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Stornoway

3 buildings

3 cinemas recorded in the Scottish Cinemas archive.

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Unknown/Other

5, Beach Street

Playhouse

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Photos above circa 1973 courtesy of Ian McIver.

Archive images below, c. 1954, courtesy of George Millar:

Photos above circa 1973 courtesy of Ian McIver.

DATABASE RECORDS

Other Stornoway cinemas

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Lewis Picture House13 Keith Street Programme: Film only · Building type: other · Capacity: 600 · Opened: 1915 · Site of Picture House, Proprietor: Joseph Maclean, baker; Occupier, The Lewis Picture House, Ltd., per Robert Crawford, secretary, 17 West Blackhall St Greenock. Yearly rent £12 10s Next door: Picture House, Proprietor: The Lewis Picture House (etc); Burn · Source: Bio 12.03.14, Bioscope Annual 1915, The Bioscope 22.04.15 · Coordinates: 58.209036, -6.385495 · Info from EarlyCinema.org.uk

Picture HouseAddress not recordedFrom silent era. Owned by Will Mack.

Last updated: 24 August 2026