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Lyons Cinema & Cafe / Rink House Rawalpindi c.1930's
This is Plaza cinema. It was one of the top movie houses in Rawalpindi frequented by luminaries and dignitaries in sixties and seventies. It projected English movies only. It was a favorite haunt of young men who would gather there in the evenings. The cinema was owned by Mr. Ehsan Shah. That was the era of Beatles, Elvis and Cliff Richard and all other stars of sixties. Boys would model themselves after them.
Plaza cinema, adjacent to Odeon. Formerly known as Lyons' Cinema & Café its proprietor was Mr. W. Lintott (of Murree's Lintott's café fame.) While the owner of adjacent Odeon was a Sikh who also managed Lansdowne Theatre in Peshawar and several other cinemas in British cantonments like Murree, Risalpur, Nowshera, Cherat etc.
HINDUS CREMATERY (BURNING PLACE) c.1910's
Christ Church Corner Of Strathnairn Napier Road, 20 May 1921
This is Plaza cinema. It was one of the top movie houses in Rawalpindi frequented by luminaries and dignitaries in sixties and seventies. It projected English movies only. It was a favorite haunt of young men who would gather there in the evenings. The cinema was owned by Mr. Ehsan Shah. That was the era of Beatles, Elvis and Cliff Richard and all other stars of sixties. Boys would model themselves after them.
Plaza cinema, adjacent to Odeon. Formerly known as Lyons' Cinema & Café its proprietor was Mr. W. Lintott (of Murree's Lintott's café fame.) While the owner of adjacent Odeon was a Sikh who also managed Lansdowne Theatre in Peshawar and several other cinemas in British cantonments like Murree, Risalpur, Nowshera, Cherat etc.
HINDUS CREMATERY (BURNING PLACE) c.1910's
Christ Church Corner Of Strathnairn Napier Road, 20 May 1921
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