Posted in Architecture, Art Deco, Museums, Trips at 12:00 on 22 December 2025
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:-

Note rule of three, and banding, plus flagpole.
Entrance, also the entrance to the Laurel and Hardy Museum:-

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

View from north:-

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Posted in Architecture, Art Deco, Cinemas at 12:00 on 2 September 2013
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.


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

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.

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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