| Aberdeen | La Scala | 234, Union Street | Demolished |
o. 3.4.14 by La Scala Photo Playho. Co. (Aberdeen). Arch. John Ednie & Geo. Sutherland. Sold to Green's, 10.4.17. Sold to Caledonian Ths. (Brebner & Walker,Belmont & TSS etc.). Cl. 18.5.35 for buiding of Majestic.
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| Alloa | La Scala | Mill Street | Demolished |
o. 22.1.16 Alloa Th. Co. Sold to T. Ormiston, late 1920. s. 717. Sold to Gaumont, 3.28. Cl. 2.7.38. Dem. for new Gaumont
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| Arbroath | Arbroath Picture Hall / Palace | James Street | Demolished |
o. c. 9.09 in Arbroath Theatre of 1901 (former Inverbrothock Free Church). Renamed, 1910. Demolished for new Palace, 6.14.
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| Arbroath | Pavilion | Russell Street | Demolished |
o. 13.2.11 in skating rink of 1909 (part still used as rink). Rink section dismantled, 1911. Sold to W Maxwell, c. 1913. Cl. 9.14. Requisitioned by military. Demolished, late teens or early 20s.
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| Arniston (Midlothian) | Cinema | Hunterfield Road (Dundas St?) | Demolished |
In former Dundas Hall. Dem. 1970s/80s
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| Blackburn | Welfare Cinema | Bathgate Rd | Demolished |
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| Blantyre | Electric Theatre | Glasgow Road | Demolished |
o.1913. Cl.1930
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| Brechin | Melvin's Picture Palace / Brechin PP / Cassino / Empire | Scott Street | Demolished |
o. 10.9.1910 in old skating rink (wooden shed). Brechin PP from 4.1912; Cassino in 1917; Empire in 1918. Destroyed by fire, 25.3.1920.
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| Broughty Ferry | Capitol | Church Street | Demolished |
c. 1935-39.
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| Broughty Ferry | Universal / Uno | Lawrence Street | Demolished |
c. 1912-15
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| Camelon | Ritz | Main Street | Demolished |
o. mid-1938 by Camelon Picture House Co. s. 992. Destroyed by fire, 5.60.
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| Cardenden | Picturedrome / Gothenberg | 133, Station Road / Orebank Rd | Demolished |
AKA The Goth. Opened 1920s. s.400 Demolished 1984. Terracotta Frontage. Closed and derelict by the 1970s. Demolition 1984, houses on site.
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| Carluke | Alhambra | | Demolished |
A music hall converted into a cinema around WWI. Burnt down, 1935.
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| Carluke | Empire | | Demolished |
Destroyed by fire before 1937
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| Clydebank | New Cinema | | Demolished |
o. by private company near to Singer station behind tenement. Dem. early 1960s.
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| Clydebank | Palace | Kilbowie Road | Demolished |
o. as Palace of Varieties before becoming full-time cinema. Owned at some point by JB Milne. Sold with his other cinemas to SCVT, 1917. Sold to George Palmer, 1940, but destroyed in blitz before it reopened.
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| Clydebank | Pavilion | Kilbowie Road | Demolished |
s.1600
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| Coatbridge | Whifflet / Garden | (on LHS of) Newlands St, off Dundyvan Rd | Demolished |
Opened as Garden. Had a small circle. Projection room on girders external to main building. 1000 seats. Renamed Whifflet 1935. Closed 1960s.
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| Cowdenbeath | Empire | | Demolished |
o. 1899 as theatre. Arch. JD Swanston. Cine-variety from 1914. Full-time cinema from 1922. Probably not being used as a cinema in the 50s, as the Picture House is said to have had no competition after the Arcade burnt down.
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| Craigneuk | Rio Picture House | Sheildmuir Street | Demolished |
Commonly called the Bazooki. Closed shortly after WW2. 600s
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| Cupar | Regal | South Union Street | Demolished |
Purpose built cinema. REGAL CINEMA, Cupar Fife Herald News. 21 May 1977. Former cinema is being considered for auction hall (+ photo) - so had already closed. Fife Herald News. 15 Oct 1982. Report of Housing Committee re developing the cinema's site for housing (+ historical account of the building). St. Andrews Citizen. 4 Jun 1977. Article of the history of the cinema on the occasion of its sale.
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| Dalmellington | Cinema (WW1) | | Demolished |
Open as cinema during WW1.
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| Dalry | Regal | New St | Demolished |
See http://home.clara.net/douglaswmartin/Olddalry/regal.htm also http://www.dalryburnsclub.org.uk/olddalry/photos/regal.htm
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| Dalry | Victory | New St | Demolished |
600s Pictures & Variety. Opened 1920s, Destroyed by fire 1930s.
