During the research for his Invisible Cinema walking tour Ben Waddington did some delving in various disused picture palaces around Birmingham city centre, including the Odeon Queensway (on the pagoda roundabout) and the ABC New Street (hidden away behind Chez Jules/Sun Valley Amusements). Here’s the evidence:

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Here’s a quick canter through some Flatpack memories, with plenty more to be found on our Flickr stream. Many thanks to all those who took photos, including Fabrice Millet, Lee Basford, Bidu Ria, Mark Rhodes, Chris Keenan and Chris Daniels.

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A little slideshow from Saturday’s Odeon bus tour, led by Chris Upton. See also the Guardian’s writeup on Rediscovering Birmingham’s movie meccas, and there’ll be plenty more images will be going up on flickr over the next week.

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