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

#childhoodcinema The Odeon, Clerk Street, Edinburgh, then and now.

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

What was your #childhoodcinema Odeon, Aberdeen (mainly).

What was your #ChildhoodCinema The Viking, Largs, Ayrshire. A 10 minute walk from my house and if you had a ticket you could stay all day. e.g. I went in halfway through the early afternoon showing of Help! and stayed for the teatime and mid evening shows too. Half a Viking longship outside.

What was your #childhoodcinema ABC, Dundee

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

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.

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 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

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

What was your #childhoodcinema? Odeon, Clerk Street, Edinburgh Been standing empty for almost quarter of a century.

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.

What was your #childhoodcinema Kingsway, Galashiels

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!

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!

This might be the absolute greatest reply we have ever received. Thank you, Cookie Monster 📕🍪💙

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: 📨 [email protected]

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-...

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…?

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

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

https://www.flickr.com/photos/fotos_by_findlay/53551403259 Former Odeon/Paramount Cinema, Renfield Street, Glasgow #Glasgow #Cinema #Odeon #Paramount #Photography #Flickr #DeadCinema #OfficeDevelopment

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

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).

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

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...

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...

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 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.

A selection of Glasgow's amazing Art Deco cinemas. Cont./ #glasgow #architecture #glasgowbuildings #artdeco #cinema #oldcinemas #artdecocinema #artdecoarchitecture

I made this one from cake with my friend. It’s the birks cinema in Aberfeldy. #cake #aberfeldy #perthshire #artdeco #artist

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!

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.

Hello BlueSky. We are a creakily old website dating back to 2001 that catalogues & celebrates Scotland’s cinema architectural story - on social media we try & share stories about what’s happening to historic cinema buildings and promote stuff happening in cool cinemas across Scotland!

📰We have the central heating installers in and they found this Edinburgh Evening News page from October 15th 1971 under a carpet. Please enjoy these cinema listings and try work out how many are still going as picture houses 📽️ cc @scottishcinemas.bsky.social

Hello BlueSky. We are a creakily old website dating back to 2001 that catalogues & celebrates Scotland’s cinema architectural story - on social media we try & share stories about what’s happening to historic cinema buildings and promote stuff happening in cool cinemas across Scotland!