Opened in 1939 by the Bridgend Picture House Co., by the architect James Houston (a director).
Sold to George Palmer in 1946. Closed in August 1973. Converted into a bottling warehouse.
Later demolished.
Another picture can be seen
Copies of the original plans by Houston can be found on the RCAHMS website here .
Barrfields Pavilion, Vikingaar Centre
40 Greenock Road
The 1000-seater Barrfields Pavilion
(the
white art-deco part of Vikingar to the left of the Vikingar sign
in the
photograph) was built as a theatre in 1930.
In the 70's, a projection room was built in place of
the gallery seating level reducing numbers to 500, allowing cinema
shows to
take place in the theatre.
In the 1990's a leisure centre and visitor attraction
was added onto the Pavilion and named the new attractions
the Vikingar. Then in 2002, the cinema finally closed inside
the Pavilion leaving the theatre.
However in the new Vikingar building there is a
small 80-seater video theatre called the Valhalladrome, used
as part
of the Vikingar exhibition to show the history of the Vikings. A
small
while ago they used to show Video Saturdays for children and people use
it to
show films, so…
Opened in 1939 by the Bridgend Picture House Co., by the architect James Houston (a director).
Sold to George Palmer in 1946. Closed in August 1973. Converted into a bottling warehouse.
Later demolished.
Another picture can be seen
Copies of the original plans by Houston can be found on the RCAHMS website here .
Barrfields Pavilion, Vikingaar Centre
40 Greenock Road
The 1000-seater Barrfields Pavilion
(the
white art-deco part of Vikingar to the left of the Vikingar sign
in the
photograph) was built as a theatre in 1930.
In the 70's, a projection room was built in place of
the gallery seating level reducing numbers to 500, allowing cinema
shows to
take place in the theatre.
In the 1990's a leisure centre and visitor attraction
was added onto the Pavilion and named the new attractions
the Vikingar. Then in 2002, the cinema finally closed inside
the Pavilion leaving the theatre.
However in the new Vikingar building there is a
small 80-seater video theatre called the Valhalladrome, used
as part
of the Vikingar exhibition to show the history of the Vikings. A
small
while ago they used to show Video Saturdays for children and people use
it to
show films, so now we just know it as the Vikingar Cinema (even though
there is
no film projection avaliable just video and DVD).
Photo
above courtesy Norrie Mcnamee. Information courtesy Ryan Moir.
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