Berkeley Cinema

The Kinema/Electric was on the High Street, a wooden structure that closed when this cinema opened in 1938. The Electric was retained as offices for a while, but was eventually demolished for further shops to be built. This cinema was never known as the Electric or Kinema. Locals sometimes referred to it as the ‘New Cinema’ if they were old enough to remember the Electric in the High Street (such as my Great Grandma did!)