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Visit www.scottishcinemas.org for 1000s of current & archive pictures of 100s of cinemas across Scotland. Run by @GordonBarr.scot and @garypainter74.bksy.social since 2001.

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ScottishCinemas.org @scottishcinemas.org · 27/09/2026
25 years after we started online, have a look at our new look modern website! Now with maps, images, better search & mobile friendly. Still lots of ulpdate & fixes to do, but it’s now a lot easier to for us to update things than before, let us know what’s wrong/missing! scottishcinemas.org
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ScottishCinemas.org @scottishcinemas.org · 29/08/2026
This talk for Doors Open Days is now sold out!
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Gordon Barr @gordonbarr.scot · 29/08/2026
Having to wear hard hats today while we gave a @ScottishCinemas.org talk was a first for us! Little did we know after our first visit to photograph the Broadway Prestwick in 2005 that we’d be back more than 20 years later to see real film projected on its big screen once again! Go visit!
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ScottishCinemas.org @scottishcinemas.org · 11/08/2026
Sad news for the Cat B listed former King’s Theatre/ABC Cinema in Kirkcaldy. “£1.5million funding to start demolition of Kirkcaldy’s ABC Cinema” www.fifetoday.co.uk/news/politic...
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£1.5million funding to start demolition of Kirkcaldy’s ABC Cinema
Major funding has been secured to demolish Kirkcaldy’s ABC Cinema.
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ScottishCinemas.org @scottishcinemas.org · 11/08/2026
For Doors Open Days join us taking a virtual stroll up Sauchiehall Street for an updated talk on Glasgow’s cinema building history! Join Gordon Barr & Gary Painter Live (in front of) the big screen GFT, 12 Rose Street, G3 6RB Sat 19 Sept @ 10am
Book free tickets: tinyurl.com/SauchieCinemas
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ScottishCinemas.org @scottishcinemas.org · 05/08/2026
Camels, Monkeys & Prancing Deer: A talk on Scotland’s Exotic Cinema Building History! Live (in front of) the big screen at The Broadway Cinema, 80 Main St, Prestwick KA9 1PA Sat 29 August @ 12.30pm Tickets £10 All proceeds go towards the Broadway restoration fund. tinyurl.com/PrestwickTalk
Poster for a cinema talk featuring camels, monkeys and prancing deer with cinema neon text.
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Heather Clark @heatherjc.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
So lucky to get into the Kings Theatre for the first time since its 4 year refurbishment. It's looking beautiful. Quite lovely to see the plaque for Councillor Val Waller.
Photo of interior of theatre from up highPhoto of plaque in memory of Cllr Valerie Walker Photo of peacock doors
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Lost Glasgow @lostglasgow.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Happy 80th birthday to Glasgow-born screenwriter/film director, Bill Forsyth. Here he is, making a hand impression in wet cement, outside the city's Grosvenor Cinema. Pic: Daily Record
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This Is My Glasgow @thisismyglasgow.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
The Art Deco former Odeon Cinema on Renfield Street in Glasgow. Designed by Verity and Beverley, it opened in 1934 as the Paramount with a seating capacity of 2,800. #glasgow #architecture #architecturephotography #cinema #artdeco
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The Belmont Cinema @belmontcinema.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
We are delighted that planning permission for The Belmont Cinema has been formally approved by Aberdeen City Council 🧡 More information here: belmontcinema.co.uk/latest/plann...
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Andy Arthur💃🏰⚓🦌 Threadinburgh 🧵 @threadinburgh.scot · 06/07/2026
The La Scala and the Classic were different guises of the same cinema. A remarkable survivor, a recent planning application for this long-vacant building… threadinburgh.scot/2026/07/06/the-s…
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The Sally Army, the “Scabby Lala” and X-Rated in the City: the thread about the La Scala Electric Theatre
The La Scala and the Classic were different guises of the same cinema. A remarkable survivor, a recent planning application for this long-vacant building provides an excuse to reflect on its surprisingly long, interesting history: at times pioneering, at times pious and at times seedy.
