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Odeon New Street,

thanks for pointing that out Big fella it was a freudian slip, just edit your post and it won't be out of context.

Villa Cross in the Bingo Days

Villa Cross at the arrival of sound Opened in May 1913 as the New Picture House, it was a project of Irving Bosco who went on to form Bosco’s Pictures Ltd in 1920. It was located at the main intersection of Heathfield Road, Villa Road and Lozells Road. The...

THE CROWN Icknield Port Road

I believe the address was MONUMENT ROAD Edgbaston

The BEACON Cinema

The EDGBASTON circa 1946 pic of the CROWN Ladywood on page 80, in later years it was Bill Landons bathroom centre

Hi Jayell found a couple more Clifton pics, the black & white date from about 1938, the colour ones from the mid 70s

The clifton

Jayell, some more pics of THE CLIFTON in better times.

it was THE KINGSTON that was situated at the top end of the Coventry Road, it was the sister to THE SHELDON, in fact it was identical to look at from the front, and the mistakes they made building the Kingston were remedied when the Sheldon was built, one improvement at the Sheldon was a...

Carolina to be fair I am not sure, but I think it is on the main road as you travel through Handsworth, I don't live that way and haven't been in that neighborhood for years in fact since relatives I had in Handsworth wood died many years ago.

More Pics of THE CLIFTON

More pics of THE CLIFTON

picture of THE ELITE

The ALHAMBRA Mosely Road. The interior had a Moorish Themed decor hence the name Alhambra from palaces built in Spain under the rule of the Moors

more pics of THE WARWICK

more pics of THE WARWICK

WARWICK CINEMA original interior circa 1929 The Warwick Cinema situated in Westley Road Acocks Green originally opened as a silent cinema with Noel Wimperis and the Warwick orchestra played music to accompanying the films. It was equipped with a Brenograph which projected the stars on to the...