Odeon Rochester
Star Hill and High Street,
Rochester,
ME1
Star Hill and High Street,
Rochester,
ME1
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When I first discovered the Odeon, the auditorium was quite dull but the projection and sound were excellent. The 70 mm showing of the Sound of Music was superb and could not have been improved upon.
this Compton organ was brought to holland and installed in Middelburg. My wife and I took thee organ out the concert hall there and installed it in the street organ museum in Haarlem. I visit the old peoples flats in 2006 and some of the people remembered the old cinema and the organ. They were very happy that I had a cd of Len Rawle playing the compton with me. We played a few tracks and that brought back happy moment for the ‘oldies’.
This page has some interior pictures and more about the Compton organ (scroll down a bit): http://www.comptonhaarlem.nl/engels/history.htm
A vintage photograph of the Majestic Cinema in around 1949:
http://www.mawgrim.co.uk/cavalcade/rochester1.jpg
Photographed as the Gaumont in the mid-1950’s:
http://www.mawgrim.co.uk/cavalcade/rochester.jpg