One distinctive feature was the low square Tower at the Park Street side of the Building that was topped by a red-tiled Concave Pyramidal Roof. The Building’s “ Spanish Villa” Design is described by Thomson as unique for Aberdeen & highly unusual throughout Scotland. The Architects for the Project were George Sutherland & Clement George. The Casino was built on the Site of Kilgour’s Factory Yards. It and the “ Starrie” served the population of the City’s east end for many years. Michael Thomson in The Silver Screen in the Silver City describes the Casino as the 2nd of Aberdeen’s purpose-built Picture Halls. It had close competition with Bert Gate’s Star Picture Palace just around the corner on Park Street. John Peter Kilgour, was a Dealer in various Waste Materials. Sold to James Rennie & Arthur Forbes for Bingo Hall 26th September 1961. Sold to Bert Gates, 23rd November 1939, then to Donald’s, 23rd May 1941.
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