In the case of the Rembrandt, its was decided that Twinning the cinema was the best option, although this was not before permission was granted in 1968 to use the building for Bingo.

The cinema closed after the last showing of "Le Mans" in September 1971 and work was carried out for the next ten weeks to convert the rear stalls area into a small 152 seat auditorium whilst the circle was extended to create a 606 seat auditorium.

Plans showing how the small cinema, known as ABC 2, fitted beneath the circle and its 5 new rows.

The projection box was sited in the old rear stalls entrance and the entrance to the small cinema was formerly one of the pay boxes.

The new pay box and kiosk can be seen  on the extreme left.

An additional exit at the front right of the cinema was never built.

Inside the void area to the left of ABC 2.

The left hand picture shows the rear wall of the former stalls. The rough brick wall is the wall of the new cinema.

The right hand picture show the pillars supporting the 5 extra rows of the circle, forming ABC 1 cinema.

The drop wall dividing the circle extension and stalls caused poor acoustics which could have been avoided by boarding over the vacant front stalls ("the pit") or bringing the screen forward, although both these solutions would have been visually intrusive and detracted from the original look of the main auditorium.

An artists impression of what the new ABC 1 auditorium would look like.

A photograph taken by the council during the conversion works, probably in relation to the new ABC Signs. Plans for these were drawn up in 1968 but they were probably fitted when the cinema was twinned. The first proposal was to have them on the left side of the facia.