Embassy Cinema

and

Scout Hut

Boswall Parkway

17 January 1966

This photo was taken when the cinema was closed, following fire on March 2, 1964.

The cinema never re-opened.  An application was made for it to be used as a dance hall or bingo hall  but this
was was refused.  The building was demolished in 1975.  A  supermarket was built on the site.

Embassy Cinema, Boswall Parkway, 1957 - Queue for 'Bridge on the River Kwai'

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Here are links to three more photos of the Embassy Cinema:

1958

Queue

Embassy Cinema, Boswall Parkway, 1957 - Queue for 'Bridge on the River Kwai' ©

1972

Fallen into disrepair

    Embassy Cinema, Boswall Parkway - Fallen into disrepair, November 1972 ©

Around 1975?

Demolition

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Embassy Cinema

Recollections of the Supermarket built on the site

Acknowledgement for the info in the caption above the photo at the top of this page:

'The Last Picture Shows: Edinburgh' (Brendon Thomas)

 

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