as Queen’s Hall.

ROYAL HIPPODROME Friargate SG46: Prop. : Talbot’s Entertainments, Ltd., Royal Hippodrome, Preston. Bookings: Booking Director, Ivor E. Faull, 8, Mount Ephraim Rd., Streatham, London, S.W.16. Booking Agent, Mrs. B. Braham, 8-10, Charing Cross Rd., London W.C.2. Cap.: Stalls 622, pit stalls 235, D. circle 277, U. circle 120. Barring clause: 20 miles. Once nightly 7.15. Matinées Thursday and Saturday 2.30. Twice nightly 6.15 and 8.20. Matinée Saturday. Grand opera, light opera, musical comedy, plays, comedies, revue and variety. Stage: Prosc. 36ft., height 30ft., min. depth from letting line 20ft., height under fly galleries 27ft., width between fly galleries 42ft. No counterweight gear. 30 hemp lines. Elec. equip.: 230 v. A.C., 50 cycles. Foot­lights, three circuits with ind. dimmers. Four battens each with three circuits with ad. dimmers. Seven dips, switch controlled. One spot on stand. Six floods on stands. Dressing rooms: 11 single. Orchestra : Acc. 24. Resident 11. Ampli­fying equip.: Microphone.

REGAL CINEMA Marsh Lane (BTP) - Prop., S. Kingston, 5, Woodlands Drive, Broughton, Preston. 640 seats. Booked at Hall. Con­tinuous. Prices 2d. to 6d. Phone 3598. Station, Preston, L.M.S.

RIALTO CINEMA St. Paul’s Road (BTH) - Prop., Rialto Cinema (Preston) Ltd. 700 seats, Booked at Hall. Twice nightly Prices 5d. to 9d. Proscenium width 18ft. Phone Preston 5598. Station, Preston, L.M.S.

RITZ Church Street Opened 23^rd March 1937 - Keep Fit. Cost £45,000. 1,650 seats. 1941 - Props., Preston Palladium Ltd. Daily from 1 p.m. to 10 p.m.; Sun. from 7.30 p.m. Booked at Palladium. Stage 40ft. wide, 18ft. deep; 11 dressing­-rooms. Phone 3470. Closed. Bingo. Closed. Skating rink. Auditorium empty. Foyer night club / restaurant.

SAVOY CINEMA Ashton Street (BTH) - Prop., Savoy Cinema (Preston) Ltd. 750 seats. Booked at Hall. Continuous. Two changes weekly. Prices 4d. to 6d. Phone Preston 6140.

STAR CINEMA Corporation Street Opened 1921. Sold to ABC 1929. Sold by them 1935. By 1941: (RCA) Prop., Daniel Jackson. 829 seats. Booked at Hall. Continuous. Two shows Sat. Mat. daily. Prices 4d. to 9d. Proscenium width 30ft. Stage10ft. deep. Two dressing-rooms. Phone Preston 3836. Closed 1959. Demolished by Polytechnic.

Temperance Hall John Proffitt (1907)

THEATRE ROYAL Fishergate (No 3) Stephen Pritt (1907) To ABC November 1929.By 1941: (WE) - Prop., Associated British Cinemas, Ltd., 30-3m, Golden Square W1. Phone Gerrard 7887. 1,207 seats. Booked at H.O. Phone 3694. Station, Preston, L.M.S. Closed December 1955. Demolished 1957 for new ABC.

UCLAN University Campus Seats: 110 [Repertory]

VUE The Capitol Centre, London Way, Walton-Le-Dale Seats: 1: 180 2:180 3:412 4:236 5:236 6:412 7:192

PRESTWICH Lancs

ASTORIA CINEMA Opened 3^rd September 1931. Prop. J. F. Emery circuit. 2,000 seats. Café and ballroom attached. 1934: New exterior red, green, and blue neon display 400ft of tube.

Co-operative Hall f., N. Briggs (1907)

ODEON THEATRE (WE) - Props., Odeon Theatres, Ltd., Old County Cinema, Marlow, Bucks. Phone Marlow 695-9. Booked at Moor Hall, Cookham, Berks. Continuous. Prices 8d. to 2s. 6d. Café and Dance Hall attached. Stage. Four dressing-rooms. Phone Prestwich 2227. Station, Prestwich.

NEW PLAZA (WE) - Prop., Jackson & Newport (Prestwich) Ltd. 602 seats. Prices 5d. to 1s.1d. Continuous. Booked at Longford Theatre, Stretford, Manchester. Phone Prestwich 2023. Station, Prestwich.

