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Our Quarterly periodical, Mercia Bioscope, is posted free to all Members. (Details about latest issue)

Collectors corner now online

Barnsley Cinemas - Kate Taylor A5 60pp saddle-stitched. Laminated card covers. £4.95 retail

(Note- this is being sent free of charge to all current Members with Bioscope 107)

PUBLISHED 1st December:

Basingstoke Entertained - Mervyn Gould
86pp + prelims & index
£8.95 / £7.90 to members
NOW AVAILABLE ***READ PRESS RELEASE***

LATEST PUBLICATION: Basingstoke Entertained by Mervyn Gould, £8.95/£7.90 Mercia Members *(updated)*

York Cinemas by Mervyn Gould, £14.50/12.50 Mercia Members

Cinemas of the Medway Towns by John Clancy price £8.95/£7.90 Mercia Members

Boston and Spalding Entertainment and the Aspland Howdens Mervyn Gould £19.95/£16.50

The Black Family of Sunderland Frank Manders £ 2.00
Mercia Bioscope 26- The Paramount Astorias David Jones £3.00
Ribbon of Dreams (Cardiff cinemas) Gary Wharton £8.85/£7.50
Cinema in a Cathedral City (Durham) David R. Williams £19.95/£16.50
Temple of Dreams (Eastbourne) Peter R. Hodges £ 7.00
Cinemas of Essex Bob Grimwood £13.50/12.00 (+£3.20p+p)
The Cinemas of Huddersfield and Kirklees S Smith/B Hornsey £8.50/ £8.00
Cinemas of Keighley & the Aire Valley Stuart Smith £ 6.00/£4.90
Cinemas of Lincoln George Clarke £ 4.00
Loughborough’s Stage & Screen Mervyn Gould £15.50/£13.00
Cinemas of Mexborough/Dearne Valley Stuart Smith £ 7.20/£6.00
The Picture Man (Northampton cinemas) Arthur Northover £9.50/£8.50
The Dream Palaces of Oxford Sean Currell £ 3.00
Chronicles of Pendle Picture Palaces Peter Sagar £7.50/6.50
Dream Palaces of Richmond/Thames Fred Windsor £ 2.30
The Cinemas of South Tyneside Doris Johnson £ 5.80
Cinemas of North Wales Brian Hornsey ***no longer available***
Going to the Pictures in Wharfedale Stuart Smith £ 4.50/£4.00
Remembering Whitstable Cinemas Michael Glover £6.50/£5.50
Cinemas of the Weisker Brothers Brian Hornsey £ 2.00
The long gone Cinemas of the Swale area of Kent covering Sittingbourne, Faversham, Queenborough and the Isle of Sheppey John Clancy Price £4.50, £4 members

Please make Cheques payable to the Mercia Cinema Society. Where books are double-priced the lower is the discount price available to Mercia members · All prices include post & packing unless otherwise stated · Orders to Stuart R. Smith, Sales Officer, 100, Wickfield Road, Hackenthorpe Sheffield S12 4TT. (Telephone queries to Mobile: 0777 1554605)

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FUCHSIAPRINT PUBLICATIONS: Available from the Sales Officer, details as above:

FUCHSIAPRINT of STAMFORD PUBLICATIONS - BRIAN HORNSEY

(NOT PUBLISHED OR PRODUCED BY THE MERCIA CINEMA SOCIETY)

OCTOBER 2006 THIS LIST REPLACES All PREVIOUS LISTS
ORDERS (Cheques to MERCIA CINEMA SOCIETY):
Sales Office MERCIA CINEMA SOCIETY 100 Wickfield Road Hackenthorpe SHEFFIELD S12 4TT

