Birtley, Elisabethville, The Institute/Albert

HER Number:
7385

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Birtley, Elisabethville, The Institute/Albert

Place:
Birtley

Map Sheet:
NZ25NE

Class:
Recreational

Site Type: Broad:

Site Type: Specific:
Cinema

General Period:
Modern

Specific Period:
C20

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
A short-lived cinema was opened in 1921 in one of the wooden buildings at Elisabethville left vacant by the Belgian refugees when they returned home in 1919. The cinema seated 560 people and was run by Augustine Devereaux of the Empire Theatre, Newcastle. On Sundays it was used for bible classes and Sunday Schools. The cinema closed in 1923 under the ownership of Walter Brydon.

Easting:
26

Northing:
56

Grid Reference:
NZ2656

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
F. Manders, 1995, Cinemas of Gateshead, p 10