Lost cinemas of Sunderland

Sunderland Echo 2023-09-27

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After the sudden closure in 2023 of the Empire, Sunderland city centre was left without a single cinema.
Reporter Tony Gillan guides us through a lost era when Wearside was teeming with picture houses.
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