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Former Olympic Picture House building purchased in 1923 by Southdown Motor Services Ltd. after the picture house burned down. Southdown retained the facade, but built a smallish bus garage on the cleared land behind it. Vacated by Southdown in 1956, the building stands to this day. Southdown also acquired further land immediately to the south of this on what used to be an ice rink and built a larger garage which opened in 1924 and can be clearly seen in the photo. This was also closed in 1956, when its new garage and bus station in Basin Road was opened, and subsequently demolished. It is now part of the car park of Metro House, an office building. '