PRESTWICH PICTUREDROME - Continuous. Two changes weekly. Phone Broughton 23. Station, Prestwich, Manchester, L.M.S. (Closed.)

PRINCES RISBORO’ Bucks

Assembly Rooms Hall H. R. Button (1907)

CARLTON CINEMA (BTP) Props., Messrs. R. L. Weller & J. S. Stevenson, Broadway Cinema, Chalfont St. Peter. Phone Gerrards Cross 2904. 450 seats. Phone 303. Booked at H.O. Continuous. Prices 10d. to 1s. 10d. Phone Risboro’ 303. Station, Princes Risboro’ G.W.R.

Institute Hall f., C. Bloss (1907)

PRINCES CINEMA 1937: (A.W.H.) Prop. A. & H. Wright . 150 seats.

The Hall (1907)

PRINCETOWN Devon

BB CINEMA / Town Hall During the 1930s Captain J. H. Blackhurst operated his BB cinema ?part-time. ?Closed end of WWII. Demolished December 1989.

PRITTLEWELL Essex

PICTURE HOUSE / GIBBS’ / IDEAL / GAIETY / PRIORY / STAR West Street Opened December 1917. Prop., J. Holloway. 380 seats inc. balcony. 1922 as Priory: Prop.& Res. Man., H. W. Elston. Continuous, Two changes weekly. Prices, 5d. to 1s. Station, Prittlewell, G.E.R. 1923: Gaiety - prop. B. S. C. Thomson. 1925 - Ideal. 1926: Gibbs’ - prop. S. C. Gibbs. 1928: Picture House. Closed, still silent, 1932. Many uses. Empty & for sale in 1995.

PRUDHOE-on-TYNE Northumb

COSY CINEMA - Props., R. S. & J. Stokoe. 450 seats. ?Was this the Co-op Hall, Front Street.

PALACE THEATRE South Street Opened c.1912. 1,600 seats. In receivership 1915. Leased to Dixon Scott 1916. Sold to Working Men’s Club 1925. Still stands as club.

REX / ELECTRIC THEATRE / ELECTRIC PALACE / Drill Hall Front Street Licensed from 1910 (probably used for earlier shows). 791 seats. Prosc. width 22′, stage. 1920: Prudhoe Elec Pal Ltd. (Dixon Scott & R. E. Scott) Mgr. J. R. Scott. 1922 as Elec Th - Prop., Prudhoe Electric Theatre, Ltd. Res. Man., J. R. Scott. Two shows nightly, Mon. & Sat., one rest of week. Three changes weekly. Prices, 3d. to 9d. Station, Prudhoe, N.E.R. 1930 BTP sound & new façade. By 1941: (RCA) - Prop., Prudhoe Electric Theatre, Ltd., Haymarket House, Newcastle-on-Tyne. 791 seats. Booked at H.O. Continuous. Twice Sat. Two changes weekly. Prices 6d. to 1s. Proscenium width 22ft. Phone Prudhoe 29. Station, Prudhoe, L.N.E.R. Closed during WWII? Re-opened as Rex. Prop. Crabert (Stanley) Ltd. Closed by 1960. Converted to swimming pool early 1960s. Demolished c.1995. Shops at front, nursing home behind.

RIO (BTP) Prob. opened 25^th November 1939 - Barefoot Boy and The Circus Comes to Town. Screen 25′ wide. 1941 - Props., Tynedale Cinemas, Ltd., Tatler Chambers, 147-149, Northumberland Street, Newcastle-on-Tyne. Phone 20317. 990 seats. Prices 8d. to 1s. 2d. Continuous, Mon. to Sat. Once nightly Suns. Booked at H.O. Proscenium width 27ft. Stage14ft. deep; two dressing-rooms. Phone 230. Station, Prudhoe L.N.E.R. 1950s: CinemaScope, screen 32′x15′ in front of orig. pros. Part-time bingo from mid-60s. 1970; 565 seats. Closed. Empty. Demolished 1990s. Co-op yard on site.

