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cinemahog commented about ABC Broughton on Jun 8, 2016 at 5:59 pm

THE PAY BOX AND KIOSK FROM THIS CINEMA ARE NOW AT THE REGENT CINEMA IN MARPLE

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cinemahog commented about Casino Cinema on May 11, 2016 at 7:15 pm

HI THE CINEMA WAS BUILT BY MISS ADA KENYON WHO ALSO BUILT THE ARDWICK CINEMA AND THE NEW ROYAL CINEMA SHE SOLD THEM ALL TO ABC FOR £250 000 BEN KANTER BUILT THE THREE RIVLOI CINEMAS IN CHORLTON COLYHURST AND GORTON THESE WERE LATER SOLD TO ESSOLDO YOURS CINEMA HOG

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cinemahog commented about Essoldo Collyhurst on Nov 14, 2015 at 10:16 pm

HI all the projection box at this cinema was on the ground floor on the photo you can see the steps down to the car park from the projection boxes fire exit it came in very useful on a hot sweaty summers night

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cinemahog commented about Shalimar Cinema on Sep 15, 2015 at 8:34 pm

HI I WORKED IN THE BOX THERE IN THE MID SIXTYS GK 21s WITH MAG SOUND THE CARPET ON THE LEFT HAND STAIRCASE TO THE CIRCLE WAS SO BADLY WORN THAT PATRONS HAD TO USE THE RIGHTHAND STAIRCASE THE MANAGER WAS A MR WILSON AND THE CHIEF WAS ERIC CLARK CINEMA HOG

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cinemahog commented about Curzon Cinema on Jul 15, 2015 at 9:12 pm

HI the Curzon was listed in the 1969 KYB as being in newton le willows it was taken over in the sventies by the star group of companies they split the place into cine bingo having the cinema in the old circle part of the cinema and the bingo hall in the old stalls area of the cinema the cinema closed in the early part of the 1980 s with the bingo being still open after that I do not know any more cinema hog