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The Silver Cinema site, Foregate Street, 2004. The Silver Cinema
opened in 1915 in Foregate Street following the closure of the Empire
Music Hall in the same building. The building had originally been
built in 1835 to house the Hastings Museum and Public Library. However
this moved to a new site in 1896 leaving the building free to be converted.
Following the cinema's closure in the 1930's it was demolished along with both of its neighbours to make room for the Odeon Cinema. However, delays to its building caused by the outbreak of the war, meant that the Odeon was not completed and opened until 1950. Today the Odeon stands as a classic example of art deco architecture in the city and is still a very popular cinema. |
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