Bioscope
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Mercia Bioscope
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Bioscope is the quarterly periodical of the Society, sent free to all Members. The cover images shown are clickable for a larger copy. A list contents of earlier issues are shown HERE
(This page is no longer updated with individual details as they are posted up as they are published. Details of current issues can be found by searching for the Bioscope tag).
Bioscope 106 has now been despatched- see HERE
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Bioscope 105 has now been distributed.
105 Contents -
Craven and beyond / Hexham Forum at 70 / AGM notice / The Brae cinema 13
Home cinema / Cinema advertising costs – 2 / Reviews – Oxfordshire cinemas / Dublin Cinemas / Obituary – Len Davies / Letters / Notes & Queries 34
You can download an adobe Acrobat version of the cover Here.
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Issue 104 (August 2007) has now been distributed.
Contents:
Granada Management – 4 Slough / Snapshots from a projectionist’s life – 3 Crosby Plaza / Some cinema advertising costs – 1 / Review – From Grand to Grove / Letters / Notes & Queries
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Issue 103 (May 2007) has now been distributed.
Contents:
A Projectionist’s Life – part 2 / Kippax Alhambra / Piccadilly Sparkbrook Birmingham / Leicester cinemas CTA photo-shoot / Memories of the Plaza, Fitzwilliam / R. S. Theatres circuit recalled / Review – Theatres and cinemas of the Wakefield area / Letters / Notes & Queries
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Issue 102 has now been distributed.
Contents:
Early cinema in Crowle / Ormskirk Pavilion memories / Granada management / Carlisle Lonsdale – brief history / Anatomy of a super-cinema / Review – Essoldo / Letters / Notes & Queries
Cover: Ormskirk Pavilion façade – December 1989 at closing. From the Charles Morris Collection
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Issue 101 has now been distributed.
Bioscope 101 contents -
Granada management – 2 1
Leonard Clegg 13
Essoldo circuit book 19
A Projectionist’s life – 1 20
Leslie Kemp: cinema architect 25
LNWR Cinema coach 29
AGM Notice & Nov 1946 ads 32
Review – York Cinemas 33
Letters 35
Notes & Queries 36
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ISSUE 100 has now been distributed.
Contents -
Granada management – 1 / From Box to Box / Re-opening the Belper Ritz / Biggleswade cinemas / Kate Taylor F.S.A. / A Classic Tale – 3 / Sidney Bacon circuit / Brighton & Hove / Review – Croydon Cinemas / Letter / Notes & Queries
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ISSUE 99 Contents.
Contents: Shirebrook Cinemas / Bill Derek – musician & manager / Reigate & Redhill / Halifax Cinemas VII – concluded / Review – Boston & Spalding Entertainment… / Letters / Notes& Queries
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ISSUE 98 Contents-
A Lincoln Rewind Boy / First with the Flicks? / Can you hear the ticking? / Talking of Cinemas / A Classic Tale – 2 / Halifax Cinemas – VI / Review – Theatres & Mus Halls / Letters / Notes & Queries Feb 06
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ISSUE 97 WAS OUR 25TH ANNIVERSARY ISSUE and featured several colour articles
Bioscope 97 contents:
Reels of Fareham / Douglas Grand reconstruction / Go for a Burton? /
Festival Cinema / Halifax Cinemas V / Dalston Rio / A Classic Tale / Cinema
Management Today / Our Northern Morris / NAUGHTY (but nice!) / Reviews –
Dumb Show and Noise – Cinemas of Newcastle – Leeds Cinemas / Letters / Notes
& Queries
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Issue 96 Contents:
Cinerama in Birmingham / Some cinemas of Harold S. Scott / Halifax halls / Bury cinemas / Exmouth cinemas / Mr Bell and Mr Howell / Not a Riddle or a Secret / Obituary: Ralph Aspland Howden / Reviews – Odeon 2: – The Everlasting Picture Show / Letters / Notes & Queries
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Here is issue 95 cover and back page, delivered May 2005.
Lyme Regis’s Cinemas / Northamptonshire projection / Cinema, Polperro /
The Empire, Moorthorpe 11An usherette’s routine / Ashton-under-Lyne Empire /
A History of Television – 2 / Obituaries – Arthur Northover & Tony Moss /
Review – Poole’s Myrioramas / Letters Notes & Queries Issue 95, May 05
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Here is issue 94 cover and back page, delivered February 2005.
A.G.M. 2004 Stockport Plaza minutes / Northampton’s NEW Super! (Savoy) /
How Moss’ Empires worked / Cinema in Braintree / A. B. King – Scots cinema
owner / A history of Television – 1/ Letters Issue 94, Feb 05
Click here to download a pdf copy of the frontispiece (Acrobat Reader required)
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Here is issue 93 cover, delivered during November 2004.
Contents:
Cinemas of Trowbridge – 2
Portland’s cinema history 9
The ODNB & cinema 17
Welwyn Campus West 19
Army Kinematograph Service 22
Cinderford Palace 25
Ta to Q3 28
Review – ‘The Travelling Cinematograph Show’ 30
Letters / Notes & Queries 31
Kilburn Envoy / Classic photos 36
Here is issue 92 cover, despatched to Members during August 2004.
Contents -
Trowbridge cinemas
The Twilight of Variety
Editorial
Kate’s North-East tour
Some Worcester cinemas
Kine Weekly indexing
Reviews
Letters
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Issue 91 was despatched during May 2004
Contents: 28 years in the Trade/ Cinema Plant in the 30s / Pictures in Swalwell / Bridport’s cinema history/ Poplar Pavilion 1912 – 1990 / Letters/ Chesters’ 3 Super-Cinemas
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February 2004 Issue 90 Contents:
60 Years of projection / Bi-unials and Diesels / P.C.T. The first National chain / Also full supporting programme / The Curzon, Earlstown / 1954 – Fifty Years On / A.G.M. Odeon Leicester Sq. / Review – Brighton and Hove Cinemas / Letters / Notes & Queries
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November 2003 Issue No. 89 Contents:
Electra Cinema Newport Pagnell 1 George Benjamin Aspland Howden 27
Red, Green and Blue 4 Birmingham Alexandra Theatre 31
Nottingham Odeon / Ritz 14 Review – Hearing the Light 32
Frodsham Grand & Rhyl 19 Letters 33
Pudsey Picture memories 23 Notes & Queries 35
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August 2003 issue 88 Contents:
Blisworth’s Scala Cinema / Cecil Hepworth- Film pioneer / Newcastle Paramount Part 2 /
Halifax cinemas – part 3 / Review- Picture Palaces of Liverpool / Letter – Korda’s films and Denham /
Notes & queries / Cinema News / Colour supplement
Click here to download a pdf copy of the frontispiece (Acrobat Reader required)
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May 2003 Issue 87 Contents:
Sutton-in-Ashfield memories / Palace Cinema, Knottingley / Edwinstowe, Major Cinema /
Lime Street Futurist / Madam Tussaud’s Cinema / Review – The History of Leicester Cinemas /
Northants. mobile bills 1953 / Letter / Don Currie’s private cinema / Notes & Queries /
Newcastle Paramount 1 / Cinema news / colour supplement
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