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Raising the Tooting Wurlitzer

The Granada Tooting was opened in 1931 to much fanfare and is regarded by many as the most opulent Cinema in Britain. It has a striking exterior tower enlivening an otherwise non-descript south London suburb but it is the gothic interior that takes the breath away. The icing on the cake was the provision of [...]

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The Gould Gazetteer- R

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QUEENBOROUGH Kent
ACE / QUEEN’S CINEMA / ROYAL PICTUREDOME High Street Opened 1912 – front, conversion of Georgian House. Fire 29th May 1918. Rebuilt – architect: Marshall Harvey. Reopened 15th November 1920 as Queen’s. 723 seats. Closed April 1936. Bought/re-opened October H. W. Grose. 1937 prop., A. Barnard. By 1941: (AWH) – Prop., Queenboro’ [...]

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OAKDALE
OAKDALE PICTURE HOUSE            Demolished.
 
OAKENGATES Salop
GROSVENOR CINEMA Market Street  Opened 19th November 1923 – Who Are My Parents? Built on Owen’s Field, fairground site.  Prop., Pat Collins. Architects: ?Hickton & Framer. 700 seats. Mgr. Joe Proverbs (Chester de Luxe M.D.). 1926 sold to W. G. Allbritt. (WE) – Prop., H. M. Wright. Twice nightly. Prices [...]

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The Gould Gazetteer- N

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The Gould Gazetteer- M

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