Central Picture Palace / King Edward Picture Palace, Central Drive, Blackpool

Blackpool Central Picture Palace Company Limited was registered on 15 January 1913. £5,000 in £1 shares. Office 34 Birley Street. R B Mather being one of the first directors of the company

The Central Picture Theatre opened its doors for the first time on 11th July 1913 with 1009 seats on raked stalls and balcony. Renames King Edward VIII in 1914 it was one of the first purpose-built cinemas in the town, billed as the prettiest and cosiest new theatre in Blackpool.’ Inside, there was a barrel-vaulted ceiling and plasterwork in the shape of leaves and flowers, although much of that is thought to have been destroyed when the building was converted into a restaurant in the 1980s.