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Empire

Glasgow Road

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As an open cinema, see separate page here .

Empire

Opened as a theatre, December 1914. Designed by George Boswell to seat 1,300.

Full-time cinema from 1928. Destroyed by fire, 21.6.59.

Interior image courtesy of ' dusashenka '.

Gaiety / Bank

Elgin St/Glasgow Road

Opened January 1902 as a theatre, seating 1,400. Sold to AE Pickard for cine-variety in September 1908.

Renovated as a cinema and renamed Bank in August 1917. Sold to SCVT in 1927.

Closed in 1961. Demolished, though part of a gable end may still remain... ?

Interior image courtesy of ' dusashenka '.

Last updated: 29 July 2026