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Full of glamour, the Regent Cinema opened in 1932 on Justice Mill Lane, Aberdeen. Designed by Thomas Scott Sutherland, it was described as having imposing dignity. It became an Odeon cinema in 1940 & closed in 2001.
🎞️ Aberdeen Archives, Gallery & Museums ow.ly/VzXj50Rspp9

While watching Our Welsh Chapel Dream: the renovation of Capel Salem ⛪️ Grade II-listed former chapel in Pwllheli, Wales - we spotted some pillars from Glasgow's, *MacFarlane Foundry* 1849-1967
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Don't miss 4pm 16 May, Foyer in Buchanan Building! Join us for the launch event , celebrating the unveiling of ‘L’incontro: An Archive of Italian life in Scotland’, offering a glimpse into the rich and diverse narratives of Italians in Scotland over the past century.

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Full of glamour, the Regent Cinema opened in 1932 on Justice Mill Lane, Aberdeen. Designed by Thomas Scott Sutherland, it was described as having imposing dignity. It became an Odeon cinema in 1940 & closed in 2001.
🎞️ Aberdeen Archives, Gallery & Museums ow.ly/VzXj50Rspp9

#CinemaArchives - The Glen Cinema, Paisley. 💔
A children's screening on Hogmanay, 1929, caused a panicked stampede to the exits. Some escaped through a broken window, but 71 died in the crush.
📷 The Herald via Scran ow.ly/7fsF50Rl2Ao

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#CinemaArchives - The Glen Cinema, Paisley. 💔
A children's screening on Hogmanay, 1929, caused a panicked stampede to the exits. Some escaped through a broken window, but 71 died in the crush.
📷 The Herald via Scran ow.ly/7fsF50Rl2Ao

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1938 🔤 Regal Cinema, Lothian Rd, Edinburgh opened
1964 🎟️ Queue The Beatles
1969 📽️ Bullitt
1969 🎦 Goodbye, Mr. Chips
1979 🍿 The Kentucky Fried Movie
Today 🎬 still screening ODEON ow.ly/cHBe50Rr16O

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1938 🔤 Regal Cinema, Lothian Rd, Edinburgh opened
1964 🎟️ Queue The Beatles
1969 📽️ Bullitt
1969 🎦 Goodbye, Mr. Chips
1979 🍿 The Kentucky Fried Movie
Today 🎬 still screening ODEON ow.ly/cHBe50Rr16O

Originally known as the Cosmo, we first opened our doors 85 years ago this month. We are now a Glasgow institution and Scotland's best attended indie cinema.

Whether it’s your first visit or your 50,000th, there’s no better time to come and enjoy a big screen experience at GFT.

Join John at 1300 in The Wee Museum at Ocean Terminal tomorrow (Tues) for a slideshow of old #Edinburgh pictures & reminiscence session with tea, biscuits & chat!
Jane Haswell with her daughter Louise in the Canongate 1935.
Jane Haswell is the mother of Willie Haswell (b.1921)

📽️ #CinemaArchives are excited to visit the Playhouse Cinema, in Inverness 1935 as children queue to see Treasure Island 🏝️ - the Saturday matinee!

🎟️ National Library of Scotland at Kelvin Hall Moving Image Archive ow.ly/Jm0x50Rr1ZJ

Today we remember those who lost their lives during the Greenock Blitz. On the 6th and 7th May 1941, the German Air Force launched a series of bombing raids over the area. This image shows the devastated St Lawrences Church on Carnock Street, Greenock.

📽️ #CinemaArchives are excited to visit the Playhouse Cinema, in Inverness 1935 as children queue to see Treasure Island 🏝️ - the Saturday matinee!

🎟️ National Library of Scotland at Kelvin Hall Moving Image Archive ow.ly/Jm0x50Rr1ZJ

Join us for a SCRAN archival exploration of Whisky Galore.
📸1959, James Morrison from Smerclate in South Uist, holds one of the bottles of Highland Nectar whisky which he liberated from the SS Politician which sank off the coast of Eriskay in 1941.
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#CinemaArchives 📽️ Glasgow 1931
The Coliseum Cinema, Eglinton St. Laurieston was the place to be for Charlie Chaplin fans keen to see *City Lights* 🎞️ who queued around the block, for back to back screenings of this classic comedy film.
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The Astoria Cinema in Corstorphine, Edinburgh 1972

🎹 Organist Gordon Lucas, seen with the 2/4 Ingram organ which had 2 Manuals/keyboards & 4 Ranks /voices or sets of pipes in 1975

📽️ Opened 1930 Closed 1974 Demolished 1976
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#CinemaArchives 📽️ Glasgow 1931
The Coliseum Cinema, Eglinton St. Laurieston was the place to be for Charlie Chaplin fans keen to see *City Lights* 🎞️ who queued around the block, for back to back screenings of this classic comedy film.
🤍 ow.ly/obXj50RqNKB

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1936 visiting The Picture House, at 181 Union St., Aberdeen to see Shirley Temple's film, 'Poor Little Rich Girl' with Alice Faye.

1914 Opened
1950 Became the Gaumont
1973 Closed & Demolished
📽️ Aberdeen City Libraries ow.ly/tpM050RqJhn