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The new theatre was built by John D. Grant, a local builder who later became the mayor of New Glasgow. [3] Constructed of brick with three stories, the theatre included a marquee and two large display windows promoting current and coming attractions. The first owner was Henry (Harry) MacNeil. The theatre was renovated and updated for sound in 1929.
The original Bedford Cinema was destroyed by a fire in March 1932. The cinema's owner, Bernard Frutin, immediately commissioned a replacement. The New Bedford was designed by Lennox and McMath [2] and was built by Mr A.B. King. The newly built cinema was opened on 26 December 1932. Bernard Frutin sold the cinema to George Green in 1936.
The theatre's new name was announced as The Beacon Arts Centre on 25 November 2010, when the Patron of Greenock Arts Guild, HRH The Earl of Wessex, visited the Custom House in the week before construction work started. The name was chosen as the new theatre would be near a 19th-century ornamental cast iron clock tower with lantern in front of ...
This is a list of tallest buildings in Glasgow which are at least 40m (131ft) in height in the largest city in Scotland. The current tallest structure, at 127 metres (417 ft), is the Glasgow Tower within the Glasgow Science Centre. The city's Cineworld building is currently the tallest cinema building in the world. [1]
The first UK location opened in New Brighton in 2011 [4], and as of 2024, the company operates 13 venues across the country, with plans for further expansion. The cinema chain made national headlines in 2015, when they successfully raised the £5.2 million needed to purchase a nine-screen multiplex in Cambridge from rival company Cineworld. [2]
One of the former Odeon cinemas in Leeds, pictured in May 1980.This is now a Sports Direct branch.. Odeon Cinemas was created in 1928 by Oscar Deutsch.Odeon publicists liked to claim that the name of the cinemas was derived from his motto, "Oscar Deutsch Entertains Our Nation", [5] but it had been used for cinemas in France and Italy in the 1920s, and the word is actually Ancient Greek ...
Glasgow Film Theatre; Govanhill Picture House; ... New Bedford Cinema; V. Vogue Cinema Possilpark This page was last edited on 30 November 2020, at 12:45 ...
The Centre for Contemporary Arts (CCA) is an arts centre in Glasgow, Scotland. Its programme includes contemporary art exhibitions, cinema, live music, book launches, festivals, spoken word and performance. The CCA also commissions new work from artists.