Odeon Cheltenham
Winchcombe Street,
Cheltenham,
GL52 2NE
Winchcombe Street,
Cheltenham,
GL52 2NE
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Another photo of The Odeon, taken in April 1999.
I have very fond memories of The Odeon, my Mother used to work there as an usherette in the 1970’s. My Brother and I spent many happy hours there watching films and roaming around the cinema – much to the annoyance of an audience that was watching a film that happened to be on at the time! It is a beautiful building and a much missed cinema, it still stands empty.
The following photos, were taken in My 2000 and 2001.
The last photo was taken in August 2010.
photos i took in 1988 when it still had a central ODEON sign which made sense of the two figures
exterior
http://www.flickr.com/photos/woody1969/70182094/
close up
http://www.flickr.com/photos/woody1969/364916124/
The Gaumont Palace Theatre, photographed in 1933 soon after opening:
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depressing images here on 28 days later, the auditorium has been gutted, the ceiling gone except for the metal girders
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Another photo can be seen here.
In the light of JMQ’s excellent website, I’m pleased to say I stand corrected: there seems to be much in the way of original features that could be preserved if the building were to be restored to its original state. Here’s hoping…
Here is a recent photo of the Odeon Cheltenham.
Website about the Cheltenham odeon: View link
The Odeon Cheltenham closed down permanently on 5th November 2006. Odeon management cited competition from the nearby Cineworld multiplex as the main cause.
As the building is, architecturally, a shadow of its former self and furthermore has been messily subdivided, it seems inevitable that the land will be sold off and the building destroyed.