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off my mate Dave
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remember it well bob niceone
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Great photo Bob, thanks for sharing it. :wink:

This is a photo of the inside of it. :wink:

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Cheers Joe.
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Lovely pictures Joe and Bob..can remember all the kids being excited when Odeon first opened...happy day's :)
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remember going to watch a davy crocket film in the fiftys , we all had our davy crocket hats on, long time ago-joe21
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My Dad, took me to see the Bridge over the River Kwai in the 1950s, it was called the Courmont back then. :wink: :)
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Trivia ?? when did it close
what was the last picture
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Hiya Bob, mid 70s I think.

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The last film I watched there, was the Devil rides out. That was 1970, I was home on leave, the book was better than the film though. :wink:
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It was 1975 Keith ,Joe
and the film Shampoo :D :D :D
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I remember watching the Battle of Britain there sometime around 1967, there was a half time interval, I'm sure the mayor attended. Also, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang had an interval, just as the car went over the cliff.
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Building the Gaumont - opened in 1956

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fatboyjoe90 wrote:Great photo Bob, thanks for sharing it. :wink:

This is a photo of the inside of it. :wink:

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I always sat in the middle of the First Row of the Circle, always the only one up there. Always had a great uninterrupted view of the screen. No one ever blocking my view, often had the place to myself. My little piece of Heaven and Escapism for many years. Finally left school and joined ABC as Trainee Manager, went to Carlton Green Lane for Job Interview. Got the job posted to ABC Birkenhead then Forum and Futurist & Scala with relief work at Astoria and Commodore. Left after 18 months in 1968 to join the Giro as didn't have enough time off to go to the Cinema elsewhere to watch movies.
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