Anlaby Road, Kingston upon Hull
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Anlaby Road, Kingston upon Hull
Image: © Bernard Sharp Taken: 23 Mar 2014
At the junction with Parkfield Drive, the former Carlton Theatre, Anlaby Road, good and rare surviving example of a prominent suburban cinema, opened 9 September 1928. Designed by Blackmore & Sykes. Notable for its Art Deco details, great arched front with first floor balcony, shallow triangular pediment above topped by a globe, and entrances in great rounded three-storey bays to either side. Used as a cinema until 1967, thereafter Mecca bingo. Now vacant.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.743825
Longitude
-0.381177