EPW053696 ENGLAND (1937). The River Tyne between Willington Slipways and site of the New Jarrow Steel Works, Willington Quay, 1937

Sorry, another typing error - the line should have read "last film advertised". At that I was copying from an edited text. I broke my own rule - stay with the sources. The original notes, at Discover North Tyneside, in North Shields Library, are more cautious. They list shows at the Pearl advertised in the Shields Weekly News up to 4 January 1963. The editor's own index includes only 4 references to the Pearl. The Sunday Sun 2 Dec 1960 reported the beginning of a tombola club, in addition to films. The Evening Chronicle 21 June 1966 noted that the Pearl was the 7th and last Wallsend cinema to close and convert to bingo; it lists the others by date. Halliwell's Film Guide states that The Vikings was made in 1958, so I would guess the Pearl wasn't a "first run" house. The Evening Chronicle 18 May 1971 reported the previous day's fire, which gutted the General Foam Products store, in the late Pearl. It noted the part played by the cinema in the career of Miss England, Iris Waller.