Hoyts Astra Theatre

In the early 1940s the congregation of the Drummoyne Baptist Church began to grow under the pastorate of the Rev Harold G Hercus. Hercus and the deacons decided to move over to the Astra Theatre for the evening services in an endeavour to reach more people. The theatre manager helped with the screening of the words of the hymns and all the musical part of the service was supervised and run by Hercus’s son John, while another son, Victor, played the theatre organ which had an illuminated console surround.