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Empress
557, Ballater Street


Image courtesy of Chris Doak.

Opened November 1912 by Empress Pictures Ltd. in an old machine shop. Architect was James Austen Laird, and seating was for 240. Closed in 1914, later industrial units. Now demolished.

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