Strictly speaking the although the cinema became a bingo hall in 1970 I am sure it showed childrens matinees for a few months afterwards in 1970 on a Saturday afternoon
The Rex was built to replace the Theatre Royal in Prince Consort Road which burnt down in around 1950, the Rex was built on a vacant t business site by the Dawes Brothers who ran a number of cinemas on Tyneside
Scamps was a club for everyone and disappeared in the 1980s to be replaced by Rockshots a gay nightclub.
Strictly speaking the although the cinema became a bingo hall in 1970 I am sure it showed childrens matinees for a few months afterwards in 1970 on a Saturday afternoon
The Rex was built to replace the Theatre Royal in Prince Consort Road which burnt down in around 1950, the Rex was built on a vacant t business site by the Dawes Brothers who ran a number of cinemas on Tyneside