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Gordon Barr @gordonbarr.scot · 24/06/2026
Tonight!* A Special Presentation - For One Night Only! Glasgow’s Cinema Experiment! A @westfest.bsky.social illustrated heritage lecture about the history of cinema buildings including Glasgow’s Wonder Cinema! Kelvin Hall, 7pm, Free & unticketed *if you’re seeing this on Weds 24th
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Gordon Barr @gordonbarr.scot · 16/06/2026
I want ‘U’ in to hear about Glasgow’s Cinema Experiment in a newly updated, fully illustrated @scottishcinemas.org heritage talk - part of this year’s @westfest.bsky.social Heritage Talks - at the Kelvin Hall Lecture Theatre on Weds 24th June at 7pm. Free & Unticketed! westfest.uk/event/herita...
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Gordon Barr @gordonbarr.scot · 21/05/2026
Glasgow folks! Come see me giving a brand new (*) heritage lecture on Glasgow’s Cinema Experiment at 7pm on 24th June at the Kelvin Hall - absolutely free and unticketed as part of WestFest 2026. (*) Contains approximately 7% new material compared to previous talks. westfest.uk/event/herita...
WESTFEST 2026 PRESENTS
IN ASSOCIATION WITH FRIENDS OF GLASGOW WEST
A SCOTTISHCINEMAS.ORG PRODUCTION
GLASGOWS
CINEMA
EXPERIMENT
AN ILLUSTRATED HERITAGE TALK ON
GLASGOW'S PAST, PRESENT AND POSSIBLE CINEMA BUILDINGS
24TH JUNE @7:00PM
KELVIN HALL LECTURE THEATRE
STARTS 7PM | DOORS 6.45PM | FREE ENTRY ARRIVE EARLY TO BE SURE OF A SEAT!
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ScottishCinemas.org @scottishcinemas.org · 19/02/2026
Bruce Peter gave a talk on Art Deco Cinemas this evening as a precursor the silent film festival Hippfest which takes place at the Bo'ness Hippodrome next month - if you didn't catch it live, it's available to watch anytime on YouTube here: youtu.be/-K1cziQ_Fj8
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Art Deco Cinema Architecture
YouTube video by Falkirk Leisure and Culture
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David Cairns @dcairns.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
#childhoodcinema The Odeon, Clerk Street, Edinburgh, then and now.
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scruss @scruss.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
What was your #childhoodcinema ? ABC Muirend, aka The Toledo (1933–2001). Designed to look like a Spanish courtyard. Fairly decrepit by the 1970s. Memories of watery Kia-Ora orange drink, "Pearl & Dean presents" and badly-pronounced ads for "Anderson's of Newton Meerns" 1/5
frontage of a cinema with three doors and complicated architectural details meant to make it look Spanish
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James Dempster @cocktaillion.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
What was your #childhoodcinema Odeon, Aberdeen (mainly).
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The Craggus @thecraggus.com · 09/01/2026
What was your #childhoodcinema ABC, Dundee
ABC cinema circa 1971ABC cinema, DundeeABC Cinema, Dundee on its 25th Anniversary in 1984The queue to see Jurassic Park in 1993.
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Graham Meikle @meikle.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
What was your #childhoodcinema ? The George in Portobello, Edinburgh. They let me and my pals in to see the then-X-rated 'Enter the Dragon' in 1973 – we were eight. Good times
The George cinema in Bath Street, Portobello, early 70s
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Moray @moraynewlands.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
Elgin Playhouse. Many an 80s classic in here (ET, Ghostbusters, Rambo) and bizarrely, due to a lack of any babysitter, the Life of Brian (try understanding that when you’re 7). The picture is how I remember it.
Inside of Elgin Playhouse auditorium, with stage, screen and fancy curtains.
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Melony Klein @melonyklein.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
Glasgow Odeon on Renfield St. First picture house I ever went to. Saw first three Star Wars movies here (ROTJ on release day straight after school), Superman 1 and 2, and Ghostbusters too. The stuff of childhood myth making. #ChildhoodCinema
The Odeon cinema on Renfield St in Glasgow. The art deco front is covered by a huge billboard listing that week's screenings of Close Encounters Of The Third Kind, Star Wars and Julia.