PUDSEY Yorks

PALACE CINEMA / ELECTRIC PICTURE PALACE and VARIETIES Lowtown Opened 19^th December 1910. 1922 as Pal - Prop., Pudsey & District Cinema Co., Ltd. Res. Man,, A. Simpson. Two changes weekly. Phone Pudsey 37, Station, Lowtown, G.N.R. By 1941: (Electrocord) - Prop., Greene’s Pictures (Pudsey) Ltd. 700 seats. Once nightly. Mat., Mon., Thurs. and Sat. Two changes weekly. Prices 5d. to 1s. Phone. Stanningley 71453. Closed to film 30^th July 1960 - Odongo.

PICTURE HOUSE Church Lane Opened 22^nd November 1920 - Darby and Joan. 1922 - Prop., Picture House (Pudsey), Ltd. Res. Man., S. Coram. Two shows nightly. Two changes weekly. Prices, 6d. to 1s. 6d. Station, Lowtown, Pudsey, G.N.R.

By 1941: (WE) - Prop., Picture House (Pudsey) Ltd. Booked at Hall. Continuous nightly. Mat., Mon., Thurs. and Sat. Two changes weekly. Prices 8d. to 1s. 5d. Phone Stanningley 71377. Station, Lowtown, L.N.E.R. 901 seats 12/11/60 - Doctor in Love. Converted to supermarket.

VICTORIA HALL / Victoria Hall f., Wm. B. Burnell (1907) 1922 - Prop., John Greene. Res. Man., A. Simpson. One show nightly. Two Sat. Prices, 6d. to 1s. Station, Lowtown Pudsey, G.N.R.

PULBOROUGH Sussex

CINEMA 1922 - Prop., Arthur Barrett. One show weekly (Wed.). Prices, 4d. to 1s. 10d. Station, Pulborough, L.B.S.C.R.

Corn Exchange f., W. F. Jennings (1907)

Village Hall - Tues. Cinetour, Ltd., Hove

PURBRIGHT Surrey

Lord Pirbright’s Hall f., F. H. Ball (1907)

PURLEY Surrey

ABC / MGM / CANNON / ASTORIA London Road/High Street Opened 2^nd April 1934 - The Way to Love and Ever in my Heart. Architect F. C. Mitchell. Prop., Astoria (Purley) Ltd (E. E. Lyons). Organ: Compton 3c/5 (single chamber) with surround on lift. 1^st organist Robin Richmond. 1,550 seats. Co. compulsory liquidation 1935 - to H.J.M. Cinemas Ltd. June 1935. By 1941: (WE) - Prop., H. J. Morgenstern, 1 Wren Avenue, London N.W.2. Phone Gladstone 2822. 1,470 seats. Booked by Prop. Prices 9d. to 3s. Continuous. Proscenium width 34ft. Stage 12ft. deep; three dressing-rooms. Café. Phone Uplands 0724 & 2544. Station, Purley. To Shipman & King February 1949. CinemaScope 22^nd November 1954 - The Black Shield of Falworth. To ATV Television, to EMI in 1960s. Organ removed 1973. Tripled c.1974. To Cannon, then MGM, finally ABC. Closed Thursday 18^th May 1999. Demolished February/March 2000.

REGAL 92-98 Brighton Road (WE) Opened Monday February 26^th 1934 - I Live With You and Her First Mate + Mickey Mouse cartoon Building a Building. Architect: Harold S. Scott. Prop., chairman Colonel J. Baldwin-Webb, Joseph Cohen, man. dir. 1,578 seats. Leased to ABC 11^th June 34 - no alteration to be undertaken without owner’s consent. By 1941 - Prop., Associated British Cinemas, Ltd., 30-31 Golden Square, London W.1. Phone Gerrard 7887. 1,616 seats. Continuous. Booked at H.O. Pro­scenium width 33ft. Café. Phone Uplands 2044. Station, Purley, S.R. Café closed - let to Yates Williams School of Dancing. 1974 ABC brought freehold for £75,000 + two adjoining shops (Sub-Post Office, and Confectionery) for £25,000. Projector Shut Down system (ACOP - Automatic Control Of Projector) installed for carbon arc or film failure. System rang bell in foyer, manager’s Office, plenum room, boiler house, & projection staff room to alert projectionist. Remained Regal, with ABC triangle logo front of house to demolition (?part of freehold purchase conditions). To EMI with circuit February 1969. Closed as cinema Saturday 16^th February 1974 - Don’t Look Now and The Wicker Man. Bingo. Freehold to Cannon 1986. Sold 1987. Closed 31^st August 1996. Demolished 1997. Shops & flats.

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PURTON Wilts

Working Men’s In­stitute H. Borton (1907)