[smiler]

Don`t think TKmax is where Primark used to be, possibly M & S.

[Lutonman]

I have been a bit slow but got there in the end. I rarely go into Chatham these days.

[smiffy]

I originally wrote "standing opposite what used to be BHS" but thought some people wouldn't know where that was!

[Lutonman]

Thanks Bryn Clinch, Primark is even bigger now and has the old BHS as well, did not look that far!

[Bryn Clinch]

The first floor seems to match fairly well on Google Earth!

[Lutonman]

Are you sure of the location Smiffy?
Primark is now where Woolworths used to be and the Pentagon is directly opposite. TKmax is now where Primark used to be but the building opposite does not appear to fit the architecture in your picture very well.

[conan]

The film is a good one, a true cowboy and Indian epic.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k92jpf0eBAs

[smiffy]

This is a rather charming picture of the National Electric Theatre dating from 1913 with the staff posing outside. It opened around 1911 and was specifically designed as a cinema, costing £3,500 to construct and with seating for 600. I wouldn't be surprised if there used to be more staff in attendance at this one cinema than you get at a modern multiplex. It closed as a cinema in 1950 and still exists as retail premises, standing opposite Primark.

Continuous performance 2 till 10.30

Ticket prices: Balcony and Stalls - 6d  Orchestra stalls - 3d  Children - 3d and 2d

On Saturdays, the first two rows of the balcony were 1/-

The large posters visible are for the film "The Battle at Elderbush Gulch", directed by D. W. Griffith and starring Mae Marsh and Lillian Gish.