Dramatic Fall of the Big Screen

Evening Chronicle › May 26, 2004

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Summary

Cinemas were closing left, right and centre ( 1,200 during the 1950s alone.

Newcastle picture houses such as the Lop, the Gem, the Grainger, plus the oldest one in town, the Olympia, were all going to the wall, all because of the new enemy, the small screen, TV.

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Dramatic Fall of the Big Screen

Gateshead had a couple of cinemas, including the Rex, closing, and the Corona at Felling,...

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