Kings Cinema

W. Bromwich Ringway,
West Bromwich, B70 7NN

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Peter Lea
Peter Lea on July 8, 2017 at 6:49 am

Ahh Yes Mike Blakemore Albert Timmings it all comes flooding back now

Mike_Blakemore
Mike_Blakemore on May 15, 2015 at 1:04 pm

Albert Timmins if my memory is right, Was 2nd at the ABC West Bromwich when I did cover their for Ray Adams.

Peter Lea
Peter Lea on May 15, 2015 at 11:57 am

I remember re seating the number 1 and number 2 auditoriums for Paul Jervis in 2001 with seat that came from the closed UCI Bayswater. The manager then was a guy called Albert who also showed the films.

Mike_Blakemore
Mike_Blakemore on January 16, 2015 at 6:53 pm

Frank Crane worked for us at the Penn Cinema Wolverhampton Prior to this and funny enough Gary went on to work at the Apollo (Regal) Leamington Spa. which used to be Ours..

Matt Harris
Matt Harris on January 16, 2015 at 2:07 pm

I have uploaded some photos that were kindly provided to me by Gary Stevens who was the General Manager between 1986 and 1991.

Other information provided:

The cinema only had two general managers in its lifetime:
* Frank Crane – 1975-1986
* Gary Stevens – 1986-1991

Paul Jervis, the youngest but one son of Miles Jervis, then took the reins running the cinema from 1991 until its closure in 2002.

On the closure: The cinema faced increasing competition from the Showcase Cinema that opened off Burnt Tree Island in Dudley and the night-time dynamics of West Bromwich Town Centre changed – the town being almost deserted after 6pm. The High Street/Bus Station works overrunning also did not help matters.

After Miles Jervis retired, the business was passed to Paul Jervis who continues in the cinema industry today.

Thanks once again to Gary for the photos and information.

Matt Harris
Matt Harris on January 13, 2015 at 11:23 am

Looks like some great extra information has been added to my original submission – Thanks to whoever added the screen capacities, first and last films!

Mike_Blakemore
Mike_Blakemore on January 13, 2015 at 10:54 am

The Interiors of the Complex including the attached Nightclub was a design build carred out by Modernisiation Ltd., I was going to be the General Manager of the Cinemas. and visited the project regular. Which including studying the plans.. and the updates. etc I decided to stay with B T Davis Circuit.. Money was better..