Bank Street
Additonal photo
Exterior
Interior view to rear
Interior view to proscenium
Thanks to Jock Brown, information and photos c.1959 below:
The Strand was originally called The Palace Cinema, which was purpose-built as a cinema and opened in 1914:
which I believe was unusual as most cinemas were conversions from
either halls or theatres. It became The Strand in 1929, and continued
as The Strand until its closure in 1978.
The Strand had two screenings a day (Monday to Saturday inclusive), and
a children's matinee on Saturday morning. I'm not too sure about
Sundays whether it was one or two screenings.
Image of the Chief, Sandy Keith
here and the two relief projectionists
