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lurdrot Siglarbir 7. MI of the ex Prime Minister Thatcher The she says. because she felt a Not for her politics she er but because they have been well documented and a more standard version at Alan Edney, her husband of child by a woman with whom more gillimpathy than Margaret I. Maggie has still got good old em bill industrial editor, Paul ured a significant scoop when he reported that to create 1,000 more jobs embers of the North-East cravenly silent because not confirm the Chronicle nimbly Nissan were unable it because their managing Is out of the country). even said: "It must be san are refusing to confirm ne morning newspaper, headline "Nojobs that Nissan had denied hours after the had hit the streets, the story med.

The grin as wide as a backseat belongs. by the lawyer stories for you. the Wall Street Journal: in and black and looks good nn pmscher lawyers does take to screw Now many can you qfford? sharks We lawyers? nal courtesy you call 10,000 lawyers chained he bottom of' the sea? sting Hill Carnival was I by police and by the as "highly successful." 59 arrests, four stabie murder and a so far ed number of thefts. hate to see an unsuccessful iival also required at least ce officers at a cost of £lsm my idea of highly successful. bloody disaster to me.

craze will end an death." these London-bssed buffoons se that it has already ended in sevdeaths on Tyneside Elderly en were mowed down and a baby le Star later goes on to reveal that joyriders are also getting involved "new clime called ram-raiding. his may make fascinating reading the residents of Tunbridge Wells I can't help feeling it will meet a withering response from people le North-East at another example of problems being taken seriously when they ien South of the great divide. EVI3 I OIO CHPIONIQL flairdsg, Isseamber 7. 101 It's diamond day for the city's palace of dreams The Paramount's lavish interior pictured in its opening year Paramount News announces the cinema's opening in September 1931 The orchestra at a final rehearsal in the new cinema Happy bi THE Newcastle Odeon Odeon ce I has withstood the ups and downs of the cinema 60 industry for CO glorious rare lm i a rfsa nvals splendid the wayside. A whole host of picture- LUXURY houses sprang up following and splendour were the first public showing of a the hallmarks of the Odeon film in Nevicastle, in March 1896, but many were to close Cinema when it opened its during the movie-going doors on September 7, 1931.

slump of the 191110 and 19705. The 250,000 Pilgrim Street But in 1939 the eat building, originally called the boasted 41 cinemas, all Paramount, Paramount, came complete with a fering escapist entertain- full orchestra, a troupe of Tiller meet to an enthralled public. girls, lavish lounges and powder The first city-centre plc. rooms. lure house was a converted And the seating capacity of 2,604 Methodist chapel in was almost twice that of any cin- Prudhoe Street.

named The Star, which opened in 1908. ems yet built in Newcastle. It was allowed later that The decor was sumptuous to say the year by The Royal in the least: hanging light-fittings finished in Groat Market and as many nine-carat gold and 3,000 worth of oil as 24:1 other cinemas sprang paintings in the foyer were among the Manager up throughout Newcastle in attractions. the neat five years. Even the huge Paramount sign The first major cinema in the city centre was The Que- outside the building must have en's, off Northumberland stunned cinemagoers measuring Street, which opened its 57ft and incorporating more than 2,000 doors In 1913.

lamps. king Fanatics ODEON In the 1950 The Queen's Tahot I a a a AV Ao oi Mu sic alone lure of his alone ran for two and a half despite years. Tyr- Grandeur "Paramount wanted to extend the Hollywood dream factory and built cinemas in the UK to standards unequalled at that time." explained Peter of Newcastle Odeon since 19713 But after a gradual decline, Rank closed the cinema in 1900 largely to make way for the introduction of a fourth screen at it's sister cinema. The Odeon Westgate Road. lined with picture-houses in the 1930 and 19408, was a true Mecca for Geordie film fanatics.

The New Westgate cinema, re-built in 192'7 and later named The Gaumont, survived until 1958. The Essoldo, which later became The Cannon. was opened in August 1938 and closed its doors for the last time a year ago. In 1919. The Tyne Theatre in Westgate Road was turned into The Stoll.

a Lure-house which became notorious for showing Xrated movies. Derelict Theatre returned to the building in 1977, three years after the closure of The Stoll. "When this cinema opened. people were struggling through the Great Depression and their standard of living was very different to what we know today. "There was no television, radio was in its infancy, and films were the only access people had to glamour.

