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Playhouse Cinema foyer and restaurant, Christmas 1957. Every Christmas season, James Nairn, photographer and manager of the Playhouse, would decorate the foyer and cafe with hand painted cartoon and Disney themes to the delight of visiting children. The Playhouse Cinema was destroyed by fire in 1972, and sadly James Nairn lost the bulk of his photographic and memorabilia archives. (Courtesy James S Nairn Colour Collection). ~ *
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Playhouse Cinema foyer and res...
Playhouse Cinema foyer and restaurant, Christmas 1957. Every Christmas season, James Nairn, photographer and manager of the Playhouse, would decorate the foyer and cafe with hand painted cartoon and Disney themes to the delight of visiting children. The Playhouse Cinema was destroyed by fire in 1972, and sadly James Nairn lost the bulk of his photographic and memorabilia archives. (Courtesy James S Nairn Colour Collection). ~ *
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Playhouse Cinema foyer and res...
Enrico Pagliari, mobile ice cream vendor. His chip shop restaurant was based in Academy Street, Inverness.
Reference: 943
Enrico Pagliari, mobile ice cr...
Sir Leslie Joseph. Ex-Major Joseph became an amusement park entrepreneur who devised popular water chutes. The first was at Coney Beach (Porthcawl) in 1936. The Porthcawl chute was followed after the war by larger rides at Battersea Fun Fair (London, 1956), Belle Vue (Manchester, 1957) and the Kursaal (Southend-on-Sea, 1958). He became Managing Director of the Festival Pleasure Gardens in 1951 and was knighted in 1952. In April 1956 he gained, along with restaurant magnate Charles Forte, control of the Belle Vue Zoological Gardens for ?200,000. The 68 acre location contained a major zoo, a 30,000 capacity stadium, the 7,000 seat King's Hall (used for circuses), the 600 ft long exhibition hall and restaurants.
Reference: 45393b
Sir Leslie Joseph. Ex-Major Jo...
Sir Leslie Joseph. Ex-Major Joseph became an amusement park entrepreneur who devised popular water chutes. The first was at Coney Beach (Porthcawl) in 1936. The Porthcawl chute was followed after the war by larger rides at Battersea Fun Fair (London, 1956), Belle Vue (Manchester, 1957) and the Kursaal (Southend-on-Sea, 1958). He became Managing Director of the Festival Pleasure Gardens in 1951 and was knighted in 1952. In April 1956 he gained, along with restaurant magnate Charles Forte, control of the Belle Vue Zoological Gardens for ?200,000. The 68 acre location contained a major zoo, a 30,000 capacity stadium, the 7,000 seat King's Hall (used for circuses), the 600 ft long exhibition hall and restaurants.
Reference: 45393a
Sir Leslie Joseph. Ex-Major Jo...
Waiter welcoming into the Luncheon Rooms inside the Carlton Restaurant, with sign pointing to Cocktail Bar upstairs. The cocktail bar opened in May 1936. *
Reference: 30888b
Waiter welcoming into the Lunc...
The Luncheon Rooms inside the Carlton Restaurant, circa May 1936. *
Reference: 30888d
The Luncheon Rooms inside the ...
The Luncheon Rooms inside the Carlton Restaurant, circa May 1936. *
Reference: 30888c
The Luncheon Rooms inside the ...
Palace Cinema restaurant, Huntly Street, Inverness. Opened 21st November 1938 with 'Hard to Get' starring Dick Powell, after a ceremony performed by Provost Hugh Mackenzie. The Palace once seated 1,023 patrons. It closed in 1963 and became a bingo hall until it was finally demolished in 2010. *
Reference: 32034e
Palace Cinema restaurant, Hunt...
Lt. John Trotter, Kenya. 2nd Lieutenant John Trotter, Brin Inverness, served as a National Service officer in the Seaforth Highlanders. He later ran the Grouse and Trout restaurant at Flichity.
Reference: 44519d
Lt. John Trotter, Kenya. 2nd L...
Lt. John Trotter, Kenya. 2nd Lieutenant John Trotter, Brin Inverness, served as a National Service officer in the Seaforth Highlanders. He later ran the Grouse and Trout restaurant at Flichity.
Reference: 44519c
Lt. John Trotter, Kenya. 2nd L...
Lt. John Trotter, Kenya. 2nd Lieutenant John Trotter, Brin Inverness, served as a National Service officer in the Seaforth Highlanders. He later ran the Grouse and Trout restaurant at Flichity.
Reference: 44519b
Lt. John Trotter, Kenya. 2nd L...