Essoldo Shildon
Station Street,
Shildon,
DL4
Station Street,
Shildon,
DL4
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The Picture House opened in around 1920. It was locally known as the ‘People’s Cinema’.
Taken over by the Newcastle based Essoldo cinemas circuit in 1947, it was closed in 1969, and has since been demolished.
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Ken Roe
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It closed in 1969 together with the Essoldos in Crook and Spennymoor; the Manager, Mr C Watson, whom I got to know quite well in later years (he went to manage the very busy Durham Essoldo after Shildon) told me that he and the Managers of the other two doomed cinemas received telephone calls from Head Office advising that “You are closing next Saturday!”. Typical of Essoldo!