The Gaumont Cinema, St Albans, 1950s.

Social History (Museum of St Albans)

The Gaumont Cinema, which used to stand on Stanhope Road, St Albans, 1950s. This cinema originally opened as the Grand Cinema Palace in 1922. It was refurbished in 1932 and taken over by General Cinema Finance in 1937 and then by Odeon 1943. It was renamed Gaumont in 1950. It closed as a cinema on 27 October 1973, not long after the Odeon had been tripled. It then became a bingo club until the sale of the building to a developer forced closure in 1987. It was demolished soon after and replaced by flats.

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Amy Cooke

4) Verulamium Archive Room

The Gaumont Cinema, Stanhope Road, St. Albans, Hertfordshire, England, UK, AL1 5BA.