Tyneside Cinema: The Picture House That Refused to Die
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Tyneside Cinema: The Picture House That Refused to Die
The Tyneside Cinema on Pilgrim Street opened in 1937 as a newsreel theatre and has been Newcastle's most important cultural venue ever since. The story of how it…
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