Granada Kingston upon Thames

154-166 Clarence Street,
Kingston upon Thames, KT1 1QP

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GeraldGlover on March 11, 2025 at 8:48 am

I was House Manager at GRANADA Kingston in the early 60s - the General Manager was Charlie Longthorne, a gentleman Manager of the first ilk. We regularly had live shows, one performance on a Sunday…from Max Bygraves to Gene Vincent and other pop stars. Charlie wasn’t keen!… “this is a GRANADA flagship CINEMA thank you”!!

Johnllon on February 10, 2019 at 3:47 am

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.

courtwick on December 23, 2012 at 4:37 am

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.