Southsea Electic Theatre/The State Cinema

Fawcett Road, Southsea

1911-1940

Southsea Electric Theatre, Fawcett Rd, after several name changes, was renamed The State Cinema, it closed as a cinema in 1940, was then used to store furniture from bombed houses. later an Embassy Ballroom, then an admiralty store, finally demolished, and finally a block of flats ‘Embassy Court’ was built on the site.