Lost Cinemas Of Aberdeen

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Belmont Filmhouse
49 Belmont Street
Aberdeen
AB10 1JS

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Div ye mind gaun tae the picters? Paying with jam jars? Saturday morning specials? Then this tour is bound to appeal! Meeting outside the old Odeon, Justice Mill Lane, which started life as one of Aberdeen's many silver screens from the age of cinema, this tour takes you on a journey into cinematic history, recalling the early days to the high point of the 40s and 50s to the sad decline of our picture palaces to leave us with only four functioning cinemas out of a previous total of around 35. We can't promise to cover them all, but the selection on the walk represents the Union St cluster of the city's picture houses, 'flechy' or otherwise!Cinemas include: ODEON/ REGENT, WEST END/ PLAYHOUSE, CAPITOL/ ELECTRIC, LA SCALA/ MAJESTIC, SAVOY, MUSIC HALL, PICTUREDROME/ CINEMA HOUSE, NEWS CINEMA/ CURZON/ COSMO2, GAUMONT/ PICTURE HOUSE, BELMONT/ NEW KINEMA/ COLLISEUM  Start point - Belmont Filmhouse, Belmont St  End point - Old Odeon, Justice Mill Lane (Now Nuffield Health Club)  Approximate length: 2 hrs Terrain mostly on pavements  Suitable for all ages

Div ye mind gaun tae the picters? Paying with jam jars? Saturday
morning specials? Then this tour is bound to appeal! Meeting outside
the old Odeon, Justice Mill Lane, which started life as one of
Aberdeen's many silver screens from the age of cinema, this tour takes
you on a journey into cinematic history, recalling the early days to
the high point of the 40s and 50s to the sad decline of our picture
palaces to leave us with only four functioning cinemas out of a
previous total of around 35. We can't promise to cover them all, but
the selection on the walk represents the Union St cluster of the
city's picture houses, 'flechy' or otherwise!Cinemas include: ODEON/
REGENT, WEST END/ PLAYHOUSE, CAPITOL/ ELECTRIC, LA SCALA/ MAJESTIC,
SAVOY, MUSIC HALL, PICTUREDROME/ CINEMA HOUSE, NEWS CINEMA/ CURZON/
COSMO2, GAUMONT/ PICTURE HOUSE, BELMONT/ NEW KINEMA/ COLLISEUM 

Start point - Belmont Filmhouse, Belmont St 

End point - Old Odeon, Justice Mill Lane (Now Nuffield Health Club) 

Approximate length: 2 hrs Terrain mostly on pavements 

Suitable for all ages