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| Dumfries | Lyceum | High Street | Demolished |
o. as cine-variety theatre, 12.12. Arch. GA Boswell. s. 1,200. Cine-variety from 1913. Dem. for new cinema, 1936.
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| Dumfries | Playhouse | Irish Street | Demolished |
o. c. 1922 in Mechanics' Hall. Soon being run by SCVT. Cl. with silent films, 1931.
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| Dundee | Britannia / Salon / Britannia Picturedrome | | Demolished |
o. 1912. Renamed Salon, 1923. Renamed Britannia Picturedrome soon afterwards. Cl. c. 1939.
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| Dundee | Casino | South Road | Demolished |
o. c. 1925. Cl. c. 1930.
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| Dundee | City Picturedrome | Rosefield Street / Milnbank Street | Demolished |
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| Dundee | Grand Theatre / New Grand Theatre | | Demolished |
o. 1912. Renamed, 1938. Cl. c. 1942.
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| Dundee | Magnet | 8 Well Road | Demolished |
c. 1912 - 1915. Later West End Palais.
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| Dundee | Regal | 22 Taylor St, Lochee | Demolished |
A short lived cinema of c. 1936-39. Later social club,
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| Dundee | St Ann St Cinema | St Ann Street | Demolished |
c. 1912-15.
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| Dundee | Wellington | 30 Wellington Street | Demolished |
1925-1936
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| Dundee | West End Picture Palace | unknown - see note | Demolished |
o. 1908 by as Newman's West End Picture Palace. Is this the same building that became West End Kinema/Shand's?
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| Dunfermline | La Scala / New Scala | Guildhall Street | Demolished |
o. 10.13 by RC Buchanan in old Clark's Music Hall of 1852. s. 850. Rebuilt further, renamed, 4.22. Destroyed by fire, 13.4.24.
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| Dunfermline | Olympia Picture Palace | High Street | Demolished |
o. 17.8.12 in old skating rink. Expanded into neighbouring buildings, 3.14. Under various owners until 10.22. May have been empty after that. Site bought by P Crerar, c. 1929. Dem. for building of Regal.
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| Dunoon | Picture House | Argyle Street | Demolished |
o. 1913. Arch. AV Gardner. 977 seats. Closed 50s/60s.
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| Duns | Regal | Easter Street | Demolished |
Conversion of church, seated around 500 in stalls and flat-fronted balcony. Foyer decorated with wood from an old ship. Closed 1962, burnt down. Houses on site, one part of stone wall may remain. Described itself as 'Berwickshire's Super Cinema' and gives the 'phone number as Duns 120. It had a cafe, a car park and programmes were continuous Monday to Friday from 5.40pm with three houses on Saturday at 2.10, 5.40 & 8.20. Programmes were for two days only - Mon & Tues, Wed & Thurs, Fri & Sat.
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| Edinburgh | Abbey | 30-32, N. Richmond St | Demolished |
o. 1920 in former synangogue with external iron staircase. Cl. by 1933. Demolished.
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| Edinburgh | New Electric Cinema | Shrubhill, Leith Walk | Demolished |
o. 1908. Later Petit Paris. Cl. c. 1912.
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| Edinburgh | Olympia | 54, Annandale Street | Demolished |
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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| Edinburgh | Operetta House | 3, Chambers Strret | Demolished |
o. 1900 for cine-variety in old Moss theatre. Cinema by 1906. Probably cl. 23.12.39. Dem. 1951.
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| Edinburgh | Pringle's Picture Palace | 71-75, Grove Street | Demolished |
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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| Edinburgh | St Andrew's Square Cinema | Clyde Street | Demolished |
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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| Edinburgh | Waverley Market | | Demolished |
Occaisonal film shows
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| Elgin | Rink / Pavilion | | Demolished |
Operating in 1910
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| Falkirk | Electric Theatre/Empire/Roxy | Silver Row | Demolished |
o.22.8.10 as Electric Th. in renovated Erskine Church by E Atkinson. s. 900. Moved to cine-variety, renamed, 1921. Renovated, renamed Roxy, 1938 (cine-variety). Cl. 1958. Dem. 1961, for hotel site.
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| Fauldhouse | Savoy / Palace | 58 Main Street | Demolished |
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| Fort William | Picture House/CB Pictures | Cameron Square | Demolished |
Town Hall of 1880 (earlier Duncansburgh Church of 1797). Converted, with early film shows. Permanent cinema from 4.13. Renamed, c. 1918. Leasee George Kay. Films probably stopped when George Kay opened the Shalee. Destroyed by fire, 14.12.74. Demolished.
