The image shows the back of the Gaumont cinema (later Fairworld Bingo) on the right and this is now demolished. Cameron's Brewery is clearly visible, as are the offices with the white bay windows. On the left is the Foster and Armstrong building which is now demolished. Currently much ofthis land is vacant although the Royal Mail office is now at the far right.
HHT&N 199
Part of the "Library collection" collection
Location
Taken over by John William Cameron around 1873, the Lion Brewery had previously been owned by William Waldon.
More detail »Cinema opened as The Picture House in Stockton Street in 1920, renamed as The Gaumont in 1950. The front of the building was altered in 1970. It became Stranton Bingo and then Fairworld Bingo before closing in 1997.
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