Cinema History Demolished

The Carlton Cinema in Cosham's High Street has been demolished after 70 years of service. The cinema was first opened in 1937 by Jack Buchana, famous actor and singer of the 30's, who named the establishment " The Carlton Super Cinema".

In 2007 the cinema was finally put out of business due to the current climate and hazardous structure. Over a period of eight years three different companies had tried to make a profit from the cinema and failed. After much effort and many campaigns against it, work started to demolish the building in December 2010.

The decline of Cinema's in the city of Portsmouth has been a dramatic one. Falling from 30 to only three.

The demolition of the cinema is still in progress and flats will supposedly replace this historic building.