The golden age of cinema transported to a British living museum

The golden age of cinema transported to a British living museum

Sunderland, in the northeast of England, is a town built on iron, coal, and fishing. Its gritty, working-class backdrop has been the scene for many independent or classic movies. It is most recognisable to movie buffs as Blackhall Colliery, just outside the town, which was used as the final scene in Get Carter (Mike Hodges, 1971; pictured above). Recently one of its architectural jewels, a cinema built prior to 1914, has been saved from destruct…