{"id":502,"date":"2010-11-16T09:47:04","date_gmt":"2010-11-16T09:47:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.catchingphotons.co.uk\/blog\/?p=502"},"modified":"2013-11-16T23:45:59","modified_gmt":"2013-11-16T23:45:59","slug":"lyceum-cinema","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/catchingphotons.co.uk\/blog\/miscellaneous\/lyceum-cinema\/","title":{"rendered":"Lyceum Cinema"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Govan’s Lyceum Cinema dates from 1938 – at the time it was a stunning modernist cinema with a curved backlit wall of glass, and seated 2,600. Bought by County in 1974, it was split in two, with bingo in the stalls and a 480-seat cinema in what was the balcony – the beautiful circular entrance was partitioned.<\/p>\n

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The cinema side continued until 1981, with the original circular paybox pulled to one side – it’s still there:<\/p>\n

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County were bought by Gala in 2006, who closed the bingo side – the cinema has been unused since then, and getting pretty derelict, but the new owner has plans to redevelop it – reopening the cinema side, and using the stalls as a performance space. This was a by-invitation visit to take pictures to help with bids for funding.<\/p>\n

First, the cinema side – to one side of the entrance are some rooms with old film posters, including a 3D Ben Hur one! That didn’t photograph well:<\/p>\n

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The stairs up to the cinema are very elegant:<\/p>\n

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Then the upper foyer and toilets – I never usually bother photographing the cludgies, but these were pretty:<\/p>\n

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Into the cinema itself:<\/p>\n

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With some very cool ’30s lights:<\/p>\n

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Up to the projection booth – no projectors, but I found them under the cinema floor.<\/p>\n

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In the power room next to the projection booth were a couple of mercury vapour rectifiers:<\/p>\n

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A quick look into the roof space:<\/p>\n

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There were some bits and pieces of film lying about – mostly “Coming Soon” snippets, but I did find a Kia-Ora advert \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

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Back stairs:<\/p>\n

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The other side of the stairs to the balcony, with original gilt mouldings:<\/p>\n

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Next, into the bingo side, and the other half of the circular entrance:<\/p>\n

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Bingo book sales desk:<\/p>\n

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The stalls, with the amazing original screen area:<\/p>\n

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Down to the basement for a quick look at the boilers:<\/p>\n

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And finally back to the stalls:<\/p>\n

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