NINETY YEARS OF CINEMA series £1.80 each - incl p&p NEW TITLES in Capitals

Abergavenny/ Penrith / Tenby; Accrington; Ashfields; Aldershot;Ayr /Aberystwyth / Penrith / Tenby; Bath; Banbury / Gainsborough / Tutbury; Barnstaple and Oswestry; Bedford; Bideford / Elgin / Haverfordwest; Bishop Auckland; Blackburn; Blackpool; Bognor /Filey / Skegness; Bolton; Bournemouth; Bridgend; Bridlington; Burnley; Burton-on-Trent; Bury; Bury St Edmunds; Buxton / New Mills / Matlocks; Cambridge Revisited; Canterbury; Cardiff; Carlisle Revisited; Carmarthen; Chelmsford;Chester; Chesterfield; Cirencester / Frome / Salisbury; Chorley; Congleton; Crewe; Darlington; DOVER; Dudley; Dumfries / Perth / Stirling; Dundee; Dunfermline; Evesham; Exmouth / Lyme Regis / Herne Bay; Falkirk: Felixstowe / Stowmarket / Sudbury; Fleetwood / Cleveleys / St. Anne’s; Gravesend; Gt. Grimsby & Cleethorpes; Great Yarmouth & Gorleston; Harrogate; Hartlepool; Hayes & Southall; Hinckley; Hereford; Huntingdon / March / Wisbech; Inverness; Ipswich; Kettering; Kidderminster; Kilmarnock; King’s Lynn; Kingston-on-Thames; Lancaster; Leith; Luton; Leyland / Rawtenstall / Ashton-in-Makerfield; Lichfield; Llanelli; Luton; Lowestoft; Mablethorpe & Sutton / Clacton / Redcar; Macclesfield; Maesteg & Valleys; Malverns; Mansfield; Market Harborough; Middlesbrough; Middleton & Chadderton; Montrose / Portobollo / Kelso; Morecambe; Neath; Newark; Newport (Gwent); Newtown / Welshpool / Port Talbot; Northampton; North of Hereford; Norwich Revisited; Nuneaton; Oxford; Paisley; Peterborough; Penzance / Berwick-on-Tweed / Cromer; Plymouth; Portsmouth; Preston; Prestwich & Whitefield; Radcliffe & Heywood; Reading & Basingstoke; Redditch; Retford; Rhyl; Rochdale; Rugby; Rutland and Melton Mowbray; St Austell / Falmouth / Newquay; St. Helens; Scarborough; Scunthorpe; Shipley & Baildon; Shrewsbury; Skipton / Bedworth / Stroud; Southend on Sea; Stafford; Stamford; Stockton-on-Tees; Stretford / Urmston / Irlam; Swansea; Swindon; Tamworth; Taunton; Tunbridge wells;Uttoxeter; Warrington; Wellingborough; Wembley; Weston-super-Mare; Widnes & Runcorn; Wigan; Worcester; Workington & Whitehaven; Worksop; Wrexham; Yeovil

COUNTIES / SHIRES etc.

£1.80 each - incl p&p
Berkshire; Bexley; Bromley; Cornwall; Greenwich; Harrow; Hounslow; Isle of Man; Isle of Wight; Lincolnshire; Westmorland; Wiltshire

£2.80 incl p&p.
BRADFORD; Bristol; Coventry Edinburgh; EAST SUSSEX; HAMPSHIRE; Ilfracombe; Leamington Spa and District; Leeds; Leicester; Manchester; Nottingham; The Potteries; Somerset; Surrey; Torbay and area
CINEMA MISCELLANY titles £1.80 incl p&p.

