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DocRefNoPH0882/7/5547
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TitlePhotograph of the very final toast – to the ‘Scala’!
Date1977
DescriptionThis shot, from the stage, shows:
L to R:- Mrs. Jean Perkins, Mrs. Gwen Phillips and Mrs. Joyce Reader – in the now closed and empty cinema.

Notes on above personnel Mrs. Joyce Reader, of [address removed], has been in the cinema industry for 16 years. She has been at the ‘Scala’ for s second spell of 5 years. Also worked at the ‘Palace’, Bedworth, the ‘Paris’, Coventry, and also at the ‘Ritz’, Longford, Coventry.
Mrs Gwen Phillips, of [address removed] Nuneaton, has been in the cinema industry for just 3 years – all that time being spend at the ‘Scala’, in Nuneaton.
Mrs. Jean Perkins, of [address removed] Nuneaton, first worked at the ‘Scala’ in about 1960. She then spent 4 years at the ‘Ritz’, in Nuneaton. Started back at the ‘Scala’ about 1972.
Mr. Omar Ahmedmia, of [address removed] Nuneaton, has worked at the ‘Scala’ as Projectionist since May 25, 1975. He hails from Karachi, but came to England from Africa.
PhototypeFlexible Negative
PhotocolourBlack & White
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