Carlton Kinema

118 Gipsy Lane,
Leicester, LE4 6RG

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Previously operated by: Evington Cinema Circuit

Architects: H.G. Riley, W.H. Riley

Firms: Riley & Riley

Styles: Art Deco

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The Carlton as Kwik Save in September 2005

Located to the Northfields district to the northeast of the city centre. The Carlton Kinema was opened on 5th August 1935 with Shirley Temple in "Now and Forever" and Randolph Scott in "Wagon Wheels". It was part of a small circuit of local Leicester cinemas operated out of the Evington Cinema. Seating was provided in stalls and circle levels, and there was a small stage, but it was little used.

The Carlton Kinema was closed in 1968 and was converted into the Rutland Bingo Club. In the late-1970’s or early-1980’s, it re-opened as a cinema, screening ‘Bollywood’ films, but this was a short lived venture.

The building was converted into a Kwik Save supermarket in 1982, and continued until 2007, when it was demolished and a Lidl Supermarket was built on the site.

Contributed by Ken Roe
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