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Cinemas- Gillingham

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shoot999:
I used the Plaza in Duncan Road for a time as it was the easiest to get into for x rated films if you were underage; and you could occupy yourself during the intermissions watching the mice (rats?) running across the stage.


The only other one I can recall going in was the the one on the top road; but that was only once it had been converted to a bowling alley. Although still at school I occasionally played for the CAV team there.

Invicta Alec:
I once went to a cinema in Gillingham (late 1960s) around the High Street somewhere. I'd been told that because of its proximity to the railway line you could hear the odd train rumbling through while watching a film. I was sceptical about this but it was true. The sound was minor but the slight trembling of the building and seats was obvious.


Which cinema was I at?


Alec.

Dave Smith:
Whilst agreeing in principle to 1 cinema, 1 post, I think the blogs would be too "thin". So how about this? Those I remember in the 30's & 40's were;- The Plaza, on Duncan Road, opposite the end of Franklin Road. An old one so a bit "tatty"- but they had a lot of good cowboy films! The Embassy- later the Odeon- in Gardner Street. One of the new ones, mid 30's I imagine & quite nice. Had a Saturday morning - "tuppeny rush"- club. The Grand, on the corner of Skinner & Jeffery Streets. Old & tatty, called " the flea pit" but I never heard of anyone getting them! The Palace, on the "top road"( Watling Street). Although appearing to be in Gillingham, really it was in Chatham as it was "over the road". A nice new one- 30's again. All the new films were shown in the new cinemas & B movies generally in the others.

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