A.B.C Cinema derelict interior

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A.B.C Cinema derelict interior

Image: © philld Taken: 14 Dec 2007

The silent, empty Wakefield A.B.C cinema will never show a film to a packed house again. Every thing is still in place since it closed 11years ago. 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. To see many more pictures and history of the cinema see here http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=265602590&blogID=339802502

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Image Location

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Latitude
53.67937
Longitude
-1.497797