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Dunbar Cinemas

Dunbar Cinema
Lamer Street


Converted to flats, building extant but unrecognisable as a cinema

Empire
44 High Street


This address was the manager’s house, still extant. Cinema entrance was to left (Empire Way).
The auditorium was on sloping ground at rear, now demolished. 548 seats in 1950.

Corn Exchange / Olympia
High Street/Corn Exchange Passage


Building extant but derelict.
Photos courtesy of Harry Rigby.

Playhouse
Abbey Road


Opened in 1939, by Scott's Empires. Later owned by CAC. Plans exist from 1984 for renovation/rebuilding.
It has since been demolished and replaced by a children’s nursery on site. It had 1031 seats in 1950.
Photo courtesy of the Scottish Screen Archive / Cinema Theatre Association.


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