Annan Lonsdale
Lady Street / Moat Road
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Now split with bingo in the rear stalls, and two small cinemas -
seating 107 and 57 - in the original front stalls; accessed via the
rear of the original building. A picture of the front of the cinema - now used just for bingo access - is available here. Website for the cinema is http://www.lonsdalecitycinemas.co.uk Colour Pictures courtesy of Graham Kelly A gallery of photos from June 1986 is below, taken prior to the building being split, all courtesy of Paul Francis.
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Albert Hall
Photo taken June 1986 courtesy of Paul Francis.
Gracie's Banking / Annan Kinema / Biddles Cinema
This
was built by the Government in an attempt to reduce public spending on
alcohol in an area where the huge munitions works at Gretna was
inflating individual earnings to a unprecedented extent. Apart
from controlling the production and sale of beer in the area (which
went on until the mid-1970s), some attempt was made to offer workers'
alternative leisure activities. Now long demolished. Seated 350; open in 1913.The result was a billiards' lounge, beer hall, restaurant and bowls (or putting?) green complete with high monkey-puzzle tree. Biddells' must have bought the franchise on the new Kinema, in November 1916. "Biddall's Ghost Illusion" had previously been a popular touring cinema in the area. The site is now part of the bus station. Archive photo courtesy of Norrie Mcnamee |