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Cinemas of North Tyneside now available

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PRESS RELEASE from Kate Taylor
Issued : June 2009                                                        01924-372748            kate@airtime.co.uk
North Tyneside’s 35 picture houses recalled in comprehensive history

Well-known local historian writes fourth book [...]

Posted on June 13, 2009 at 3:28 pm by admin · Permalink · One Comment
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Two Coventry reviews

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From the Coventry Evening Telegraph:
Gil Robottom’s history of Coventry cinemas
Jun 5 2009 By Jane Stirland
“GIL ROBOTTOM spent 25 years researching the history of Coventry’s cinemas, but died suddenly before his work could be published.
Determined that his efforts should not be in vain, his grieving widow, Lynne, collected all [...]

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Coventry review

REVIEWS
Coventry Picture Palaces                                                                  Gil Robottom
Coventry : the City where Cupid rubs shoulders with Godiva
As a country boy (by persuasion, anyway), I am always [...]

Posted on May 3, 2009 at 7:21 pm by admin · Permalink · Leave a comment
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Coventry book on sale- in Coventry!

(Personal buyers in Coventry can get a copy from The Herbert Museum & Art Gallery bookshop).

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Coventry book launch

The new Coventry Picture Palaces Book was publicly launched at the Herbert Art Gallery in Coventry on Saturday 21st Feb. The book has been published posthumusly by the society after the unfortunate death of Gil 
Pictured, Mercia Cinema Society Chairman Kate Taylor gives the first copy to Lynne Robottom, Gil’s Widow. Also pictured are Ian Meyrick [...]

Posted on February 23, 2009 at 6:37 pm by admin · Permalink · Leave a comment
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Coventry now on sale

Our newest book is now available to purchase and advance orders are now being shipped. Details on our Publications page

Posted on February 5, 2009 at 8:50 pm by admin · Permalink · Leave a comment
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More on Coventry

(Below is the draft Press Release and back cover)
COVENTRY PICTURE PALACES
Mercia Cinema Society, 2008. ISBN-10:  0-946406-64-2 ISBN-13:  978-0-946406-64-7 £14.50 / £12.50 (members). Available from Mercia Sales: 29 Blackbrook Court Durham Road Loughborough LE11 5UA
Before being ‘Coventrated’ on the night of 14 November 1940, the mediaeval city of Coventry was home to twenty-two cinemas, though [...]

Posted on December 11, 2008 at 7:51 pm by admin · Permalink · Leave a comment
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Coventry Picture Palaces

Here is a sneak preview of the forthcoming book cover.

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Press release- Barnsley Cinemas

Barnsley cinema history has claim to wide interest
The history of Barnsley’s picture houses has claims to a wider than purely local interest in two events in the South Yorkshire town, a hundred years apart, one tragic and the other bringing some optimism to cinema lovers.
In January 1908 sixteen children were killed in a crush when [...]

Posted on April 30, 2008 at 5:26 pm by admin · Permalink · Leave a comment
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Barnsley Cinemas

This is the latest publication from the Society- it will be sent free to all Members with Bioscope 107.
Barnsley Cinemas – Kate Taylor A5 60pp saddle-stitched. Laminated card covers. £4.95 retail

Posted on April 20, 2008 at 3:44 pm by admin · Permalink · Leave a comment
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