I was assistant manager when it reopened in 1981. The lobby had been unaffected by the fire but had been modernised and had lost all its grandeur. Overall the redesign was very poor and tacky with the upstairs main cinema being made to resemble the inside of a 747 jet with plastic recessed walls and paneled lighting. There were huge areas of wasted space and a better design could have easily included more screens. These cinemas have now been demollised and the current 4 screen complex is built in what was the former upstairs lobby. But again the cinemas are very poorly designed with the entrance to each being at the front and beneath each screen
I was assistant manager when it reopened in 1981. The lobby had been unaffected by the fire but had been modernised and had lost all its grandeur. Overall the redesign was very poor and tacky with the upstairs main cinema being made to resemble the inside of a 747 jet with plastic recessed walls and paneled lighting. There were huge areas of wasted space and a better design could have easily included more screens. These cinemas have now been demollised and the current 4 screen complex is built in what was the former upstairs lobby. But again the cinemas are very poorly designed with the entrance to each being at the front and beneath each screen