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Roxy Cinema, Ulverston

The Roxy Cinema is fairly prominent as you pass through Ulverston to or from Barrow-in-Furness, standing as it does by the main A 590 road:-

Ulvertson Roxy Cinema

Note rule of three, and banding, plus flagpole.

Entrance, also the entrance to the Laurel and Hardy Museum:-

Entrance Roxy Cinema, Ulverston

From south, Art Deco lettering, banding on white background and rule of three in windows:-

Roxy Cinema, Ulverston

View from north:-

Side of Roxy Cinema, Ulverston

 

 

Scotland’s Art Deco Heritage 31: Kelso

I have visited Kelso, in the Scottish Borders region, before but hadn’t explored widely so hadn’t seen any deco. Due to parking in a different place from my earlier visits the Tait Hall was one of the first buildings I noticed this time. Designed by William Barclay in 1933 it has typical Deco features, strong verticals and horizontals, banding and it looks like original fenestration! The cut-outs on the upper parts of the side extensions are also good.

Tait Hall, Kelso, close view

Tait Hall, Kelso, from left.

Once home I found a much better picture than any of mine on the net. (No van in the foreground for a start.)

TAit Hall Kelso

Not far from the Tait Hall is the Contented Vine Restaurant, once the Roxy Cinema. The railings were getting a paint job at the time.

Former Roxy Cinema, Kelso

Nice pedimenting and pastel outlining. Pity about the replacement windows on this one.

More photos of Kelso are on my flickr.

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