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Bristol circa 1946. Originally built by Albert Rogers who was head of The Victoria Playhouse Group, and managed by his son John Rogers.
It had a nautical theme starting outside with the large lighthouse on the top of the building, the doors were designed like the doors on a luxury liner both internally and externally, most people think that as the cinema stood on the Bristol Road this is where the the name originated from, but the name in fact was derived from the models of the BRISTOL SAILING SHIPS that were in the alcoves either side of the proscenium arch surrounding the screen, when the house lights went up the ships were illuminated with backlighting. Unfortunately because the cinema was situated so close to the city centre Mr Rogers was barred from getting first run films and so in the end the cinema was sold to ABC whose other cinema in the town centre was the Forum latter known as the ABC New Street.
The Adelphi managed by Frank Crane
The Broadway prior to modernisation and becoming the CINEPHONE also originally owned by THE VICTORIA PLAYHOUSE GROUP
The Futurist
The Oak