CBM - Dolphin Passage, Dover, Kent.Posted by: 
MeerRescue
N 51° 07.533 E 001° 18.877
31U E 382060 N 5665137
A Cut Bench Mark on the side wall of the soon to be demolished cinema in Castle Street, Dover, Kent.One for the record!
Waymark Code: WMM749
Location: South East England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 08/03/2014
Views: 1
This cut bench mark is to be found along the south west side of Dolphin Passage,
just off Castle Street, on the wall pillar of an old fire door of the cinema -
soon to be demolished, so one for the record!
The Granada Theatre was built for and operated the Granada chain of cinemas,
opening on 8th January 1930 with a seating capacity of 1,717.
On 19th June 1935, Granada sold the cinema to Associated British Cinemas (ABC)
chain, but it was not renamed ABC until April 1960, and was forever known to
local people as the Granada. With the decline in film going in 1970 it was
modernised into a ‘Luxury Lounge’ cinema using only the stalls area with 610
seats, closing off the circle, reopening on 6th July 1970.
The ABC closed as a cinema on 30th October 1982 and was converted into ‘Images’
Night Club. This too has closed and in 2007 the building was bought by the
Wetherspoons chain for conversion into a pub, but no conversion was forthcoming.
Internal demolition has taken place and the demolition of the remaining outer
building is imminent.