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| Abbey | 30-32, N. Richmond St | o. 1920 in former synangogue with external iron staircase. Cl. by 1933. Demolished.
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| Alhambra | 200-204, Leith Walk | o.26.12.14 with cine-variety. Arch. JM Johnston. Cinema in 1915. Cl. 8.3.58. Dem. 2.74.
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| Astoria | 10, Manse Road, Corstorphine | o. 1.1.30 by FR Graham-Yooll. Arch. TB Gibson. s. 1,228. Later sold to Kingsway Ents. Cl. 29.1.74. Dem.
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| Blue Halls / Beverley | 3, Lauriston Street | o. 1.1.30 on site of mart - fa?ade kept. s. 1,760. Renamed, 26.4.54 (cinemascope). Cl. 28.11.59. Dem. for pub.
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| Carlton | Portobello Road, Piershill | o. 23.12.35 by Ed. Cinema Properties Co. Arch. J McKissack. s. 1,400. Cl. 7.59. Dem.
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| County | 16, Wauchope Ave, Craigmillar | o. 29.8.50 as replacement for burnt-down Rio. Arch. T Bowhill Gibson. Cl. 18.10.63. Bingo.
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| Embassy | Boswall Parkway | o. 1937. Fire, 2.3.64, prompted closure. Dem. 1975 for supermarket.
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| Grand | 99, St Stephen's St. | o. 31.12.20 in old skating rink/cine-variety th./horse repository. s. 1,633. Sold to W Regent, 19??. Later sold to Green's. Cl. 25.5.60. Restaurant in 1984. Dem. after fire, 1993.
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| Lyceum | 62, Slateford Rd/Robertson Ave. | o. 8.11.26. Arch. Charles Mitchell. Sold to ABC. Cl. 1959, soon after a no-jeans policy was introduced. Bingo. Cl. after 2 fires, 1963. Dem.
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| New Electric Cinema | Shrubhill, Leith Walk | o. 1908. Later Petit Paris. Cl. c. 1912.
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| New Picture House | 56, Princes Street | o. 21.10.13 by PCT in banqueting hall of Royal Hotel. Arch. Atkinson & Alexander. s. 850. Sold to Gaumont, 2.29. Cl. 26.5.51. Sold to Allied Hotels and demolished with hotel for Marks and Spencer's.
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| North British Electric Theatre | 18, Nicolson Street | o. 1903. AKA Imperial Cinema. s. 500. Opened as Cinema House, 9.6.11. Sold to T Ormiston. Sold to Gaumont, 3.28. Cl. 24.5.30. Salvation Army Hall from c. 1940.
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| Olympia | 54, Annandale Street | o. 5.2.12 in old skating rink. s. 1,800. Cl. 1915 to become circus. Later car salesroom. Dem. Standard Life buiding on site, 1984.
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| Operetta House | 3, Chambers Strret | o. 1900 for cine-variety in old Moss theatre. Cinema by 1906. Probably cl. 23.12.39. Dem. 1951.
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| Palace | 15, Princes Street | o. 24.12.13 by PCT. Arch. RM Cameron. Cl. 5.2.55 to become part of Woolworth's.
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| Palace / Savoy / Tudor | St. Bernard's Row | o. 10.4.11 in shooting range, billiard hall, workshop etc. Soon St Bernard's Picture Palace. SCVT. Savoy from 28.3.21. s. 906. Tudor from 1960. Cl. 23.4.66. Bingo from 1970. Dem. 4.82, for flats.
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| Palladium | Fountainbridge | o. 1886 as circus/variety theatre (Cooke's Circus). Converted to cinema during silent era (1912). Cl. 8.32. Reverted to variety. Later disco. Dem.
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| Picture House | 111, Princes Street | o. 20.7.10 by PCT in older building (arch. Sir Robert Rowand Anderson, 1882-84). Arch. RM Cameron. s. c.500. Cl. 24.11.23 for shop.
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| Poole's Synod Hall | Castle Terrace | o. 1875 as theatre. Arch. J Murray Bell and FT Pilkington. UP Synod Hall from 1877. Poole's Diorama shows from 1906. Cinema from 1928. Cl. 30.10.65. Demolished, March-April, 1966.
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| Pringle's Picture Palace | 71-75, Grove Street | o. 9.11.08 by R Pringle in old mission hall/stables, built 1872. Arch. George Beattie and Sons. Cl. c.1917 to become theatre. Burned down, 4.7.21.
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| Regent | 12, Abbeymount | o.1.8.27 by FR Graham-Yooll in old Palace Brewery. Arch. T. Bowhill Gibson. s.1,700. Sold to GTC (Gaumont), 3.28. Cl. 2.5.70. Derelict in 1984.
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| Rio | Wauchope Ave, Craigmillar | o. 6.2.36 by ME Broadhurst. Arch. Linton & Grierson. s. 1,100. Sold to Paulo & Scott. Burnt down, 5.10.46.
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| Ritz | Rodney Street | o. 10.9.29 by ABC. Arch. McNair & Elder? s. 2,000. Cl. 28.11.81. Demolished, 1983. Flats.
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| Rutland / Gaumont | 4-8, Canning Street | o. 23.4.30 by Gen. Th. Corp/Gaumont. Arch. T Bowhill Gibson. s. 2,187. Renamed, 6.3.50. Cl. immediately after fire, 30.5.63. Dem., 1966
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| Salisbury | 34-42, South Clerk Street | o. 1925 in former mission hall. Cl. 1943 following fire. Used as store.
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| Salon | 4-5, Baxters Pl, Leith Walk | o. 2.10.13 Architect John Baxter, 1800. s. 800-1,000. Cl. 11.74. Now in very derelict condition.
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| Silver Cinema / Lyric | 30, Nicolson Square | o. 15.9.13. Arch. J McKissack. Renamed, 14.8.14. Cl. 28.3.31. Dem. Clydesdale Bank.
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| St Andrew's Square Cinema | Clyde Street | o. 1.1.23 by FR Graham-Yooll in old vet school of 1818 (arch. R&R Dickson). s. 1,421. Sold to Gaumont, 5.28. Destroyed by fire, 12.11.52. Dem. Now part of bus station.
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| Tivoli | 52, Gorgie Road | o. 1913 as cine-variety hall. Dem., 1933. Replaced by New Tivoli.
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| Tollcross / New Tollcross | 140, Lauriston Place | o.31.12.12 by Thomas Stewart as part of complex incl. furniture shop and billiard hall. Arch. Alan L Goodwin. Sold to Lucas's. Renovated, renamed, 16.1.43. Cl. 27.9.47. Frontage visible, 1984.
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| UCI Fort Kinnaird | Fort Kinnaird Retail Park, Newcraighall | 12 Screens. o.July 1990, closed Jan 2008, demolished June 2008
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| Waverley | 6, Infirmary Street | o. pre-1911, in old church. By 1922 it had been sold to an electrian's co. Extant in 1984. Bookshop extension on site.
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| Waverley Market | | Occaisonal film shows
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