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Lyric Cinema
- Overview Map Street View "The Lyric Cinema opened on 6th January 1936 with Shirley Temple in "The Little Colonel". The building has an imposing corner location and has two entrances, …
![Palladium Cinema](/uploads/pics/46/46291.jpg)
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Palladium Cinema
- The Palladium Cinema located on Claypath in Durham opened on 18th March 1929. It was the first cinema in Durham licenced to operate on Sundays. It operated as a cenema until …
![Stoll Cinema, Westgate Road](https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2645/4085505446_5c2ec045de_z.jpg)
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Stoll Cinema, Westgate Road
- "Theatre and opera house, later cinema; now theatre. 1867 by W.B. Parnell for Cowan. Bought by Oswald Stoll and opened as cinema in 1919. Italianate front of three storeys, five …
![Wallaw](/uploads/pics/88/88401_t.jpg)
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Wallaw
- Overview Map The Wallaw Cinema on Union Street in Blyth opened on 16th November 1937 with 1,600 seats. It was designed by Percy Lindsay Browne, Son & Harding, for the …
![The Ritz, Forest Hall](http://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/04/66/71/4667187_291e1547.jpg)
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The Ritz, Forest Hall
- Overview Map Street View The 'Ritz' Bingo & Social Club in Forest Hall was originally a cinema. The Ritz cinema, with 1,062 seats, opened on the 9th November 1936 with …
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066449:Empire cinema Grainger Street West Unknown c.1926
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064166:Savoy cinema Beechgrove Road Elswick Maybury Malcolm 1997
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![Odeon Cinema (Demolished)](http://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/04/41/50/4415019_3414fb9c.jpg)
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Odeon Cinema (Demolished)
- The former Odeon Cinema on Pilgrim Street in Newcastle collapsed on the evening of 3rd April 2017, just prior to the completion of its planned demolition; luckily no one was …
![The Crown](http://s0.geograph.org.uk/photos/88/00/880006_bc741a1e.jpg)
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The Crown
- Overview Map Street View The Crown is a prominent building on the corner of Linthorpe Road and Borough Road, Middlesbrough. The building was designed by architect James Forbes, and was …
![The Orion, Westerhope](http://s0.geograph.org.uk/photos/35/98/359803_c58d7220.jpg)
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The Orion, Westerhope
- Overview Map Street View The Orion is a bingo hall and former cinema on Stamfordham Road in Westerhope. The building was originally an independent cinema known as "The Picture Palace". …
![The Olympia, Northumberland Road](https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2760/4090229249_fc59289a7e_z.jpg)
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The Olympia, Northumberland Road
- The original Olympia on Northumberland Road was a general purpose concert hall which opened in 1893. It was destroyed by a fire on the 2nd of December 1907.[1] A replacement …
![The Ritz, Wallsend](https://farm66.staticflickr.com/65535/49640518341_2a6782dbe7_z.jpg)
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The Ritz, Wallsend
- Overview Map Street View The Ritz is a public house on High Street West in Wallsend. It was originally the Ritz Cinema, which opened on the 15th of May 1939 …
![Former Grand Theatre, Cockermouth](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/photos/08/64/086483_20ec8505.jpg)
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Former Grand Theatre, Cockermouth
- Overview Map Street View The Grand Theatre on Station Road in Cockermouth opened in 1915. It was primarily used as a cinema, until it's closure in 1966. It was then …
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![Lyric Cinema](https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2632/4081939745_1846ce69a8_z.jpg)
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Lyric Cinema
- Overview Map Street View "The Lyric Cinema opened on 6th January 1936 with Shirley Temple in "The Little Colonel". The building has an imposing corner location and has two entrances, …
![Palladium Cinema](/uploads/pics/46/46291.jpg)
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Palladium Cinema
- The Palladium Cinema located on Claypath in Durham opened on 18th March 1929. It was the first cinema in Durham licenced to operate on Sundays. It operated as a cenema until …
![Stoll Cinema, Westgate Road](https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2645/4085505446_5c2ec045de_z.jpg)
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Stoll Cinema, Westgate Road
- "Theatre and opera house, later cinema; now theatre. 1867 by W.B. Parnell for Cowan. Bought by Oswald Stoll and opened as cinema in 1919. Italianate front of three storeys, five …
![Wallaw](/uploads/pics/88/88401_t.jpg)
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Wallaw
- Overview Map The Wallaw Cinema on Union Street in Blyth opened on 16th November 1937 with 1,600 seats. It was designed by Percy Lindsay Browne, Son & Harding, for the …
![The Ritz, Forest Hall](http://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/04/66/71/4667187_291e1547.jpg)
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The Ritz, Forest Hall
- Overview Map Street View The 'Ritz' Bingo & Social Club in Forest Hall was originally a cinema. The Ritz cinema, with 1,062 seats, opened on the 9th November 1936 with …
![](https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3514/4090458276_8ea6db7489_z.jpg)
from Newcastle libraries (flickr)
066449:Empire cinema Grainger Street West Unknown c.1926
Pinned by Simon Cotterill
![](https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2478/4088329173_5633dfdcb5_z.jpg)
from Newcastle libraries (flickr)
064166:Savoy cinema Beechgrove Road Elswick Maybury Malcolm 1997
Pinned by Simon Cotterill
![Odeon Cinema (Demolished)](http://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/04/41/50/4415019_3414fb9c.jpg)
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Odeon Cinema (Demolished)
- The former Odeon Cinema on Pilgrim Street in Newcastle collapsed on the evening of 3rd April 2017, just prior to the completion of its planned demolition; luckily no one was …
![The Crown](http://s0.geograph.org.uk/photos/88/00/880006_bc741a1e.jpg)
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The Crown
- Overview Map Street View The Crown is a prominent building on the corner of Linthorpe Road and Borough Road, Middlesbrough. The building was designed by architect James Forbes, and was …
![The Orion, Westerhope](http://s0.geograph.org.uk/photos/35/98/359803_c58d7220.jpg)
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The Orion, Westerhope
- Overview Map Street View The Orion is a bingo hall and former cinema on Stamfordham Road in Westerhope. The building was originally an independent cinema known as "The Picture Palace". …
![The Olympia, Northumberland Road](https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2760/4090229249_fc59289a7e_z.jpg)
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The Olympia, Northumberland Road
- The original Olympia on Northumberland Road was a general purpose concert hall which opened in 1893. It was destroyed by a fire on the 2nd of December 1907.[1] A replacement …
![The Ritz, Wallsend](https://farm66.staticflickr.com/65535/49640518341_2a6782dbe7_z.jpg)
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The Ritz, Wallsend
- Overview Map Street View The Ritz is a public house on High Street West in Wallsend. It was originally the Ritz Cinema, which opened on the 15th of May 1939 …
![Former Grand Theatre, Cockermouth](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/photos/08/64/086483_20ec8505.jpg)