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| Fort William | Shalee / Lochaber | | Demolished |
Poorly documented cinema. Owned by George Kay of Playhouse. Change of name within a year of opening. Cl. following fire, 9.26.
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| Galashiels | Pavilion Cinema | Channel Street | Demolished |
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| Glasgow | Bridgeton X Electric Th. | Olympia Street | Demolished |
o. 1910 by West of Scotland Electric Ths. Arch. George A Boswell. Leased to Green's from 1912 and renamed Picturedrome. Cl., dem. 1932.
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| Glasgow | Casino | Shawbridge St, Pollokshaws | Demolished |
o. 1911 by P McKenna. s. 300. Cl., dem. 1919
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| Glasgow | Empire Eragraph | 60, Raglan Street | Demolished |
o. 1913 by P McKenzie in North Woodside Halls. Cl. 1931.
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| Glasgow | Green's Picturedrome/Round Toll/Magnet | 41, Possil Road | Demolished |
o. 1912 by George Green Ltd. in back court. Arch. Burnet & Boston. s. 500. Leased to Round Toll Pictures Ltd and called Round Toll Cinema, 3.20 -9.31. Reopened by R Pennycook and called Magnet, 6.4.32. Cl, dem., 5.55.
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| Glasgow | Grove | 12, Breadalbane Street | Demolished |
o. 4.8.15 by James Graham in old UF Ch. Arch. AV Gardner. s. 827. Sold to P McNicol, 4.22. Cl. 18.1.32. Dance hall. Dem. ?
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| Glasgow | Maryhill Picture House | 1397, Maryhill Road | Demolished |
o. 12.14 by Maryhill Picture House Ltd. Arch. George N Beattie. s. 830. Cl., dem. 1929. Site lated used for Roxy.
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| Glasgow | Paragon | Tobago Street, Calton | Demolished |
o. 1910 by RV Singleton in former Globe Music Hall. s. 683. Cl., dem. 1920.
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| Glasgow | Possilpark Picture House / Avon | 277, Saracen Street | Demolished |
o. 1920 by James Graham. Arch. AV Gardner. s. 1,222. Sold to Glasgow & West of Scotland Cinemas, renamed, 4.4.45. Sold to CMA (Rank), 23.4.55. Cl., dem. 1960.
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| Glasgow | Pringle's Dennistoun Palladium | Hillfoot Street | Demolished |
o. 1.1.12 by Ralph Pringle in old skating rink. Arch. George Boswell. s. 1,2000. Cl. 12.21. Dance hall. Dem. 1937.
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| Glasgow | Royal | 102, Main St, Bridgeton | Demolished |
o. 7.18 by Royal Picture House Co. in back court. s. 500. Cl., dem. 3.58.
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| Glasgow | Shawlands Picture House | 1045, Pollokshaws Road | Demolished |
o. 1914 by Shawlands Cinema Ltd. Arch. Richard Henderson. s. 550. Sold to SCVT, 4.16. Cl., dem. 30.8.30.
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| Glasgow | St. James' Picture House | 112, Stirling St, Townhead | Demolished |
o. 1910 by The Douglas Picture House Co. s. 450. Cl., dem. 1947.
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| Glasgow | Star / Cosmo | 254, Garscube Road | Demolished |
o. 1912 by North Glasgow Theatre Ltd in old meeting hall. Renamed, 7.31. Cl., dem. 9.33
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| Glasgow | Star Palace | 136, Main Street, Bridgeton | Demolished |
o. 1908 by Mrs M Laird in old Bridgeton Town Hall. Arch. J & J Laird. s. 1,013. Cl., dem. 1930.
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| Glasgow | Whitevale Theatre | 845, Gallowgate | Demolished |
o. 1908 by Green's in old music hall. s. 660. Cl., dem. 1929.
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| Greenock | Argyle Theatre | Argyle Street | Demolished |
Mechanics Institute / furniture shop / pool
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| Greenock | Empire | Manse Lane | Demolished |
o. as live theatre, 16.3.03. Arch. Thomas Kennedy. Leased for cine-variety to BB Picture Co. (JJ Bennell), 3.10. Sold and changed to theatre use, 1933. Cl. 14.5.57. Furniture store. Dem. 10.68.
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| Greenock | Mechanic's Picture House | Sir Michael Street | Demolished |
Opened as a proper Picture House,in April 1920, in part of the Mechanics Institute,though films had been shown there previous to the installation of a sloping floor and other alterations.Closed 1924.Seats:400.Building destroyed in the Blitz of May 1941
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| Greenock | Victoria Picture House | Rue End Street | Demolished |
Destroyed in Blitz, May 1941.
