Cannon Doncaster
Cleveland Street and College Road,
Doncaster,
DN1
Cleveland Street and College Road,
Doncaster,
DN1
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Another town centre cinema planned for Doncaster’s Frenchgate Shopping Mall, makes the re-opening of the ABC/Cannon even less likely. https://www.frenchgateshopping.co.uk/whats-on/news/new-cinema-approved-for-frenchgate
It seems less likely that the cinema will ever reopen, with the news today of a new cinema in the Cultural and Civic Quarter area of Waterdale http://www.doncaster.gov.uk/services/planning/new-cinema-complex
I Recently contacted the developer (February 2018) that owns the ABC/Cannon, I asked them of their plans, I received no reply.
If it’s the same developer (St. Modwen) that is also supposed to be redeveloping Farnborough (Hampshire) town centre then don’t expect anything to happen anytime soon.
The property developer is St Modwen, although they have bought the Waterdale area including the cinema, there are as yet no details what they plan to do with it http://www.stmodwen.co.uk/uploads/documents/Waterdale%20Shopping%20Centre.pdf
The area in which the Cinema is situated has now been bought by a property developer, no news as yet on any plans for the cinema though.
Have load a view from the stage end. just before the grand opening
An amendment about KES. Although filmed in 1969, KES was only given private press screenings that year. The World Premiere was,on Wednesday March 25th 1970, at ABC DONCASTER, with cast, crew, film studio executives & the Mayors of both Doncaster & Barnsley attending, along with members of the public, who could buy tickets to the event.
it may be of interest. This year ( 2009 ) marks the 40th anniversary of the release of, “KES,” Kes was given it’s World Premiere at ABC Doncaster ( later cannon, ) It was quite an evening, one i shall never forget,
wow, remember the photo, ( posted by kenroe,)from an edition af abc film review magazine. many thanks for posting this.
A vintage photograph of the auditorium, as seen at the opening of the ABC in 1967:
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Have tried to find out, but no one seems able to say, would be great if it could reopen as a single screen again, ( those really were the days.)
Thanks Mike for the news.Obviously I was told some wromg information!
hi, i live in doncaster too and i know for a fact that the roof is still in place, also, the building does not fall within the redevelopment area.
Any update on the cinema re-opening. I was told by someone who lives in Doncaster that its roof had been removed so that rates didn’t have to be paid and it was due to be demolished in the Doncaster redevelopment scheme.
The ABC Doncaster was indeed a fabulous cinema (as a single unit) inside but the outside must be one of the plainest and ugliest ever built. Saw ‘Doctor Zhivago'there on the first Saturday after it opened (May 18th 1967) and it was an excellent 70mm auditorium.
Little did I know then that 18 years later I would be the Manager there. By then of course it had three screens.
abcman
what a fabulous cinema the doncaster abc was, especially as a single screen cinema. i have great memories of 70mm presentations there, in my view the best cinema in britain, in its day.
A vintage photograph of the ABC, taken on its opening day in 1967:
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The ABC Doncaster, a vintage photograph from 1978 when it was still a single screen:
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