Cinema Theatre Association Bulletin Vol 48 No 2 March / April 2014

March / April 2014 issue of the Cinema Theatre Association Bulletin containing: Casework reports on the Dreamland, Margate / the Picture House, Paignton / the Wallaw, Blyth / the Astoria, Brighton / the Whiteladies, Bristol / the Odeon, Chester / the Ritz, Nuneaton / the Lonsdale, Carlisle / the Regal, Highams Park and the Leicester Square Theatre, both in London / the Point, Milton Keynes / the Central Cinema (originally Empire), Porth and the Palladium, Aberdare, both in Rhondda Cynon Taff; articles including 'The Boom Years of the Cinema' by Joyce Braddon, 'Cinema Centenary in Hornchurch' by Michael King, 'Granada Management in Grantham' by David Simpson and an index to Vol. 47 (2013); Newsreel: primarily cuttings from local newspapers about new cinemas, closures, demolitions and other changes relating to cinema buildings - this issue includes the possible opening of a café on the ground floor of the former Forum cinema in Bath / plans to convert the ABC Whiteladies, Bristol into a three-screen cinema / the ongoing construction of an extension at The Rebel, Bude, Cornwall / the formation of a charitable trust to take on the restoration of the Torbay Picture House, Paignton, Devon and a planned Cineworld multiplex in Pool, Redruth, Cornwall following major investment at the Regal in the town. There is also an obituary for cinema manager Brian Lee and separate Minutes of the Tenth AGM of The Cinema Theatre Association, held in Clapham, London on 11 May, 2013.