Annan

Lady St & Moat Road

Lonsdale

Other names: Lady Street

Photographs courtesy of Alan J Towers

Lady Street / Moat Road

www.lonsdalecitycinemas.co.uk

Modern images courtesy of Alan J Towers.

Now split with bingo in the rear stalls, and two small

cinemas -

seating 107 and 57 - in the original front stalls;

accessed via the

rear of the original building.

A picture of the front of the cinema - now used just for

bingo access -

is available

here,

courtesy of Graham Kelly.

A gallery of photos from June 1986 is below, taken

prior to the building being split, all courtesy of Paul

Francis.

Photographs courtesy of Alan J TowersPhotographs courtesy of Alan J TowersPhotograph courtesy of Graham KellyPhotographs courtesy of Paul FrancisPhotographs courtesy of Paul FrancisPhotographs courtesy of Paul FrancisPhotographs courtesy of Paul FrancisPhotograph courtesy of Graham Kelly

Address not recorded

Albert Hall

Photo taken June 1986 courtesy of Paul Francis.

Gracie's

Banking / Annan

Address not recorded

Gracie's Banking Kinema

Other names: Biddall's Cinema – Annan Kinema

Archive photo courtesy of Norrie Mcnamee

This

was built by the Government in an attempt to reduce

public spending on

alcohol in an area where the huge munitions works at

Gretna was

inflating individual earnings to a unprecedented

extent. Apart

from controlling the production and sale of beer in the

area (which

went on until the mid-1970s), some attempt was made to

offer workers'

alternative leisure activities.

The result was a billiards' lounge,

beer hall, restaurant and bowls (or putting?) green

complete with high

monkey-puzzle tree. Biddells' must have bought the

franchise on

the new Kinema, in November 1916. "Biddall's Ghost

Illusion" had

previously been a popular touring cinema in the area.

The site is now part of the bus station.

Now long demolished. Seated 350; open in 1917.

Archive photo courtesy of Norrie Mcnamee