A.B.C cinema collapse
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A.B.C cinema collapse
Image: © philld Taken: 12 Jul 2008
A late night in Wakefield and the abandoned A.B.C cinema interior captured showing the state of the collapsed stalls under floodwater. Wakefield Cathedral had just chimed midnight and the stressed out pigeons had settled down for the night. Total silence in this once action packed cinema. The ABC Regal cinema, also known as the Cannon, which was closed in 1997. It opened in 1936, and was designed by ABC staff architect William R Glen III - it was one of his first designs. For more pictures and history see here http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=265602590&blogID=339802502
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Image Location
Latitude
53.679281
Longitude
-1.497949