Aylesbury News, A new public realm
The district council’s recent announcement that it seems likely funding will be available for the new public realm in front of the Odeon in the Exchange Street car park, is good news for the town.
The new area will incorporate five new restaurants which means that, together with the proposed two restaurants and cafe by the canal basin, plus three in the Walton Street area, the town is heading towards it’s aim to be a ‘destination of choice’.
Dose aylesbury really need more restaurants and cafes or would the residents of aylesbury rather have things like primark, a burger king and other popular stores like that or even a decent size asda store in the town centre.
aylesbury high street already has many charity shops it also has a mcdonalds a marks and spencers and iceland and a gala bingo hall and a pound land. aylesbury town centre only has two supermarkets which is marks and spencers and sainsburys but there is no major store for clothes shopping for both male and female and this is why i think we need a primark in the town centre .
please leave comments below as i would like to know what the residents of aylesbury really think we need.
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Cecil Theatre, Hull - Official Opening
Old cinema newsreel item to mark the official opening of the new Cecil Theatre, Hull, Monday 28th November 1955. The orginal building was destroyed by enemy action on 8th May 1941. The new theatre, which was designed by local architects Gelder & Kitchen, for their client Hull Cinemas Ltd, featured the latest techology available for both film presentation, and customer comfort.
Managing Director of the company, Mr Brinley Evans must have felt very proud as he watched the Cecil rise like a phoenix, and declared it to be one of the finest buildings in Hull. The Theatre had an impressive seating capacity. 1,374 in the stalls and 678 in the balcony, meaning that a total of 2052 patrons could be accomodated in the spacious, air-conditioned auditorium. At the time, it boasted the largest Cinemascope screen in the Country. The screen was mounted on a wheeled frame and could be drawn back, away from the apron to reveal a large stage. Beneath the stage were green rooms, and storage areas.
The new Cecil opened on Monday, 28th November 1955. An official opening ceremony was performed by Chairman of the Rank Organisation, Mr John Davies, accompanied by his wife, the well known actress Dianh Sheridan, before a specially invited audiance, after which the capacity crowd settled down to watch a special presentation of the first film to be shown, The Seven Year Itch , starring Marylyn Monroe.
A newsreel camera crew recorded the event, and the opening of the new Cecil was featured in cinema newsreels around the country soon afterwards. Mr Davies, was clearly very impressed by the new cinema, and said at the time, that the Rank Organisation, (famed for it's Odeon cinemas), had Nothing to compare with the Cecil !