Tyne and Wear HER(12845): Westerhope, Stamfordham Road, Picture Palace (Orion)

Tyne and Wear HER(12845): Westerhope, Stamfordham Road, Picture Palace (Orion) Unknown license check permission to reuse

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"Opened in August 1912. Designed by Lemington architect H.F. Burrows. The owner was Samuel R. Piper, former deputy at North Walbottle Colliery. The cinema was basic - it had 434 stalls and a tiny balcony seating 16. Piper died in 1927 and the cinema was taken over by his son Robert, then Mary Ann Piper. The balcony was enlarged and a small shop and rewind room added. Percy Longhorn, a cinema sound engineer, took over in 1932 and installed an Electrocord sound system. From 1938 Leslie Longhorn and his wife ran the cinema....."
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Link: http://www.twsitelines.info/SMR/12845
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Added by: Simon Cotterill
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