Granada Mansfield

dave on June 23, 2020 at 4:20 am

This was the fifth cinema designed by Alfred John Thraves.

abcman on October 10, 2010 at 1:17 pm

A ‘curtain walker’ was two people behind the curtains (tabs as they were known) who would walk backwards when the curtains opened and walk forwards when the curtains closed to guide them open & close.

Simon Overton on October 8, 2010 at 4:59 pm

Thank you for the many fascinating pictures.

I volunteered with my cousin as ‘curtain walkers’ for the early 1960’s, two Beatles Concerts, at Southampton’s Gaumont Theatre, now beautifully restored as the Mayflower.

My ears are still ringing from the screaming girls!!!