Picture House

High Street,
Doncaster, DN1

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abcman
abcman on November 21, 2008 at 7:57 pm

The Picture House had Egyptian style ornamentations in the auditorium, especially around the prosecenium arch. When cinemascope was installed here, these were covered up by the panoramic screen with its festoon tabs and border.I remember seeing Ursula Andress in ‘She’ at the Picture House and later Peter Cushing in the first Doctor Who film ‘Doctor Who And The Daleks’

KenRoe
KenRoe on June 19, 2008 at 10:57 am

Thanks for the above photo Lost Memory, Nice try…. but NO, it is of the Picture House, 210 Great North Road, Woodlands (near Doncaster), not the Picture House in Doncaster city centre.

KenRoe
KenRoe on May 18, 2007 at 3:30 pm

The Picture House was equipped with a second-hand Walker church organ which was thought to be of 1899 vintage. The console was fitted to the right of the stage and several pipes were unenclosed, as they would be in a church. A one time noted organist Bobby Pagan was the resident organist.

lostmemory
lostmemory on May 17, 2007 at 5:13 pm

Here is an ad for this former theater.

lostmemory
lostmemory on May 17, 2007 at 4:38 pm

That was fast!!! LOL