For 18 years, the residents of Blyth have had to be content with watching a film in their home or travelling to watch a film.
However, that's all changed with the opening of the Phoenix Theatre's new cinema. The 300-seat theatre houses the first big screen in town since the Wallaw closed in 2004.
Operational from 1937, the Wallaw was reopened as a Wetherspoon's in 2013 with the original cinema projector still standing in the entrance of the pub. However, moviegoers have had to travel to Cramlington or Newcastle to get their film fix.