1 ANGLIA Beccles, Newmarket, Soham, Ely
2 YORKSHIRE I Cottingham, Driffield, Leyburn, Malton & Norton, Ossett; Thirsk, Thornaby
3 LANCASHIRE I Darwen, Leigh, & Farnworth
4 LANCASHIRE II Oldham, Bacup, Ormskirk, Earlestown
5 MIDLANDS I Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Atherstone, Bridgnorth, Cresswell, Morton-in-Marsh, Sutton Coldfield
6 SCOTLAND I Alloa, Arboath, Fort William, Invergordon, Rosyth
7 SCOTLAND II East Lothian
8 WALES Bangor, Ebbw Vale, Merthyr Tydfll, Pontypridd
9 SOUTHERN Chatham, Gosport, Minehead, Tonbridge, Truro
10 NORTHERN I Ashington, Chester le Street, Morpeth, Seaham Harbour, Mr. McDonald’s Picture House, Wallsend
11 MULTIPLE MULTIPLEX - multiplex cinemas in pictures.
12 MIDLANDS II Hucknall, Shirebrook, Ashbourne, Tewkesbury, Swadlincote
13 YORKSHIRE II Northallerton, Goole, Settle, Saltburn, Pickering
15 ENGLAND I Altrincham, Bakewell, Burnham-on-Sea, Rex Cinema Berkhamsted, Louth (Lincs), Reigate, Wirksworth,
Woodbridge, Ritz Cinema Workington.
16 WALES and BORDERS Aberdare, Barry, Chepstow, Holyhead, Kington (Herefordshire), Monmouth, Pontypool
17 NORTHERN ENGLAND Billingham, Cockermouth, Wallaw Cinema Blyth, Durham, Dalton-in-Furness, Grange-over-Sands,
Whitley Bay
18 MIDLANDS III Scala Cinema Blidworth, Bromsgrove, Kegworth, Long Eaton, Rushden, Smethwick in pictures, Rex Cinema
Wilmslow
19 SCOTLAND IV Grand Central Aberdeen, Annan, Anstruther, Bo’ness, Cardeaden, Victoria Dundee, Eyemouth, Galashiels,
Kilbirnie, Lossiemouth, Selkirk, 3 cinemas of Glasgow
20 ENGLAND II Bridgewater Som., Bungay Suffolk, Knaresborough Yorks; Margate Kent, Moorthorpe Yorks,
Prudhoe Northumberland, Saxmundham Suffolk
21 LONDON TOWNSHIPS No I Acton; Brixton; Ealing; Wimbledon
22 WALES I Abercynon, Aberdyfi, Brecon, Caerphilly, Colwyn Bay, Mountain Ash, Tonypandy
23 ENGLAND Ill Boston 1930 to 2003; Colchester Cinemas, Doncaster Cinemas, Essoldo Newcastle; Empire Cinema
Sandwich Kent
24 LONDON TOWNSHIPS II Bethnal Green, Clapham, Forest Gate, Hammersmith, Harlesden, Ritz Neasden, Peckham,
Tottenham and Willesden
25 SOUTHERN ENGLAND II Plaza Amesbury, Bexhill-on-Sea, Buckfastleigh (closure), Stoll Theatre London,
Littlehampton, Windsor
26 LONDON TOWNSHIPS No III Battersea, Bermondsey, Camberwell, Finchley, Harringay, Kilburn, Poplar, Walham Green
27 LONDON TOWNSHIPS No IV Balham, Clapham Junction, Dalston, Fulham, Hackney, Kensal Rise, Lewisham, Putney,
Stepney, Tooting.
28 LONDON TOWNSHIPS No V Brockley, Clapton, Cricklewood, Forest Hill, Golders Green, Kennington, Kentish Town,
Maida Vale, Penge, Shepherds Bush, Stoke Newington, Wandsworth, Wood Green
29. NORTHERN ENGLAND No Ill Blyth, Hexham, Horsforth, Ripon, The Ritz, Selby, Ulverston, Ritz Barrow in Furness
30 ENGLAND No IV Some cinemas around Manchester, The Regal Cinema Hull, Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool, Maryport,
Northwich, The Prince’s Cinema, Prince’s Risborough, Ramsgate, Thetford
31 SCOTLAND No V Airdrie, Bathgate, Biggar, Blairgowrie, Dufftown, Fraserburgh, Greenock
32 SCOTLAND VI Clydebank, Forres, Kirkcaldy, Peebles, Rothesay, New Picture House St Andrews
CINEMA CIRCUITS £1.70 incl p&p.

Caledonian Associated Cinemas
The Cinemas of the H. D. Moorhouse and the H.D.M. Circuit
The Cinemas of the Shipman and King Circuit
Star Cinemas … Britain’s leading independent cinema circuit
Cinemas of the Bancroft Family
Thomson’s Enterprise Cinemas
CINEMAS OF THE PAST series £1.80 incl p & P

No l LONDON PART 1 Brentford & Chiswick; Crouch End; East Dulwich; Old Ford; Upton Park; West Ham
No 2 SCOTLAND No 1 Town Hall Cinemas, Burntisland, Dalkeith, Gretna Green; Keith; Kirkintilloch; Lockerbie; Port Glasgow, Renfrew; and Gaumont British Picture Corp in Scotland
No 3 ENGLAND No 1 Amble; Dartford; Elstree; Horden; Millom; Pinxton; Sale; Southwold
No 4 WALES Ammanford; Abertridwr; Brynamman; Pontardulais; Kidwelly; Risca; Mold: Buckley; Penygoes; Porthmadoc; Pwtheli; Tywyn; Cardigan; Taibach
NEW
No 5 ENGLAND II Alnwick; Ashford; Cannock; Canvey Island; Egremont; Ferryhill; Grays; Ribbleton; Seaforth