The Tyneside Cinema, High Friar Lane, NE1
Introduction
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Image: © Mike Quinn Taken: 22 Apr 2015
Opened as the News Theatre in 1937, the Tyneside is Newcastle's only full-time independent cultural cinema, specialising in the screening of independent and world cinema. The building is Grade II listed; the listing says that "this is the finest surviving purpose-built newsreel cinema in Britain, incorporating a rare example of a fine cinema cafe" http://list.historicengland.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1385094. Further info see the Wiki entry http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyneside_Cinema . The cinema's own website is at https://www.tynesidecinema.co.uk/ .
