The Rembrandt Virtual Tour – Documents and Plans

We are grateful to the family of the late Derek Phillips for their permission to use much of the text and images from the website that was set up and run by him. Derek was very interested in local history and his community and a short biography can be viewed on the introductory page.

These illustrations were taken from the original plans deposited at the Borough Council in 1937. Sadly the originals have since been destroyed when all archived drawings were microfiched. In addition to the documents shown here, plans can be found on the pages concerning the Cafe, The foyer, Box 2, Twinning and the Facade.

Letter from E. Norman Bailey that accompanied the plans
Image courtesy of the Phillips family © 2007

The drawing for the neon sign.
This application was made in 1946.
Image courtesy of the Phillips family © 2007

An example of the Cinemas Headed note paper.
This example from just after the sale to ABC Cinemas.
Image courtesy of the Phillips family © 2007

Longitudinal View
Image courtesy of the Phillips family © 2007

Plans for ABC 2 Cinema below extended circle. 1971
Image courtesy of the Phillips family © 2007

Note that originally periscope projection was proposed. Fortunately common sense prevailed and the projection box was built with a raised floor and the void used as the top half of the booth.

Text written by the late Derek Phillips

The Tour

Boring legal stuff relating to this page

As explained earlier the text and images for this page came from the website run by the late Derek Phillips. To preserve his work and allow ready access to it, it was decided to merge his local history pages into the Epsom and Ewell History Explorer website. Of necessity some minor changes to the text were necessary and the layout has been changed to fit in with the house style of Epsom and Ewell History Explorer but in essence the web page is Derek’s.
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