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Tag Archives: Picture_House
Threat to our Art Deco cinema – public meeting on 11th July
The public meeting was well-supported and very constructive, but the committee it elected folded a few weeks later. There is still a group on Facebook to continue in attempts to save the building, but only the facade is in the … Continue reading
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High Street No. 242, Picture House Cinema – Heritage Buildings
Opened on the 21st December 1936, it is one of Odeon’s original “Oscar Deutsch Odeon” cinemas, in Art Deco style, by George Coles. It seated 1,492 in the main auditorium; with 1,018 in the stalls and 474 in the circle. … Continue reading
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Picturehouse is new home for rescued Art Deco Screens
“Look out in the new Picturehouse Cafe for the Art Deco screens from the former Co-op in Widmore Road.
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