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I did some projection relief here in its CANNON days. Screens 2 & 3 were not in the stalls, but in front of screen 1 (the old circle) with there own projection room. Access was via a new corridor down the right hand side of the old circle. The original decoration was still visible on the outside wall. The fire exit from these screens went down onto the old stage. The snooker club occupied the old stalls area. There was a (staff only) door from the cinema foyer into the snooker club. Can’t think of where the old café could be. If I remember correctly, the foyer & public areas once past the main foyer were quite small. A rarely seen oddity in the original projection room (now serving screen 1) was a small room to the right of the projection room with a large port window and speaker for viewing films in the auditoria. I have heard of these, but have not seen another one since then. Projectors were Westar 2001, ORC lamphouses, Westrex towers and Westrex 5009A amplifiers.
I did some projection relief here in its CANNON days. Screens 2 & 3 were not in the stalls, but in front of screen 1 (the old circle) with there own projection room. Access was via a new corridor down the right hand side of the old circle. The original decoration was still visible on the outside wall. The fire exit from these screens went down onto the old stage. The snooker club occupied the old stalls area. There was a (staff only) door from the cinema foyer into the snooker club. Can’t think of where the old café could be. If I remember correctly, the foyer & public areas once past the main foyer were quite small. A rarely seen oddity in the original projection room (now serving screen 1) was a small room to the right of the projection room with a large port window and speaker for viewing films in the auditoria. I have heard of these, but have not seen another one since then. Projectors were Westar 2001, ORC lamphouses, Westrex towers and Westrex 5009A amplifiers.