Odeon Perry Barr
271 Birchfield Road,
Birmingham,
B20 3DD
271 Birchfield Road,
Birmingham,
B20 3DD
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Grand opening ad: Odeon Cinema - Perry Barr 31 Jul 1930, Thu Evening Despatch (Birmingham, West Midlands, England) Newspapers.com
I lived in great Barr and this along with the Beacon, The Clifton and the Birchfield were all my local cinemas, I loved visiting all of them
I have loaded a picture of Oscar Deutsch The Founding Father of Odeon The counties Leading Brand in Cinemas
If My memory is correct the theatre was hit by a bomb during the war. The luck thing was it did not explode. The person defusing the bomb was awarded a medal that allowed him to go free to any Odeon Cinema in the country somewhere in my files I have a picture of the interior which I shall post. when I find it
Another early shot taken around the time of opening in 1930
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A vintage photograph of the Odeon in 1930, shortly after its opening:
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Back in the late 60’s I was a projectionist at this cinema, the chief was named Torrington I think, he was a real hard man to get along with, I left soon afterwards and worked at the Plaza, Stockland Green.
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Andrew Hope (Ontario, Canada)
The original facade as photographed in September 1949:
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Showing off its new facade in March 1953:
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Photographed in May 1956:
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