Hello - everyone must be on holiday as this site has gone really quiet since my last post! Today I ascended the highest building in France, the Tour...
Hi A very interesting point. I did a search in Google for "World's highest cinema" and found nothing. Wonder if there are any cinemas high up in the mountains....
I was recently contacted by a researcher looking for information about cinemas, some of which I was able to give him, but he also had these questions that...
Yet another city centre Odeon (& former Paramount) is being assessed for its financial viability... this time its Manchester for the seemingly inevitable ...
I was pretty shocked yesterday when visiting the city of Coventry to find that the Coventry Theatre (Hippodrome) has completely disappeared. Just for interest...
The Edinburgh Fringe listings magazine is now available and gives details of the events which will be held in the former Odeon in Clerk Street. Members will...
... The preserve the Hippo sites have all died the death now. You can find the whole sorry saga at http://iccoventry.icnetwork.co.uk and search for Hippodrome....
Hello All, I'm after any history or information on the former Plaza cinema Piccadilly Circus, which I know will shortly be reopening as an Apollo - the artist ...
Coventry Hippodrome lives on today - in the detailed and accurate scale model made by CTA member Peter Lee, and covered in previous CTA bulletins...
Peter Lawley
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Jul 9, 2004 8:06 am
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... I notice the site mentions "new, purpose built multiplex cinemas in seven locations by the end of 2005". Apart from the Plaza, does anyone know where these...
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Jul 9, 2004 9:19 am
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Hi Jeremy, Thanks for pointing this sentence out - I missed it when I looked at the site. From various sources, I've noted proposed Apollo sites at...
Simpson, Dave {SATU, ...
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Jul 9, 2004 10:26 am
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... Dave - Thanks for the update. Most useful. Jeremy...
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The only cinema included in BBC2's "Restoration" series- the Memorial Hall at Newbridge, Gwent - is due to be featured in next Tuesdays (July 20) programme - 9...
The Glen cinema in Paisley, although not one of the main buildings in the series, will also apparently be featured at some point during the series - whether in...
The Glen, Paisley featured tonight (13/7/04) in the programme "Restoration Britain" which follows Restoration on BBC 4 (digital). It was an interesting feature...
Picturehouse Cinemas are opening the Olympia Cinema on Friday July 23. Situated inside the exhibition building at Olympia (entrance via Sotheby's doorway)...
... 23. ... open ... and ... And is not a new Apollo coming shortly in the West End too? - that makes two new venues for a visit in the South east! Martin...
Does anyone out there on the discussion board know when the distinctive Odeon ashtrays started to be removed and disappear from cinemas foyers? Much obliged if...
I would like to draw members attention to the BBC Restoration programme which aired last night. For those of you who don't know it's a sort of "pop Idol" for...
" Restoration" on BBC2: The Newbridge Memorial Hall and Cinema came first in the voting for Wales, and now goes forward to the final on August 8th. Well done...
The phone lines are now open to vote for the winning Restoration project, so you can all vote for the NEWBRIDGE MEMO by phoning 09011 32 22 03 as many times...
... 09011 32 ... Let's make ... Thanks for the reminder Jeremy - I did vote for Newbridge but told my next door neighbour, who has threatened to turn her...
For those that do not know the Newbridge Memorial Hall came second in Restoration tonight. Peter...
Cinema
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Just a reminder to all, that the cost of a call to any of the Restoration numbers is 50 pence, more from a mobile, so do take care and don't go too mad with...
We are pleased to have received backing, in our efforts to prevent the closure of the 1937 York Odeon cinema, from national lobby group "SAVE Britain's...
The generic homogeous multi-plex disease claims another victim this time it's the historic Manchester Odeon. The last of the traditional cinemas in the City...
It was reported in last week's "Helensburgh Advertiser" that the new owners of the La Scala cinema have applied to convert the disused building into a...
Another one going, and this one frankly I cannot believe. http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/lo/news/5029698.html I was there just a few weeks ago and thoroughly...