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Newport, LINCOLN, LN1 3DQ

One-time busy hostelry on Newport http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/304615 joined the long list of closures

View of the Turks Head http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/304615 from Cecil Street

A picturesque Domestic Revival affair. It used to be the Turk's Head pub (Image]), which apparently closed in 2009, and is now apartments.

Pub sign of the now-closed Turks Head http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1300108

Now home to BBC Radio Lincolnshire, Mirror Image hair & beauty and Jackson's dry cleaners on Newport. The Radion cinema by architect W.J.King, was the last Lincoln cinema built before the war opening on March 27th 1939 with all 850 seats occupied to watch Barry K. Barnes and Valerie Hobson in 'This Man is News' and Gracie Fields in 'We’re Going to be Rich'. It closed as a cinema in July 1960 and after a spell as a supermarket, BBC Lincolnshire opened in November 1980

BBC Lincolnshire, Mirror Image salon and Jackson's dry cleaners in the former Radion Cinema on Newport. The Radion cinema by architect W.J.King, was the last Lincoln cinema built before the war opening on March 27th 1939 with all 850 seats occupied to watch Barry K. Barnes and Valerie Hobson in 'This Man is News' and Gracie Fields in 'We’re Going to be Rich'. It closed as a cinema in July 1960 and after a spell as a supermarket, BBC Lincolnshire opened in November 1980

Built on the site of Staunton House it was opened by Councillor H Wilcock JP Mayor on 27th of March 1939. The last of the inter-war cinemas to be built it was by architect W J King FRIBA. The first film was ‘We’re Going to be Rich’ starring Gracie Fields but that wasn’t going to be the case to start with as it was quickly requisitioned by the military for the duration of the war as a base for the Pioneer Corps. After the war Emery Cinema Circuit Ltd of Fylde had a lot of work to restore it, reducing capacity from 850 to 782 and making it arguably the most spacious cinema in Lincoln. A popular cinema, during the 1950s it was again fully refurbished including new projectors and sound equipment. The frontage shops may have been added in 1949. Going the way of most cinemas with the rise of TV ownership, the last film shown was ‘The Five Pennies’ starring Dany Kaye on 16th July 1960. Used in 1962 as a unit plant cleaning shop, and marking and packing depot by Clarks of Retford. It spent some time as a supermarket and then became the studios of BBC Radio Lincolnshire that launched on 11th November 1980.

The Turks Head pub http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/304615 closed in early 2009 and was converted to five apartments in 2010

Former Crown Prosecution Service offices on Newport, recently converted to student accommodation.