Adelphi Cinema

Decopalacefan on May 25, 2017 at 4:40 am

In 1937 Llanelli already had 4 cinemas, so the Adelphi situated just 4 miles away in a minor town was a brave venture. When it opened the management claimed it to be the ‘most modern cinema’ and ‘unequalled in the whole of South Wales.’ Unfortunately for them, they could not have anticipated that during their construction phase, Oscar Deutsch had decided to come west and build a 1,450 seat ‘Super Cinema’ in Llanelli.

The Odeon opened 8 months after the Adelphi and the latter was to be the first competing cinema to feel the squeeze. One by one, the competition closed until by the mid 70’s only the Odeon or ‘Classic Cinema’ as it was then called, remained.