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The Gaumont & City Hall

Barkers Pool And The Town Hall c1955 Ref: S108010
Barkers Pool And The Town Hall c1955
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Barkers Pool to me will always mean the Gaumont (ex Regent) Cinema and the City Hall.The Sheffield Gaumont was one of my favourite cinemas. My first visit was to see 'The Great Escape' followed by 'Mary Poppins' and I spent many a Saturday afternoon there in its luxurious surroundings.I also remember seeing Tom Jones and Engelbert Humperdinck live on the Gaumont stage. Across the road at the City Hall I saw many of Sheffields Big Amateur Operatic Societys Musical shows there after the Lyceum closed in 1969 and prior to its great reopening in 1990. Only the City Hall remains now of one of Sheffield's former entertainment areas.

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A memory of Sheffield in South Yorkshire shared on Tuesday, 6th October 2009.

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RE: RE: The Gaumont & City Hall

Without doubt the most sumptious cinema in Yorkshire and had more class than even the New Victoria-Gaumont-Odeon Bradford with it's 1000 more seats.

Comment from Jim Schultz on Monday, 19th July 2010.

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