Ajanta Cinema

I remember being taken to Christmas pantomimes here as a child in the early 70’s, even at a young age i recall its austere interior, a cold tiled passage to the auditorium and hard seats. As a teen i came to gigs here when it was in a right state, the bar in the former pub next door was a feast of button back leatherette and flock wallpaper. I don’t know which band finished it off but it closed after one particularly riotous gig where the seats were ripped out and thrown on stage. It sat for many years in a derelict state (when i took the two colour photos (around 1983 ish) and it was no surprise it was eventually demolished for parking for the nearby city shops