Comments from Ken Roe

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Ken Roe commented about Hippodrome Picture Theatre on Mar 21, 2010 at 6:24 am

A vintage photograph of the Croydon Hippodrome Theatre c.1912:
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Ken Roe commented about Town Hall on Mar 21, 2010 at 4:15 am

Spook; Thanks for the clarification, not being a technical person myself. I quickly wrote down what I was being told by the building’s caretaker while being taken on a tour of the building.

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Ken Roe commented about Regent Theatre on Mar 16, 2010 at 7:05 am

The Regent Theatre is up for sale again as of Monday March 15 2010. It is currently used as a church.

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Ken Roe commented about ABC Fishponds on Mar 12, 2010 at 5:39 am

A vintage postcard view of the Vandyck Cinema in 1935:
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Ken Roe commented about Classic Chelsea on Feb 27, 2010 at 2:27 am

A vintage photograph of the Classic Chelsea in 1967 ‘Swinging London’:
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Ken Roe commented about ABC Eltham on Feb 27, 2010 at 2:23 am

A vintage photograph of the Palace Cinema in 1946:
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Ken Roe commented about Astor Theatre on Feb 19, 2010 at 3:01 am

The auditorium, photographed in November 2007:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ozequus/1840254401/

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Ken Roe commented about Po Hing Theatre on Feb 19, 2010 at 2:42 am

A vintage photograph of the Po Hing Theatre in 1930:
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Ken Roe commented about Rivoli Cinema on Feb 13, 2010 at 5:21 pm

A vintage photograph soon after opening in 1921:
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The auditorium in 1921:
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Ken Roe commented about Ionic Picture Theatre on Feb 13, 2010 at 5:15 pm

A vintage photograph of the auditorium, viewed from the circle in the 1960’s:
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Ken Roe commented about Lost on Feb 13, 2010 at 4:31 pm

A set of vintage photographs of the ABC Shaftesbury Avenues here:
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Ken Roe commented about ABC Wimbledon on Feb 13, 2010 at 4:24 pm

A set of vintage photographs of the Elite/ABC:
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Ken Roe commented about Naborhood Cinema on Feb 13, 2010 at 4:19 pm

A vintage photograph of the Queen’s Hall Electric Theatre, soon after its opening in 1910:
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Ken Roe commented about Studio 7 on Feb 13, 2010 at 4:15 pm

The Studio 7, photographed just after closing in January 1983:
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Eleven months later it had become Pineworld:
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Ken Roe commented about Bruce Grove Cinema on Feb 13, 2010 at 4:06 pm

The Bruce Grove Cinema, photographed in June 1983, just after closing as a bingo club:
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Ken Roe commented about New Pearl Theatre on Feb 11, 2010 at 7:36 pm

In the 1914-15 edition of Motion Picture Directory, there is a Joyland Theatre listed at 1017 3rd Avenue.

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Ken Roe commented about Winter Gardens Pavilion Theatre on Feb 10, 2010 at 7:25 pm

The second entrance to the Winter Gardens complex on Coronation Street:
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Ken Roe commented about City Cinema on Feb 10, 2010 at 2:03 pm

The entrance photographed in December 2006:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/traedmawr/338657244/

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Ken Roe commented about Plaza Cinema on Feb 10, 2010 at 1:52 pm

The empty plot of land, photographed in December 2006, after completion of demolition:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/traedmawr/338673340/

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Ken Roe commented about City Cinema on Feb 10, 2010 at 1:37 pm

A March 2009 photograph of the former City Cinema as a snooker club:
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Ken Roe commented about Winter Gardens Opera House on Feb 9, 2010 at 3:07 pm

More history, memorabilia and photographs of the Opera House here:
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Further similar information here:
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Ken Roe commented about Essoldo Caledonian Road on Feb 8, 2010 at 6:15 pm

The Essoldo Caledonian Road, photographed as a bingo club in 1967;
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Ken Roe commented about Memorial Hall Cinema on Feb 8, 2010 at 4:47 pm

The Memorial Hall photographed in 2007 by Richard Roper:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kencta/4341189035/

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Ken Roe commented about Hoyts Highpoint on Feb 8, 2010 at 2:29 pm

Foyer and ticket desks photographed in May 2008:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/adonline/2507554797/

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Ken Roe commented about Empire Cinema on Feb 8, 2010 at 10:28 am

The former Empire Cinema, photographed by Richard Roper in 2007:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kencta/4341002786/