A tribute to the Ryhope Grand picture house as it rises again at Beamish

You can’t beat the classics and the Grand Cinema from Ryhope is right up there among the best.
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Lovers of old picture houses won’t have to wait long to see it once more. Work has started on rebuilding it at Beamish.

A look inside the Grand

A video tribute to the Ryhope Grand cinema.A video tribute to the Ryhope Grand cinema.
A video tribute to the Ryhope Grand cinema.

Let's turn the clock back just 5 years.

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There are still signs of the grand old days and they are coming back once more.

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Beamish staff at the Ryhope Grand in 2018 - from left Racheal Palmieri, Matthew Henderson, Nick Butterley and Geraldine Straker.Beamish staff at the Ryhope Grand in 2018 - from left Racheal Palmieri, Matthew Henderson, Nick Butterley and Geraldine Straker.
Beamish staff at the Ryhope Grand in 2018 - from left Racheal Palmieri, Matthew Henderson, Nick Butterley and Geraldine Straker.

Lets not forget, there have been plenty of Wearside links to Beamish over the years, as seen in the Sunderland Echo.

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