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Ken Roe commented about Odeon Manchester on Oct 3, 2010 at 1:24 pm

A vintage street scene of Oxford Street in the early-1930’s, showing the recently opened Paramount Theatre:
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Ken Roe commented about Don Cinema Theatre on Oct 1, 2010 at 2:25 pm

A vintage photograph of the closed Don Cinema;
http://flickr.com/photos/15166960@N05/3188314871/

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Ken Roe commented about Odeon Whalley Range on Oct 1, 2010 at 10:17 am

A vintage photograph of the Odeon Whalley Range:
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Ken Roe commented about Shalimar Cinema on Sep 30, 2010 at 3:10 pm

A vintage 1958 photograph of the Essoldo, with its rebuilt facade:
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Ken Roe commented about Palace Cinema on Sep 30, 2010 at 12:39 pm

The former Palace Cinema, photographed in May 2009:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lorenzo23/3567248261/

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Ken Roe commented about Gaumont Chorlton-cum-Hardy on Sep 30, 2010 at 11:45 am

A vintage photograph of the Gaumont in 1958:
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Ken Roe commented about Casino Cinema on Sep 30, 2010 at 8:02 am

A vintage photograph of the Casino Cinema in March 1958 (playing the Odeon circuit release):
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Ken Roe commented about Claremont Super Cinema on Sep 27, 2010 at 6:28 pm

The Claremont Super Cinema, photographed in 1954;
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A vintage photograph of the auditorium:
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Ken Roe commented about Odeon Taunton on Sep 27, 2010 at 12:16 pm

A vintage photograph of the auditorium ceiling of the former Gaumont Palace:
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Ken Roe commented about Gaumont Exeter on Sep 27, 2010 at 12:03 pm

A vintage photograph of the auditorium, taken around the time of the opening of the Gaumont Palace:
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Ken Roe commented about Odeon Acton on Sep 27, 2010 at 11:59 am

A vintage photograph of the auditorium:
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Ken Roe commented about Odeon Ipswich on Sep 27, 2010 at 11:56 am

A vintage photograph of one of the light fittings located beside the proscenium splay wall:
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Ken Roe commented about Odeon Wealdstone on Sep 27, 2010 at 11:49 am

A vintage photograph of the auditorium of the Odeon, photographed soon after its opening in 1934:
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Ken Roe commented about Odeon Warley on Sep 27, 2010 at 11:45 am

A vintage photograph of the Odeon in August 1949, playing the Odeon release:
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Auditorium, as seen around the time of opening of the Warley Cinema in 1934:
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Ken Roe commented about Palace Cinema on Sep 26, 2010 at 7:34 am

An illustration and more details on the Imperial Theatre here:
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Ken Roe commented about Haven Theatre on Sep 25, 2010 at 8:52 pm

I have a record of the Forest Park/Haven Theatre(1938) with 450 seats, located at 80-16 Jamaica Avenue which was built in 1913. Later it became the Liberty Department Store.

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Ken Roe commented about Royalty Cinema on Sep 25, 2010 at 10:59 am

A vintage photograph of the Royalty Cinema in 1965;
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Vintage views of High Street, Gosforth, showing the Royalty Cinema:
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Ken Roe commented about Apollo Entertainment Centre on Sep 25, 2010 at 10:31 am

A 1934 vintage photograph of the auditorium, soon after opening:
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The auditorium being re-built in 1955, after German bomb damage:
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The exterior in 1956 after re-opening:
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Photographed in 1967:
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Ken Roe commented about Odeon Byker on Sep 25, 2010 at 10:09 am

A vintage photograph of the Odeon in January 1958:
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Ken Roe commented about Pavilion Cinema on Sep 25, 2010 at 9:59 am

The exterior of the Pavilion Theatre in around 1916:
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The auditorium of the Pavilion Theatre shortly after opening in 1903:
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Ken Roe commented about Pavilion Cinema on Sep 25, 2010 at 9:02 am

Vintage photographs of the Pavilion Cinema:
In July 1949, playing the Odeon release:
http://www.mawgrim.co.uk/cavalcade/newcastlep4.jpg
In March 1956, playing the Odeon release:
http://www.mawgrim.co.uk/cavalcade/newcastlep3.jpg
Two photographs from 1967 as a ‘Roadshow’ house:
http://www.mawgrim.co.uk/cavalcade/newcastlep2.jpg
http://www.mawgrim.co.uk/cavalcade/newcastlep.jpg

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Ken Roe commented about Odeon Byker on Sep 24, 2010 at 4:28 pm

A vintage photograph of the Odeon, playing the Rank release in April 1971:
http://www.mawgrim.co.uk/cavalcade/byker.jpg

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Ken Roe commented about Cameo Cinema on Sep 23, 2010 at 9:50 am

A vintage promotional postcard showing the Theatre Royal:
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Ken Roe commented about Imperial Theatre on Sep 21, 2010 at 2:54 pm

The upper part of the facade of the former Imperial Theatre, photographed in May 2009:
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Ken Roe commented about Odeon Newton Abbot on Sep 21, 2010 at 12:36 pm

The Odeon, photographed in around October 1948 playing an off-circuit programme, the main feature from 20th Century Fox:
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Playing the Odeon release in May 1955:
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Playing the Rank release in January 1971:
http://www.mawgrim.co.uk/cavalcade/newtonabbot.jpg