7. ...1,. The site of Westgate Road's fourth cinema. the Pavilion, which operated 11om 1917 to 1975. is now Garage The privately-owned Hay- The building was cornmarket, bought by Associ- pleted two months ahead of ated British Cinemas in schedule and the Para-1938, closed in 1984 mount opened early pro- Since the mid-80s.

the in- viding permanent jobs foi dustry has enjoyed a new more than 200 staff. lease of life with higher at- Inside, the cinema tendances and the introduc- boasted the latest automatic lion of giant multi-screen air-conditioning system. complexes at the Metro- and just 100 yards away Centre in Gateshead. and at stood an eight-storey gar- Manors in Newcastle. age.

with space for 500 cars. The Odeon, which has survived all these changes, Tynesiders were obvilooks set to continue adapt- ously impressed with the ins well into the future grandeur of the Paramount bosses are now discussing its heyday up to 40,000 plans to introduce more people a week used to see screens. thelllms. TOP 20 Last week's positions in brackets (8) I'll Be Back TERMINATORS (2) Everything IDo BRYAN ADAMS (4) Charly PRODIGY (1) Set AdriltOn Memory Bliu PM DAWN (I) Sshine On A Rainy Day ZOE 0) Get un Off PRINCE (11) (nautili? OCEANIC Good Vibrations MARKY MARK FUNKY BUNCH (6) I'm Too Smq RIGHT SAID FRED Let's Talk About Sea SALT-N-PEPA (10) Thy Will Be Done MARTIKA (16) Word Is Out KYLIE MINOGUE (14) What Can You Do For Me SAINTS (17) 20th Century Boy MARC BOLAN REX (-1 Hearthammer RUNRIG (9) Alll Love COLOR ME BA DD (7) Happy Together JASON DONOVAN (16) More Than Words Big Roxtrrr Be Young, Be Foolish, Be Compiled for Metro Radio by MRIB and wow Ihe todowind quesione: WAN vise lie Odeon odolnely oiled? "A visit to the Paramount would have been the highlight of many people's week or even their year," he tea, added. but wake Jobs for hundreds of Geordies l6lf provided in the building of the Paramount with Newcastle-based firm Mc Is Stanley Miller winning the main con- is rallwitsi bssid dit biome I dumei sir ish iiiii bk 1 tract.

Other local companies to benefit from Tyneside's la. 1 test attraction wereGateshead-based Elders. Walker Company, which supplied PARAMO EATRE Plate and sheet-glass, Sanderson Son of New- castle, which won the plastering contract and John Mackay Co. also of New- GOO MO ID castle, which supplied drinks to the 200-seater cafe AVORPIS 4 ONTE CARLO" 11 a. 1.4 44 411 5..

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.011 ......01 The opening programme in September 1931 BIG-screen blockbuster Monte Adams JP. Lord Mayor of New- Carlo, starring Jack Buchanan castle. and Jeanette MacDonald, was Music was provided by the the first film to be shown at Paramount Symphony Orchestra Newcastle Odeon, in Septem- and the magnificent Wurlitser ber 1931. Organ, which rose on a poweroperated lift at the left of the 30 ft The opening night was a wide stage. occasion and, after a chorus of Prices ranged from Is for a Save The King, the audience was lunchtime film, to as ad for an addressed by Alderman David evening performance.

Win a weekly trip to the cinema HOW would you late the chance to nett the Odeon once a week tot a year ateolutely tree The Evening on with the Odeon, eie a 12-month double guest Onkel for the of out wine and 00 one-pertormanoe e.guee tickets tot the run. nes-up An you have to do Is compels the caption would late to win a yen's tee peee to the Odeon beceuse Now much did It oostb, build We Odeon? Whet was the nem al In Mil NM lo be shown In Os Odeon? Who wen he Moe. Whet wee the Odeon's original seedne Won was letirllt sawn Iniroducal lo Me Olient Mown geoid to sot lo ONO Promlons Oloprimort The Evening Chrawle. Thonvoifrisook amp Illsoores upon Trill. NE i ED 770 kw riliday! Ptinces to risk Geneva THE Princess of Wales will visit Geneva on October 9 to carry out a series of engagements as patron of the British Red Cross Youth Buckingham Palace said the Princess will visit the office of the United Nations' High Commissioner for Refugees, the headquarters of the International Committee of the Red Cross.

and the head quarters of the League of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. which represent the Red Cross in Muslim countries baling WOO BINGO clubs are to get a £2om facelift to attract younger customers aged 35 to 50 Bass. the brewjng. hotels and leisure group. said it would also re name its 160 Coral and Club Granada bingo clubs Prime's will pay HOME Secretary Kenneth Baker promised tough action against those responsible for the recent wave of "mindless destruction" in prisons.