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| Haddington | County | | Demolished |
o. 1930s by Scott's Empires (Paulo & Scott). Destroyed by fire, early 40s. Rebuilt as New County.
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| Harthill | Harthill Picture Palace | Main Street | Demolished |
Destroyed by fire, 1930.
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| Inveresk | Cinema | | Demolished |
o. 1936. Arch. J McKissack. Same as Musselburgh Regal?
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| Invergordon | Picture House / La Scala | | Demolished |
o. 3.6.15. Arch. Cowieson's. s. 400. Renamed, 1916. Destroyed by fire, 5.24. Dem.
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| Irvine | Kyle / George | Bank Street | Demolished |
o. 1939 by KR Blair. Arch. J McKissack. Sold to George Palmer, renamed, 4.46. Destroyed by fire, 2.69.
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| Irvine | Regal / George | Chapel Lane | Demolished |
o. 1922. Sold to George Palmer following loss of Embassy, c. 1969. Renamed. Compulsorily purchased for shops, early 70s.
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| Johnstone | George | | Demolished |
Dem. Now car park.
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| Kilmarnock | Electric Picture Hall | Clerk's Lane | Demolished |
o. 1.12 by A Talboys in converted church. s. 800. Sold to Caledon Electric Theatres, 1922. Leased to Mrs Talboys, 1924. Continued under the Talboys until closing, 1938. Dem shortly after. Now car park.
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| Kilmarnock | Forum | Titchfield Street | Demolished |
o. 1920 by Forum Ltd. s. 700. Sold to A Claymore, 1928. Cl. C. 1959. Dem. for supermarket.
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| Kilsyth | Playhouse | | Demolished |
cl. c. 1968. Application for change of use to bingo, 1968.
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| Kilwinning | Kingsway | Almswall Road | Demolished |
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| Kirkcaldy | St Clair Cinema | Gallatown | Demolished |
o.1913. Wooden hall, burnt down 12.12.14.
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| Kirkintilloch | Picture House / Pavilion | Oxford Street | Demolished |
Part of Ormiston Circuit. O.1914. s. 1,000. Taken over by Gaumont, 3.28. Cl. c.1943. Re-opened c.1945 by independent. s. 825. Cl.29.7.61. Bingo
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| Leith | Cinema House / Empire | Tolbooth Wynd | Demolished |
o. 14.4.13. Cl and empty at some point. Reopened and renamed, 31.12.17. Cl. c.1930. Extant?
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| Leith | Laurie (St)/Leith Picture House/Alison. | 6, Laurie Street | Demolished |
o. 27.5.11 in old grocer's shop. s. 400. Renamed Leith Picture House, 1912-31; Laurie Picture House, 31-34; Leith Picture House, 34-44; Alison, 1944. Cl. 7.10.46.
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| Leith | Magnet (Kinema) | Parliament Street | Demolished |
o. 1912 by Codona's. Metal shed, s. 200. Seems to have been short-lived.
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| Glasgow | Avion | Thornliebank Road / Lochiel Road | Demolished |
1920s, closed by 1960. Dem for Avion pub, 1964
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| Mauchlin | Abbey Cinema | | Demolished |
Open before 1949. Closed 1963. Was converted for scope. Conversion of church.
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| Mauchlin | Picture House | | Demolished |
Demolished.
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| Maybole | Carrick Cinema House | Culzean Road | Demolished |
o. 1912. By Mr Biddle. Wooden hut. Cl, dem., 1938 when replacement opened.
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| Montrose | Empire / New Empire | Castle Street | Demolished |
1920s - mid-30s. Perhaps never went over to sound.
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| Motherwell | Alhambra | Barrie Street | Demolished |
Former variety theatre. Full-time cinema from c. 1910. Dem. following fire, 1934. Replaced by New Cinema.
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| Muirkirk | Picture House | Main Street | Demolished |
Temperance hall built and opened in 1888. By the early 1900?s it was the centre of entertainment in the town which it also served as magic lantern show / cinema.
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| Muirkirk | Regal | Main Street | Demolished |
Started life as Dundas Church in Main Street Muirkirk. The building was reopened in 1917 as Dundas Hall and used for various entertainment, as the Temperance hall had closed in 1912. Dundas Hall closed its doors for good in 1937 after the dance crazed years of the 20?s and 30?s the building was once again refurbished.Rebuilt with a complete new fa?ade was converted to cinema
Its 200-seat capacity was just about right for the town. The Regal Stood next to the Co-op in Main Street not that far away from the other cinema The Picture House.