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Graeme Swanson @swansonian.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
The Odeon on Clerk Street Edinburgh is where I saw Star Wars. Because I was only 5 and small it felt like it held roughly a million people. #childhoodcinema
A cinema in the middle of a street. The cars outside look late 1980s era. One of the films showing is pretty woman
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Jaunty Art @jaunty.art · 09/01/2026
Ayr Odeon You can see on the right there is an emergency exit door on the metal stairs that we would get the one person that we’d clubbed together to get a ticket to open so we could all sneak in for free #childhoodcinema
The Ayr Odeon when the world was in black and white
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Ytsrïk @ytsrik.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
What was your #childhoodcinema? Odeon, Clerk Street, Edinburgh Been standing empty for almost quarter of a century.
Picture of the Odeon cinema on Clerk Street in Edinburgh, 1999.
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Woodo @woodo.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
What was your #childhoodcinema The Playhouse in Perth. A proper Pearl & Dean special with slideshow adverts for local carpet companies and curry houses. They didn't let me have a Batman Returns standee as a kid ☹️ It's still there today and amazingly is now the only IMAX cinema in the area.
Perth Playhouse back in the dayPerth Playhouse IMAX, now
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Johnny Mains @johnnymains.co.uk · 09/01/2026
What was your #childhoodcinema Kingsway, Galashiels
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Gordon Barr @gordonbarr.scot · 07/01/2026
Upcoming @scottishcinemas.org Talk! Me & Gary Painter are giving our illustrated double-act talk about Glasgow cinema - both the old buildings & the city itself on screen - for @glasgowheritage.bsky.social on Feb 25. Unfortunately sold out already but let them know if any demand for an encore!
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Gordon Barr @gordonbarr.scot · 08/06/2025
Great to be in London yesterday at the Cinema Museum giving a @scottishcinemas.org update for the AGM of @CTheatreAssoc - the core of the collection there is from Aberdeen so lots of Scottish cinema artefacts on display!
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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 05/06/2025
This might be the absolute greatest reply we have ever received. Thank you, Cookie Monster 📕🍪💙
Merriam-Webster Tweet: Any dictionary can be a pocket dictionary with big enough pants.

Cookie Monster's reply to the tweet: Me no wear pants.
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The Govan Stones @govanstones.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
APPEAL: The Govan Stones needs more volunteers for our 2025 Season, which is shaping up to be our biggest and busiest since AD 900! If you want to try your hand at pretty much anything we do at the museum, from working in the shop to tours, just email us at: 📨 info@thegovanstones.org.uk
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ScottishCinemas.org @scottishcinemas.org · 04/03/2025
Meanwhile in Dumfries, the former Regal/Odeon (most recently a single screen in the former balcony area, with a bingo hall in the former stalls) is rumoured to be reopening with an advert appearing for a cinema manager… www.linkedin.com/company/tlc-...
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ScottishCinemas.org @scottishcinemas.org · 04/03/2025
Interesting to pass the long closed former New Victoria / Odeon on Clerk St in Edinburgh, with the hoarding door ajar it gives a peek into the foyer… it would be nice to see this place come back to life, so hopefully a sign long delayed works are moving forward again…?
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ScottishCinemas.org @scottishcinemas.org · 27/11/2024
Some cinemas & theatres of Perth. Playhouse Cinema Former Kings Perth Theatre Former Theatre Royal More here: www.scottishcinemas.org.uk/scotland/per... And if you’re interested in buying it, the former Kings is up for sale… t.co/Uszxcmd0Na
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This Is My Glasgow @thisismyglasgow.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
It seems plans are finally afoot to re-open the former Lyceum Cinema on Govan Road in Glasgow. Designed by McNair and Elder in a stunning Streamlined Moderne style, it was built in 1938. Cont./ #glasgow #govan #artdeco #architecture #artdecoarchitecture #lyceum #lyceumhub #cinema #glasgowcinema
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Richard Findlay - FotoFling Scotland @richardfindlay.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
www.flickr.com/photos/fotos_by_find… Former Odeon/Paramount Cinema, Renfield Street, Glasgow #Glasgow #Cinema #Odeon #Paramount #Photography #Flickr #DeadCinema #OfficeDevelopment
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Former Odeon Cinema, Glasgow
"Opened on December 31st 1934, the Glasgow Paramount Theatre was one of the later cinemas built for the American based chain in Britain. The architects were Frank T. Verity and Samuel Beverly, who des...
