Today is the last day (25/August) to submit your thoughts to the planning section of Bournemouth Borough Council about the proposed demolition of the ABC cinema in Bournemouth.
The developers have submitted plans for the demolition of the ABC cinema Bournemouth. If anyone would care to submit their thoughts to the planners on this matter the application number is 7-2017-1685L and the dead line for your submissions is 25-08-2017. Sorry I am unable to send a link to Bournemouth Borough Council’s planning website, but if someone can then that would be helpful. Thank you.
I believe today marks the final day before the ABC Bournemouth is handed over to the developers, who have ear marked the property for demolition to facilitate the construction of flats. A proposal has been suggested to keep the facade of the Westover if enough of the Art Deco design remains behind the cladding applied by EMI in the early 1970’s. This is unlikely however as original Art Deco frontage was simplified during a previous modernisation of the cinema and the original impact of the 1937 design was greatly reduced.
The cinema has, so I am informed, had many of the original fittings salvaged, including the seats, screen frames, screen tabs (ABC1), DP75 projector, ABC carpet and the giant illuminated ABC triangle sign originally fitted to the front of the building.
Personally I will be very sad to see my favourite cinema reduced to rubble as I believe it would offer more to the town in the guise of a cinema than just more flats. An arts cinema in the same vein as that offered to the citizens of Brighton would be a far more imaginative use for the Westover, as the choice of films locally is still very poor despite the new multiplex that opened in February this year.
I have hired the ABC Bournemouth for a special performance of Flash Gordon this Thursday on screen one. Assuming all is well, the screen tabs will be re-activated for this screening. I expect this to be the final special performance before the cinema closes in the next few weeks.
Hi, this image was sourced from the Ritz cinemas monthly listing guide for the period of June 1929, which I found for sale during 2017.
Today is the last day (25/August) to submit your thoughts to the planning section of Bournemouth Borough Council about the proposed demolition of the ABC cinema in Bournemouth.
The developers have submitted plans for the demolition of the ABC cinema Bournemouth. If anyone would care to submit their thoughts to the planners on this matter the application number is 7-2017-1685L and the dead line for your submissions is 25-08-2017. Sorry I am unable to send a link to Bournemouth Borough Council’s planning website, but if someone can then that would be helpful. Thank you.
I believe today marks the final day before the ABC Bournemouth is handed over to the developers, who have ear marked the property for demolition to facilitate the construction of flats. A proposal has been suggested to keep the facade of the Westover if enough of the Art Deco design remains behind the cladding applied by EMI in the early 1970’s. This is unlikely however as original Art Deco frontage was simplified during a previous modernisation of the cinema and the original impact of the 1937 design was greatly reduced. The cinema has, so I am informed, had many of the original fittings salvaged, including the seats, screen frames, screen tabs (ABC1), DP75 projector, ABC carpet and the giant illuminated ABC triangle sign originally fitted to the front of the building. Personally I will be very sad to see my favourite cinema reduced to rubble as I believe it would offer more to the town in the guise of a cinema than just more flats. An arts cinema in the same vein as that offered to the citizens of Brighton would be a far more imaginative use for the Westover, as the choice of films locally is still very poor despite the new multiplex that opened in February this year.
The ABC Bournemouth is expected to close on the 4th January 2017.
I have hired the ABC Bournemouth for a special performance of Flash Gordon this Thursday on screen one. Assuming all is well, the screen tabs will be re-activated for this screening. I expect this to be the final special performance before the cinema closes in the next few weeks.