Description:A view of the Odeon Cinema on the corner of the Green and Newport Road, which was opened by the Earl and Countess of Shrewsbury in 1936. The opening gala was concluded with a showing of Charlie Chaplin's 'Modern Times'.
The cinema was sold in 1981 and it became The Astra, but now belongs to Apollo Cinemas.
The films advertised as showing when this photograph was taken were 'Escape to Witch Mountain' and 'The Castaway Cowboy'. Showing the following week was 'Flesh Gordon'.