Photo courtesy Harry Rigby. Additional photo here.
Information and other pictures courtesy of Rose Brown.
| Opened c.1918 by Mr & Mrs Lamb. Cinema was closed for 7
weeks and heavily modified for sound in April 1931. Seating was then
for 750, with sound from BTH. "A complete transformation has
taken place in the building and everything is arranged along up-to-date
lines. The general colour scheme is orange and blue. There is seating
capacity for 750 persons. The drop seats, which are upholstered in
orange corduroy, have special fittings and are bolted to the floor. The
walls are tastefully decorated and the ceiling has been covered with
Celotex to ensure good effects. The stage area is draped with orange
curtains and there is a tastefully coloured arrangement of footlights.
The floor has been linoleum covered and the passageways have been laid
down with cork to ensure silence. Nothing has been overlooked and there
are three emergency exits in the main hall.
Closed around 1960; now a warehouse.
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