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Between 1920 and 1922, a new cinema was built on the site (without interruption to the nightly programme of films). The building, still in use to this day, has a row of shops along the front, the Oak Room Cafe above, and facilities for stage shows. The cinema was the site of
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In 1945, the cinema (previously known as "The
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Run by a charitable trust, the Curzon has been raising so much money to fix the roof in 2020 they managed to raise enough money and in 2022 they started raising money to restore the balcony the last time the balcony was open was 50 years ago and it is now opened again in 2023 for a screening of
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the organ, were removed and the openings 'bricked-up', the balcony was closed, the suspended false ceiling installed, and the projection room returned to its original position at the rear of the stalls.
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