It only was open as a cinema for a short time when in early 1939 it went up in flames. (Smouldering Nitrate film???) Although the building was totally gutted in the fire it was completely repaired and reopened later in 1939. A ?talkie? cinema from opening till the end and with Cinemascope added in its twilight years.
The REGAL remained in service until 1961 when it too succumbs to falling audiences. Sadly, and again in 1972, the building was demolished the site it stood on is now the co-op car park.
Information courtesy John Millin
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| Musselburgh | Central | Mall Avenue | Demolished |
Operating in WWII. Dem. for extention to bus depot, o. 4.62.
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| Musselburgh | Logan's Picture House | New Street | Demolished |
Destroyed by fire, 1921.
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| Musselburgh | Regal | Dalrymple Loan | Demolished |
Operating during WWII. Musselburgh's largest cinema and the last to close.
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| New Cumnock | Barn / Afton | | Demolished |
Corrugated iron structure. Arch. J Jeffrey Waddell. Image here: http://www.newcumnock.net/images/patmaryweb/aftoncinema.jpg
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| New Cumnock | Castle Picture House / Regal / Biddel's Regal | The Castle | Demolished |
o.1921, built by local tradesmen, Richard Kennedy for brickwork and joiner work by William Baird. Demolished 1960s except for projection booth, which survived until the late 1990s. http://www.newcumnock.net/images/castle/castle60.jpg
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| North Berwick | Empire | 83-87, High Street | Demolished |
o. 1920s by Scott's Empires in former Forester's Hall. Demolished for Playhouse.
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| Paisley | Bank Street Hall | Bank Street | Demolished |
o. c. 1909. Cl. c. 1915.
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| Perth | Electric Cinema / Alexandra Pictures | Alexandra Street | Demolished |
o. c. 1911/12. Cl. soon afterwards. Tin shed; run by Dundee-based Robert Pennycook.
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| Perth | Empire Picture House / King's | 55, South Methven St | Demolished |
o. c. 1910 by Pennycook. Remodelled and renamed, 7.14. s. 500. Destroyed by fire within five weeks.
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| Peterhead | Aubrey's | Marischal Street | Demolished |
Formerly the Music Hall. Burnt down, 12.36.
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| Port Glasgow | Palace / Eclipse | Scarlow Street | Demolished |
Early cinema (1914), replaced by Plaza
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| Prestonpans | Biddalls PH | | Demolished |
380s
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| Rosyth | Cinema House | | Demolished |
An early permanent cinema of the early twenties, likely to have been a tin hut.
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| Rothesay | Cinema De Luxe | Store Lane | Demolished |
Later blacksmith's and betting shop. Dem. following fire, early 80s.
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| Saltcoats | Pavilion | Seafront | Demolished |
Demolished. Replaced in mid-2000
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| Stirling | Kinema / Plaza | Orchard Place | Demolished |
o. 1917 in purpose-built hall by Menzies bros. Refurbished, renamed in 1930s, s. 600. Used by army in WWII. Ballroom from 1946, then bingo in 60s, then GPO from mid-70s. Destroyed by fire, 12.77.
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| Stonehaven | Queen's | 88-98, Allardice Street | Demolished |
o. 19.7.13 by Aberdeen syndicate. Cl. dem. 5.36 for new Picture House. Site now Bruce Court.
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| Troon | Pavilion | Templehill | Demolished |
Round the corner from the 'George'; same owners as Picture House, Darvel.
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| Uddingston | Pavilion | Spindlehow Road / Crofthead Street | Demolished |
744 seats. O.1921. 'Picturesque, in the Oriental style'. Extended 1925. Closed mid 50s.
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| Uphall | Cinema House | | Demolished |
o. 1912 in former public hall. Dem. 1974.
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| West Calder | People's Palace | | Demolished |
Built as concert hall, 1885. Arch. JG Fairley. Cinema for some time. Bought by rivals, Regal Th. Co. and cl. soon after in 1947 due to dangerous roof. Dem. 19??
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| Whitburn | Picture House | | Demolished |
500s
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| Largs | Curlinghall Hotel | Mackerston | Demolished |
Hotel bought by owners of next door Barra House, Broomfields & turned into hotel & conference facility. Refurbished to include a cinema in 1953, advert in 1965 mentioned 'Cinemascope film shows'. Dem. early 1980s. http://www.largsandmillportnews.com/news/history/articles/2009/04/23/386755-ballroom-dancing-in-largs/
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