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Forres
Picture House
Cumming Street
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Opened 1927. Closed in 1964.
Now a removals company – split horizontally,
still with tinplate roof intact.
Stairs, balcony doors intact. Opened 1927 to replace the
Lyceum.
Exterior photo courtesy Derek Mathieson.
Interior picture below courtesy of Harry Rigby
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Lyceum
Caroline Street
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Opened in 1913 for North of Scotland Cinematograph Company; a conversion of
existing Baptist Church.
Closed 1927; later used as a garage. Now
demolished.
Archive material showing the conversion plans, by local architect P
Fulton, to turn it into a cinema below are dated December 1912.
Plans courtesy David Low.
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Section |
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Ground Floor |
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First Floor |
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Roof |
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Block Plan |
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