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Edward Colebred, The Cinema, Ottery St Mary, and Charles Lovell blue plaque

Ottery St Mary, Devon, England, United Kingdom

The Cinema From 1910, Charles Lovell ran a successful bicycle sales and repair business from these premises. In 1919, the shop and adjacent living accommodation were purchased by entrepreneur and benefactor Edward Colebred, and extended to the rear to provide the town with its first and only cinema

'The Palace'. Total seating, including the balcony, was 200. There was great excitement early 'silent' pictures were replaced by 'talkies' in 1934. With each successive proprietor the name was changed

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