Former cinema
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Former cinema
Image: © Jonathan Wilkins Taken: 27 Feb 2022
The Picture Playhouse cinema, to a design by Sidney Colwyn Foulkes opened in 1914 and survived with various modifications to install sound and a Cinemascope screen until 1974 when it was closed and purchased by the Co-Op for a supermarket. In the 1930s the cinema was used by George E. Mellor as a studio to produce silent movies under the name Rhos Amateur Film Productions. Mellor was a founder member of the nearby cricket club, and in his later years produced model railway equipment under the name GEM.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.310076
Longitude
-3.740229