The Victoria(State cinema renamed the Mayflower 1970) Snooker Centre, The State cinema opened its doors in October 1939 with the film That Certain Age.It was built on the lines of a minature Odeon and sat just a thousand people.It was the first cinema in plymouth to be equipped with a four channel stereo phonic sound system and aparently has a 50ft by 15ft oil painting on one of its walls by local artist Robert Lenkiewicz who passed away a few years ago, in 1970 it changed it's name to Mayflower cinema and lasted another three years untill it finaly closed its doors in March1973 showing the films Soldier Blue & Carnal Knowledge.Since then its been various things the last being the Victoria Snooker Centre which closed last year and has been empty ever since.Sorry no pics of the inside as this place is sealed up tight.
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