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12892


Newcastle


Byker Hill, Long Row, Sun Picture Hall


Byker


NZ26SE


Recreational


Cinema


Cinema


20TH CENTURY


Early 20th Century 1901 to 1932


Demolished Building


The Sun Picture Hall was a converted slipper factory which had been built in 1902 to plans by W. Ellison Fenwick of Elson Square. The factory closed by 1909 and plans were plans for its conversion to a cinema by Gateshead architect W.R. Storey. The lessee and manager was Heaton merchant Carl Albert Aarstad. Seating was for 350. The Sun opened on 29 November 1909. In August 1913 Benjamin Spoor took over the cinema. Occasional variety shows were given right to the end. The Sun never installed sound. It was last licensed on 2 February 1934 and closed later that year. The building was demolished and the site is now occupied by a funeral directors.


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564800


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Frank Manders, 1991, Cinemas of Newcastle, pages 169-170; Frank Manders, 2005, Cinemas of Newcastle, pages 20, 24, 36, 66-67, 69, 93, 162

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