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Past Glasgow @pastglasgow.co.uk · 19/11/2024
The Odeon Cinema on Renfield St, 1955. It was designed by Verity & Beverly for the Paramount Corporation and opened on 31 Dec 1934. Lavishly decorated, it could accommodate 2,800, and it attracted the largest audiences for a Paramount cinema outside the USA. 📷 Glasgow Museums #glasgow
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Danger_Vince @dangervince.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Thank you for the serotonin boost. I'm suddenly remembering a 7 year old me going to see Return of the Jedi with my older brother at the old Odeon cinema in Hamilton, Scotland (sadly demolished for a carpark back in 1999).
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Yer actual Cliff @cliffgb.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
There are many fine podcasts about films but very few about cinemas themselves. How to (Re)Open a Cinema is about the ongoing community efforts to resurrect a derelict "supercinema" in Prestwick, Scotland. Find it where you get your podcasts or shows.acast.com/how-to-reopen-a-cinema
Episode 2Episode 1How to (re)Open a Cinema podcast. NOw available where you get your podcasts
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South Glasgow Heritage & Environment Trust @sghetorg.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Lightspeed tour through the (often fiery) history & design of Scottish & #Glasgow ~ with a Southside emphasis ~ #cinemas this evening hosted by #PollokshieldsHeritage from Gary Painter @scottishcinemas.org after great feature in the papers on Sunday (which we ofc bought📰📽️🤓) bsky.app/profile/scot...
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South Glasgow Heritage & Environment Trust @sghetorg.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
As well as a huge swathe of central #Glasgow Southside cinemas ~ #ArtDeco, earlier & later styles ~ @scottishcinemas.org gave a much longer look back at ABC / Regal on Sauchiehall St, demolition finishing this week 😢 #RetrofitFirst www.scottishcinemas.org.uk/glasgow/abcr... bsky.app/profile/bric...
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South Glasgow Heritage & Environment Trust @sghetorg.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
A new discovery from @scottishcinemas.org talk tonight was the Florida on Ardmay Crescent, King's Park #Glasgow Southside, possibly one for our #ArtDecoSouthsideAlive! guidebook... opened 1931 demolished 1961. See 📷on their website👉 www.scottishcinemas.org.uk/glasgow/incl... bsky.app/profile/sghe...
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The Belmont Cinema @belmontcinema.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Hello there, Aberdeen 👋 Please help others in our Belmont Community to find us by sharing this post and encouraging them to follow us at @belmontcinema.bsky.social 🧡
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Filmhouse Edinburgh @filmhouseedinburgh.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
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Picture This Scotland @74frankfurt.bsky.social · 25/10/2023
The original New Bedford cinema in Eglinton Street, Glasgow, photographed in 1924. The building had been erected as Eglinton Street United Secession Church in 1825 and was converted to a cinema in 1921. It was burned to the ground in 1932. Pic: Glasgow City Archives.
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This Is My Glasgow @thisismyglasgow.bsky.social · 12/11/2024
A selection of Glasgow's amazing Art Deco cinemas. Cont./ #glasgow #architecture #glasgowbuildings #artdeco #cinema #oldcinemas #artdecocinema #artdecoarchitecture
Six examples of Art Deco cinemas from Glasgow.
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Veronica Jane Lynch @veronicajanelynch.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
I made this one from cake with my friend. It’s the birks cinema in Aberfeldy. #cake #aberfeldy #perthshire #artdeco #artist
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ScottishCinemas.org @scottishcinemas.org · 17/11/2024
Pick up a copy of today’s Sunday Post for a feature all about the Sleuth of the Silver Screen - better known as our very own Mr @garypainter74.bsky.social himself who’s recounting some of our architectural adventures over the years in a talk for Pollokshields Heritage Trust on Tuesday evening!
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ScottishCinemas.org @scottishcinemas.org · 16/11/2024
As the ABC Glasgow foyer block has been removed, we can now see the remains of the original 1875 Panorama building, extended east in 1920s for dance hall & later cinema conversion. Built up the hill, the cinema ground floor was a car park, with stalls on first floor and balcony above.
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