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Gretna Cinemas
Prize Cinema
121 Central Avenue
Category
C Listed Building
![HistoricExterior](annan-etc-img/GretnaPrizeCinemaExterior.jpg)
![Int](annan-etc-img/GretnaPrizeCinemaInterior.jpg)
Archive images courtesy of
Alan J Towers.
Opened 1916 as part of the Gretna township built to service the
enormous munitions factory nearby.
![](annan-etc-img/GretnaPremiere.jpg)
Photo shows Mr Rob Towers, cinema proprietor, introducing stars
Janette Scott & Vernon Gray
at the premier of Now and Forever, c1956.
Converted to Bingo sometime after the late 1960s; bingo closed
c.2008.
The foyer areas were converted for music school use in 2015, with
the auditorium used for storage.
A rare example of a purpose built cinema opened during wartime.
Interior image on bingo courtesy of the NLS Moving Image Archive
![Copyright
SSA](annan-etc-img/Gretna_bingo_In_SSA.jpg)
Photos below from June 1985, courtesy of Paul Francis.
Some colour interior images from Bingo days on CinemaTreasures
here.
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