Newcastle Cinema, Nelson Place, Newcastle-under-Lyme

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Date:1913

Description:The streets are lined with people trying to catch a glimpse of King George V and Queen Mary on their way to their civic reception in the Queens Gardens.

The building in the background is Newcastle Cinema. The Theatre Royal was converted into a cinema in 1910 as the moving picture gained in popularity.


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1890s
Theatre Royal, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Theatre Royal, Newcastle-under-Lyme

The Theatre Royal was built between 1787 and 1788. In 1910 the theatre became Newcastle's ...

1910s
Ashfield Wesleyan Mission, Nelson Place, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Ashfield Wesleyan Mission, Nelson Place, Newcastle-under-Lyme

1930s
Nelson Place, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Nelson Place, Newcastle-under-Lyme

A view of Nelson Place taken from Queen's Gardens. The Gardens, seen here in the ...

1950s
Roxy Cinema, Nelson Place, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Roxy Cinema, Nelson Place, Newcastle-under-Lyme

This oil painting signed and dated by Don Dawson is dated 1958 and depicts Nelson ...

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Donor ref:PA 717 (22/26228)

Source: Brampton Museum and Art Gallery, Newcastle under Lyme

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