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Description: | This was the largest Gateshead theatre, opening in 1896 and seating 2,500. The original door can still be seen today but the rest of the building was demolished. This was one of the first buildings to have the electric light and the power was supplied direct from a gas engine. If the engine stopped, the lights went out immediately. The theatre was built on the site of Johnson’s Quay. Sydney Bacon, who was the manager from its opening went on to found the Sydney Bacon chain of cinemas. The theatre became the Scala cinema in 1919. | Format: | image/jpeg | License: | http://www.asaplive.com/Lco/Lco.cfm?ccs=629&cs=2674&Preview=1 | Publisher: | Gateshead Council | Rights holder: | Gateshead Council | Subjects: | Public Houses Cinemas | Temporal: | name=1950s; start=1950; end=1959; | Source: | iSee Gateshead | Creator: | Unknown | Identifier: | http://isee.gateshead.gov.uk/detail.php?... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | image/jpeg | Go to resource |
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