Show on mapThe Forum cinema dates in 1939 and closed in 1965 when the site was taken over by Walter Bakers furniture store which closed recently, although it has now re-opened as Beevers.
A broken sign for the Forum can still be seen on top of the building
Inside the building can easily be identified as a cinema with a foyer and banked seating areas, this plan is displayed at the back of Beevers showroom.
A short video by the Normanby Local History Group is included below
Memories, Good or not I am not too sure, but it sure looks good from here in Oz.
My Grandad , Jim Lee, was doorman/ usher for many years at the Forum
Good memories of the Forum cinema, Tarzan films !!! , too bad that it could not be preserved as it was.
Looking good from North Carolina.
I visited the air raid shelter a few years ago and have fond memories of going to films as a child and teen. Two films I remember were the Longest Day and Fire Maidens from Outer Space which made a big impression on me (I must’ve been 7 sneaking in to an A film. I reemember 13th moon of jupiter and “man with the head of a beast”)
My mother in law worked there when it first opened, she worked in the ticket office. Still alive today at 98 she has fond memories of working there.