Mr Baker. speaking at the Board of Visitors annual conference in Nottingham. warned that rioting prisoners would have to pay the price with longer prison sentences and a delay in prison improvements HI speed rail mall SPEEDED-up mail deliveries were promised after the Royal Mail announced new travelling Post Office" services. New routes are being added to the nationwide network of special sorting on the move" trains, and this means an extra three million first class letters a year will reach their destination a day earlier ikllllllik MOM THE funeral of newspaper columnist Jean Rook. NC who died on Thursday from cer.

will take place at II am on Wednesday. September 11. at the Surrey and Susses Crematorium. Crawley Donations should be sent to Dove House Hospice. Chamber.

lain Road. Hull FHA BDH llWhig into Japan JAPANESE students will soon be able to let an Oxford education without having to eave their own country. St Catherine's College is set to open an Elam branch inthe port city of Kobe. the first outpost to be established by Oxford University outside its city limits since it was founded 800 years ago. Ai lor pimp A PIMP who forted his terrified 14-yearold lover into prostitution was jailed for four-and-a-half years an Southwark Crows Court.

The ordeal of the girl, who had run away to London from a children's home in Nottingham. came to light only after 31- year-old Terrance Dass beat her up in an outburst of jealousy. E2som mine order THAI Airways International has placed a order for the new Rolls-Royce Trent 800 engines for its six Boeing 777 aircraft. Co-op bundles new card THE Co-op Bank today launched a free for life" gold Visa card one week after the last of the big four high street banks imposed an annual fee on credit cards Managing director Terry Thomas said the new card would "rock the marker and that the bank was actively seeking customers who repaid their accounts in fbll every month. 14 CU I Mil I I 6 Taft DE 1 I 7 Neuicastki Be kie Cinema To Be On Monday IT; lThestre tia cAn 111711 A MAD 41 4 12-50, I OW ler masa ow orn's re.

wommo. Changing times for the silver screen )lebrates 1 lid years 1,1 1 1 119 t. i' 1 IHE Odom, Nawcsalis is 60 II II big! Generations of i 'k. Gowiss Moe bean 1 mntsilslnsd In had of the big a i II 44 1 screws since the opening on El I 7, 1931. But how and slut doss it 111 the hold? Evening Chro iciejater LESLEY Invesligalea 11 .111 7 Manager Peter is looking to future ODEON general manager Peter Ntills.

Plil earns, SW Arc Gerona art Talbot Is opthnistk about the fu- 111 10 lure of hit 60-year-old cinema Sew at the Insademl dmil.Bs have benne Wired rinarent, hat ere despite stiff competition from red hira di i Tyneside's two multi-screen corn- d. ram pieties at Manors and the Metro- rb, he wept ap wlth twerialegy Centre. tram the very herrlre Is WI le had the lint hi red Peter. 50, believes the cinema'. the Mi 0 da! blend of tradition and technology vriil The erelremic Chwistra system was beep attracgag customers welt into 1 1.a lb I the 21st awry.

since 1907 Ws freer have no Oa" mei Poi thaws henentrat tram ralirearranied has a Wary behind le sad reflects the bashing emir of the burner" he rid. Die introduction al berth saw is February VW has able the Oder Technology carper with its rot Peter says the weary has hay "A is the same wherever you we it, recovered lb raw In the Wl- bat WIN the NNW-pines, we sate Isar sal pm few strength to people the anal We esperimat, which le en d. to the ut rare air is pig Is the theatre." "Yarg perk irel aims seed Is The Owen reselased with the Oren opt gt tree herr ter motautiosseat, rd reflected IN the big earn who ties 6 one tegg kw sage the is t- Odeon manager Peter Talbot is opti- w. bendier Sir Jahn morose I. them." he sad.

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