Granada Kingston upon Thames
154-166 Clarence Street,
Kingston upon Thames,
KT1 1QP
154-166 Clarence Street,
Kingston upon Thames,
KT1 1QP
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I did see some films there. Also in the early 1960’s I visited the projection box. There was a Projectomatic system, and 4 track magnet sound. At the end of the last evening show the motorized screen tabs would be closed from the box, but one of the projectionist would go down to back stage to hand wind the main house tabs closed.
It wasn’t Reginald Dixon but the far more famous broadcaster organist Reginald Foorte. He was the resident organist at the regal (ABC) and there was an outside broadcast connection in a doorway on the corner of the building that the BBC connected too.
Vintage photographs of the Granada, and its Wurlitzer organ console:
http://www.ukwurlitzer.co.cc/2230.html
A March 2009 photo here (as the Oceana)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/stagedoor/3377997397/
Exterior photo of Options here:–
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and foyer photo here:–
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both from 1988.