Two vintage photographs of the auditorium of the Central Picture Playhouse in 1955:
View from the stalls: View link
View from the circle: View link
Exterior of the ABC in 1967: View link
Tripled in this 1977 photograph: View link
I too have always been intrigued (call it puzzled) by the ‘Astoria Theatre-123’ sign on the building. The original main auditorium was always one space, and the ballroom in the basement was always another single space.
A vintage photograph from April 1955, showing the Empire Theatre playing the film “So Deep in My Heart” starring Jose Ferrer, and the Monseigneur News Theatre (later Jacey Leicester Square Cinema): http://www.flickr.com/photos/allhails/5154554082/
A vintage photograph from April 1955, showing the Rialto Cinema. The Peter Robinson store was later demolished and the Swiss Centre built on the site. In 2009, this too was demolished and a hotel has been built on that site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/allhails/5154525536/
Vintage photographs and memories of the Palace Theatre:
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The Theatre Royal, photographed in February 2010:
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Foyer in 2007:
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Auditorium in 2006:
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A vintage photograph of the newly re-named Gaumont, playing the Gaumont release in January 1958:
http://www.mawgrim.co.uk/cavalcade/readingg.jpg
A vintage photograph of the Vaudeville Theatre playing the Gaumont release in June 1949:
http://www.mawgrim.co.uk/cavalcade/readingg2.jpg
Photographed as the Gaumont, playing the Gaumont release in April 1956:
http://www.mawgrim.co.uk/cavalcade/readingg1.jpg
A vintage photograph of the Odeon c.1949, showing the car park on the near right, and the Palace Theatre to the left:
http://www.mawgrim.co.uk/cavalcade/readingo2.jpg
Another view in 1949:
http://www.mawgrim.co.uk/cavalcade/readingo1.jpg
In June 1951, playing the Odeon release:
http://www.mawgrim.co.uk/cavalcade/readingo.jpg
A vintage photograph of the auditorium of the Savoy Cinema in July 1955:
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Two vintage photographs of the auditorium of the Central Picture Playhouse in 1955:
View from the stalls:
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View from the circle:
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Exterior of the ABC in 1967:
View link
Tripled in this 1977 photograph:
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Three vintage photographs of the auditorium of the Granby Cinema in 1952:
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The Cineworld photographed in June 2009:
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Entrance in March 2010:
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Photographed in January 1964 as a bingo club:
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A vintage photograph of the original single screen Regal Cinema in January 1968:
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A vintage photograph of the ABC twin in 1975:
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A photograph of the former Palace Theatre in June 2009:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/knelson88/3650618132/
Auditorium in January 2011:
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A vintage (c.1978) photograph showing the Regal Cinema:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ridgway/1500133160/
A vintage photograph of the ABC in 1967:
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I too have always been intrigued (call it puzzled) by the ‘Astoria Theatre-123’ sign on the building. The original main auditorium was always one space, and the ballroom in the basement was always another single space.
A vintage photograph of the Warner Theatre in April 1955 screening Judy Garland in “A Star Is Born”:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/allhails/5153872149/
A vintage photograph of the Monseigneur News Theatre in April 1955, with the Empire Theatre on the left:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/allhails/5154554082/
A vintage photograph from April 1955, showing the Empire Theatre playing the film “So Deep in My Heart” starring Jose Ferrer, and the Monseigneur News Theatre (later Jacey Leicester Square Cinema):
http://www.flickr.com/photos/allhails/5154554082/
A vintage photograph from April 1955, showing the Rialto Cinema. The Peter Robinson store was later demolished and the Swiss Centre built on the site. In 2009, this too was demolished and a hotel has been built on that site:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/allhails/5154525536/
A vintage 1955 photograph of the Strand, showing the Adelphi Theatre on the left, and a portion of the Tivoli Theatre on the right:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/allhails/2784209086/
Photographed in the snow at night, December 2010:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/photosam/5284095580/
Four photographs I took of the Theatre Royal in March 2010:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kencta/5354832636/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kencta/5355625294/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kencta/5355011217/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kencta/5355628474/
A photograph of the Lyrique Theatre which I took in March 2010:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kencta/5354213965/
Three photographs of the Victoria Theatre I took in March 2010:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kencta/5354200723/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kencta/5354206567/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kencta/5354823904/
A photograph of the Central Hall which I took in March 2010:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kencta/5354810858/