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RITZ Bordesly Green circa 1928

Bristol Road in its cinerama days

MOre Cinemas. The Tivoli at the Swan Yardley THE PICTURE PLAYHOUSE. This was situated in Acocks Green on the site of what is now BOOTS the chemist, it was only ever a silent cinema, and it closed when THE WARWICK CINEMA opened just further along up Westley Road, (now Warwick Bowl and...

More Cinemas 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...

more Gaiety

The Gaiety Coleshill Street

Plaza front

Palace Erdington

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The Capitol Alum Rock. If you look at the two pics of the Capitol you will see in CAPITOL 1 on the roof line you can see the pent roof of the auditorium behind the frontage, this is how the building was originally opened with an under balcony projection room. Shortly after opening the...

inside the PALLADIUM

The Clifton after the bingo pulled out and before the fire was started

Mr Izatt died in 2011

just to finish

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I have replaced these pics from a previous post that seem to have vanished

Beaufort pics

Indeed The Palace Cinema is still showing films, in fact the new season for the little film club is about to commence in a weeks time. Kind Regards Chris B. ( Interesting to know who owns the dvd that the cover in the pic is from just out of interest)

There was also a theory that the name DANILO came from from a twist to the name of the famous musical hall comedian DAN LENO, who I think was admired by Mortimer Dent founder of the Danilo circuit

Dad was a postman at Kitts Green sorting office, and for overtime he worked at Hill Street in the evening and when his shift finished he called into the Golden Eagle for a swift one before going home.