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Tranent

2 buildings

2 cinemas recorded in the Scottish Cinemas archive.

1 mapped cinema · View map →
Unknown/Other

High Street

Winton

View location on Google MapsWinton, TranentPicture above courtesy of the Scottish Screen Archive / Cinema Theatre Association.

Opened 1921; closed 1960s. Part-time cine-bingo until 1972. Warehouse for a while, now a church.

Originally owned by William

Codona, who had previously run a number of travelling cinema Bioscope shows

operating in the Edinburgh

area. Before that he had a theatre booth, in which he and his family

played the principal roles,

known as the 'Geiggey'.

Photo below of the side of the auditorium courtesy of Norrie Mcnamee.

DATABASE RECORDS

Other Tranent cinemas

These cinemas are recorded in the database but do not yet have a linked photographic page. Do you have a photo or other information? Email us!

NameAddressWhat we know
Picture HouseAddress not recordedProgramme: Film only · Capacity: 550 · Opened: 1914 · Source: Bioscope Annual 1915 · Coordinates: 55.941847, -2.954152 · Info from EarlyCinema.org.uk

Last updated: 24 August 2026