ABC Ipswich
Buttermarket,
Ipswich,
IP1 1DZ
Buttermarket,
Ipswich,
IP1 1DZ
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Seats from the ABC Ipswitch were removed on closure and re installed in the State Cinema Grays, Essex. About six people , including myself made three journeys in a removel van. It was back breaking work but worth it.
Ken, in fact the Wurlitzer wasnt broken up for parts.It was Cherry picked and the Music desk,Grand piano,Brass Saxaphone and Tibia Clausa went onto different organs.It was removed by the Cadence musical instrument Coand then sold onto Arthur Turner of Scarborough who installed it in the Hollywood cinema there-although his organ building skills were questionable.After his death,it was sold and is now awaiting installation in i believe Bexhill.The British Home Stores cafe now sits where the stage and Orchestra pit used to be and i often think back whilst drinking my Earl Gray!.
Vintage photographs of the Ritz Cinema, and its Wurlitzer organ console;
http://www.ukwurlitzer.co.cc/2199.html
A vintage postcard view of Buttermarket from possibly the late-1940’s:
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A zoomed-in view of the above:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kevp/1351960812/
A colour postcard from 1979:
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A close-up of the Ritz Cinema entrance in 1937:
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The ABC as a single screen in November 1962:
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As a triple screen in June 1963:
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Foyer in June 1973:
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ABC Screen 2 in June 1973:
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