Devon Cinema Gazetteer

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HARTLAND

Gone but not forgotten:        BB Cinema

During the 1930s Capt. J H Blackhurst who ran a set of mostly part time cinemas, operated a cinema at Hartland, one night a week, using Morrison sound.  The location is unknown.

Gone but not forgotten:        Cinema

J H Nicholls of 50 Ebrington Street, Plymouth operated a part time 16mm cinema at the Church Hall.  The operation was run during the late 1950s and seating was restricted to 250 in stalls and balcony.  The licence required that a store of rubbish beneath the balcony staircase be removed from the building before the licence be granted.

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