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Mercia Bioscope

 

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Bioscope is the quarterly periodical of the Society, sent free to all Members. The cover images shown are clickable for a larger copy. A list contents of earlier issues are shown HERE

 

Bioscope 106 has now been despatched- see HERE

 

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Bioscope 105 has now been distributed.

 

105 Contents -
Craven and beyond / Hexham Forum at 70 / AGM notice / The Brae cinema 13
Home cinema / Cinema advertising costs - 2 / Reviews – Oxfordshire cinemas / Dublin Cinemas / Obituary - Len Davies / Letters / Notes & Queries 34

 

You can download an adobe Acrobat version of the cover Here.

 

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Issue 104 (August 2007) has now been distributed.

 

Contents:
Granada Management – 4 Slough / Snapshots from a projectionist’s life – 3 Crosby Plaza / Some cinema advertising costs – 1 / Review – From Grand to Grove / Letters / Notes & Queries

 

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Issue 103 (May 2007) has now been distributed.

 

Contents:

 

A Projectionist’s Life – part 2 / Kippax Alhambra / Piccadilly Sparkbrook Birmingham / Leicester cinemas CTA photo-shoot / Memories of the Plaza, Fitzwilliam / R. S. Theatres circuit recalled / Review – Theatres and cinemas of the Wakefield area / Letters / Notes & Queries

 

 

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Issue 102 has now been distributed.

 

Contents:

 

Early cinema in Crowle / Ormskirk Pavilion memories / Granada management / Carlisle Lonsdale – brief history / Anatomy of a super-cinema / Review – Essoldo / Letters / Notes & Queries

 

Cover: Ormskirk Pavilion façade – December 1989 at closing. From the Charles Morris Collection

 

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Issue 101 has now been distributed.

 

Bioscope 101 contents -

 

Granada management – 2 1
Leonard Clegg 13
Essoldo circuit book 19
A Projectionist’s life - 1 20
Leslie Kemp: cinema architect 25
LNWR Cinema coach 29
AGM Notice & Nov 1946 ads 32
Review – York Cinemas 33
Letters 35
Notes & Queries 36

 

 

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ISSUE 100 has now been distributed.

 

Contents -

 

Granada management – 1 / From Box to Box / Re-opening the Belper Ritz / Biggleswade cinemas / Kate Taylor F.S.A. / A Classic Tale – 3 / Sidney Bacon circuit / Brighton & Hove / Review – Croydon Cinemas / Letter / Notes & Queries

 

 

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ISSUE 99 Contents.

 

Contents: Shirebrook Cinemas / Bill Derek - musician & manager / Reigate & Redhill / Halifax Cinemas VII - concluded / Review - Boston & Spalding Entertainment… / Letters / Notes& Queries

 

 

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ISSUE 98 Contents-
A Lincoln Rewind Boy / First with the Flicks? / Can you hear the ticking? / Talking of Cinemas / A Classic Tale – 2 / Halifax Cinemas – VI / Review - Theatres & Mus Halls / Letters / Notes & Queries Feb 06

 

 

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ISSUE 97 WAS OUR 25TH ANNIVERSARY ISSUE and featured several colour articles

 

 

Bioscope 97 contents:
Reels of Fareham / Douglas Grand reconstruction / Go for a Burton? /
Festival Cinema / Halifax Cinemas V / Dalston Rio / A Classic Tale / Cinema
Management Today / Our Northern Morris / NAUGHTY (but nice!) / Reviews –
Dumb Show and Noise – Cinemas of Newcastle – Leeds Cinemas / Letters / Notes
& Queries

 

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Issue 96 Contents:

 

Cinerama in Birmingham / Some cinemas of Harold S. Scott / Halifax halls / Bury cinemas / Exmouth cinemas / Mr Bell and Mr Howell / Not a Riddle or a Secret / Obituary: Ralph Aspland Howden / Reviews – Odeon 2: - The Everlasting Picture Show / Letters / Notes & Queries

 

 

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Here is issue 95 cover and back page, delivered May 2005.

 

 

Lyme Regis’s Cinemas / Northamptonshire projection / Cinema, Polperro /
The Empire, Moorthorpe 11An usherette’s routine / Ashton-under-Lyne Empire /
A History of Television – 2 / Obituaries – Arthur Northover & Tony Moss /
Review – Poole’s Myrioramas / Letters Notes & Queries Issue 95, May 05

 

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Here is issue 94 cover and back page, delivered February 2005.

 

 

A.G.M. 2004 Stockport Plaza minutes / Northampton’s NEW Super! (Savoy) /
How Moss’ Empires worked / Cinema in Braintree / A. B. King – Scots cinema
owner / A history of Television - 1/ Letters Issue 94, Feb 05

 

Click here to download a pdf copy of the frontispiece (Acrobat Reader required)

 

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Here is issue 93 cover, delivered during November 2004.

 

 

Contents:

 

Cinemas of Trowbridge - 2
Portland’s cinema history 9
The ODNB & cinema 17
Welwyn Campus West 19
Army Kinematograph Service 22
Cinderford Palace 25
Ta to Q3 28
Review - ‘The Travelling Cinematograph Show’ 30
Letters / Notes & Queries 31
Kilburn Envoy / Classic photos 36

 

Here is issue 92 cover, despatched to Members during August 2004.

 

 

Contents -
Trowbridge cinemas
The Twilight of Variety
Editorial
Kate’s North-East tour
Some Worcester cinemas
Kine Weekly indexing
Reviews
Letters

 

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Issue 91 was despatched during May 2004

 

Contents: 28 years in the Trade/ Cinema Plant in the 30s / Pictures in Swalwell / Bridport’s cinema history/ Poplar Pavilion 1912 – 1990 / Letters/ Chesters’ 3 Super-Cinemas

 

 

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February 2004 Issue 90 Contents:

 

60 Years of projection / Bi-unials and Diesels / P.C.T. The first National chain / Also full supporting programme / The Curzon, Earlstown / 1954 - Fifty Years On / A.G.M. Odeon Leicester Sq. / Review - Brighton and Hove Cinemas / Letters / Notes & Queries

 

 

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November 2003 Issue No. 89 Contents:

 

Electra Cinema Newport Pagnell 1 George Benjamin Aspland Howden 27
Red, Green and Blue 4 Birmingham Alexandra Theatre 31
Nottingham Odeon / Ritz 14 Review – Hearing the Light 32
Frodsham Grand & Rhyl 19 Letters 33
Pudsey Picture memories 23 Notes & Queries 35

 

 

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August 2003 issue 88 Contents:

 

Blisworth’s Scala Cinema / Cecil Hepworth- Film pioneer / Newcastle Paramount Part 2 /

 

Halifax cinemas - part 3 / Review- Picture Palaces of Liverpool / Letter - Korda’s films and Denham /

 

Notes & queries / Cinema News / Colour supplement

 

 

Click here to download a pdf copy of the frontispiece (Acrobat Reader required)

 

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May 2003 Issue 87 Contents:

 

Sutton-in-Ashfield memories / Palace Cinema, Knottingley / Edwinstowe, Major Cinema /

 

Lime Street Futurist / Madam Tussaud’s Cinema / Review – The History of Leicester Cinemas /

 

Northants. mobile bills 1953 / Letter / Don Currie’s private cinema / Notes & Queries /

 

Newcastle Paramount 1 / Cinema news / colour supplement
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