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  • <p>From the circle in the cleaners lights on the day after closure.</p>
  • <p>The original auditorium of the Plaza Theatre, photographed at its opening in March 1926.</p>
  • <p>The auditorium of the Gaumont Palace photographed at its opening in December 1932.</p>
  • <p>The original interior of the Essoldo.</p>
  • <p>The original auditorium decorations, photographed by John Maltby at its opening in November 1937.</p>
  • <p>The 600 seats of screen 1 seen here occupied a space large enough for over 900 conventional cinema seats of the time. These, in fact, are from the stalls of the ABC Blackpool which were surplus to requirements following the sad tripling of that venue resulting in the cessation of live shows.</p> <p>The original Essoldo seats were much more comfortable and were complete with headrests. ABC sent them back to Essoldo Furnishings in Glasgow as they were becoming ever more cost conscious and the original seats had to be maintained by Essoldo and not ABC’s in house seating, carpeting and upholstery team…………</p>
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  • <p>The auditorium of the New Victoria Theatre, photographed in 1930.</p>
  • <p>Auditorium</p>
  • <p>View from Circle…</p>
  • <p>View from Stalls</p>
  • <p>from a 1981 slide</p>
  • <p>from a 1981 slide</p>
  • <p>Auditorium</p>
  • <p>Auditorium from the stage</p>
  • <p>An early picture</p>
  • <p>Teatro Grand Splendid ceiling and the top of the proscenium.</p>
  • <p>Canon 70D and a fish-eye lends. via kings facebook page.</p>