
The Royalty cinema, Gosforth, Newcastle upon Tyne
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The most recent version of the documentary is this one which was put together in 2010 when, for the first time, it was possible to edit it using digital technology.
The main documentary. Visit Gosforth's Royalty cinema. Meet the staff and see behind the scenes. Presented here at a resolution of 640x480 at 50 frames per second (27 mins).
Out-takes and extra footage that didn't make it into the documentary.
The staff approached the Coxlodge and Grange Residents' Association and went to a meeting (31 mins 36 secs).
Mrs Chappelhowe finds more bits and pieces in the cupboard in the pay box (2 mins 4 secs).
More of Mrs Mabel Chappelhowe in the stalls foyer and another story through the window of the pay box (4 mins 43 secs).
Interview with projectionist John Tessa in the foyer of the circle (12 mins 52 secs).
More from the interview with manager Mrs Henrietta Eastlake in her office. Tip: always take the telephone off the hook when shooting an interview! An amusing out-take (6 mins 51 secs).
John Tessa with the projectors and unused material as he talks at his work bench (14 mins 5 secs).
The Globe and Royalty on a sunny day in spring (5 mins 17 secs).
Outside the cinema at night, a cleaner and views inside the auditorium (3 mins 57 secs).
Shots of the Royalty and High Street and a mystery... (8 mins 17 secs).
Unused material from the interview with Mrs Mabel Chappelhowe in the stalls and a shot of her arriving (5 mins 5 secs).
Mrs Chappelhowe and Mrs Lockey and a night exterior (3 mins 23 secs).
Opening the doors, customers arrive, the curtains open and the film starts, shots of the foyer (7 mins 38 secs).
On Super 8 film. Filmed on two consecutive weekends.
Some other video clips of Gosforth.
There was heavy snow during the filming of the documentary in December 1981 (2 mins 10 secs).
Seen here in summer 1981, the schools some of us went to and the Regent Centre Metro station which had opened just a few months earlier (1 min 34 secs).
We see manager Margaret Fox in Robinson's pet shop on the day before it closed in 1982. Customers had brought her flowers and gifts (5 mins 44 secs).
Various shots taken between The Three Mile Bridge and Gosforth High Street, as a test of a video camera from Granada TV Rental (5 mins 49 secs).
Including Burnside Road, the demolition of the Three Mile Garage and the former Lawrenson's Nurseries, summer 1981 (4 mins 59 secs).
This Super 8 film gives a glimpse of the Gosforth shopping centre which was still under construction at the time and some long gone premises including Woolworths (1 min 3 secs).
A charity shop next-door, to the left of, Thorpes hardware store, in autumn 1980. The premises were a former baker's shop (4 mins 58 secs).
The final three minutes. They sing Auld Lang Syne and the national anthem (2 min 56 secs).
Photographs presented as a slideshow on video.
Most of these unpublished and unseen until now. Cinemas in Newcastle, Jesmond and Gosforth. Photographed on black and white film in 1980 and 1981 (3 mins 45 secs).
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