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Odeon Cinema at Colwyn Bay, Wales 1930s Uk Buildings, Art Deco Theater, Cinema Architecture, Art Deco Pictures, Odeon Cinemas, Colwyn Bay, Sutton Coldfield, Streamline Moderne, Cinema Art

In the 1930s the style was sometimes called Moderne, though now the term Art Deco is more likely to be used for the architecture of cinemas built in those days by the Odeon chain in Britain. I think Moderne is actually the better term because the style was comprised more of curved corners and streamline stripes or flutings than the geometry-inspired ornamentation typical of 1920s Deco. The movie industry was one that skated through the Great Depression in good shape, even prospering. That…

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West Midlands PTE: 5287 (5287HA) in Lower Parade, Sutton C… | Flickr Black Country Living Museum, Nostalgic Photos, Bus Interior, Sutton Coldfield, Buses And Trains, Decker Bus, Childhood Memories 70s, Living Museum, Birmingham Uk

1963 Daimler Fleetline CRG6LX Alexander H44/35F Originally with Midland Red, Class DD11 On its formation WMPTE soaked up all the central (and presumably the most profitable) operations of Midland Red, leaving the outer reaches to be split into four much smaller concerns. Fortunately for the PTE the Midland Red buses acquired were numbered in a range higher than the old Birmingham fleet and did not need to be renumbered.

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