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Press, Volume LXX, Issue 21255, 29 August 1934, Page 8

One of London's most famous theatres—the Borough, Stratford, in the East End—is to be demolished to make way for a cinema. The theatre was closed in March of last year after a continuous life of 37 years devoted to the drama, grand opera, and revue. In those years the people of the East End were able to see most of the stage's greatest artists in their principal successes. Among those who acted at the Borough Theatre were Irving, Ellen Terry, and Beerbohm Tree, while the music-hall artists included Dan Leno, Marie Lloyd, and Albert Chevalier. Sir Henry Lytton and the Savoy operas scored immense successes there. The new cinema will have accommodation for 3000 people. Thirty different types of buoys are in use around the 2400 miles of coast of England, Wales, and the Channel Islands. The heaviest weigh 10 tons; the lightest scwt. Each buoy is periodically inspected, and overhauled annually.