Odeon Folkestone

24-26 Sandgate Road,
Folkestone, CT20 1DP

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ritzman
ritzman on September 3, 2014 at 8:23 am

Photo of the restaurant that preceded the building of the Astoria Cinema, Folkestone added on the photo tab

ritzman
ritzman on September 3, 2014 at 8:10 am

Oxford Terrace was at the rear of the auditorium and still is! The Astoria did not stand on a corner site as it was built into the existing terrace of commercial properties and replaced a a high class tea room & restaurant run by a Carlo Maestrani which opened on the site in 1889. The replacement Boot’s store is a pastiche of the former Astoria/Odeon with glazed tiles that look similar to the faience facade of the cinema including a canopy overhanging the entrance.

richard040560
richard040560 on September 3, 2014 at 5:02 am

I’m compiling a book of people’s memories of seeing the Stones in the 60s and would love to hear from anyone who attended the Odeon concerts.

nic1946
nic1946 on August 6, 2014 at 5:47 am

I worked at a theatre in the town in the early sixties and went to this cinema a lot, it was very stylish. I can remember being one of the follow spot operators for the Rolling Stones concert mentioned above.

Ken Roe
Ken Roe on February 17, 2011 at 5:12 am

A set of vintage photographs of the Odeon in the 1960’s:
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The Odeon photographed in November 1948, playing the Odeon release:
http://www.mawgrim.co.uk/cavalcade/folkestone2.jpg
Playing the Odeon release in March 1956:
http://www.mawgrim.co.uk/cavalcade/folkestone3.jpg
Playing the Rank release in May 1971:
http://www.mawgrim.co.uk/cavalcade/folkestone.jpg