My memories of cinemas in Stafford. (I'm not counting the
Astra on 16MU although I saw many a film there as a kid. If I tried for a pix of that area now I'd probably get my head blown off. There was no such problem in the 50's.) Also there was a cinema somewhere around the Crabbery Street area, but I don't remember it.
Odeon: 1978 A little bit of history, built pre WW2. Probably saw more films here than the other two put together. Still struggling as far as I know.
Picture House: 1978 Definitely looking a bit sad. This is a cinema with a decent history. Apparently it's now a Wetherspoon's boating lake.
Sandonia: took a couple of years ago. Sadly I don't have an older pix of it although I spent many a happy hour in there watching
X pictures as a kid .. (nobody really bothered about age if you went in the side to the 'bunny run' benches.) Believe it or not I actually saw
'Plan 9 from Outer Space' there which is widely regarded as the worst film ever made.
Haven't been to the new complex. Only pix I've got of that site is the old Express and Star Office block.
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