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Historic Rugeley pub set to celebrate anniversary with all-day celebration

An important birthday for a Rugeley pub with a heritage and history is set to be celebrated.

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The building which houses the Wetherspoon pub The Plaza will be marking its 90th anniversary on Tuesday,  November 12.

Pub manager Sian Siddall and her team at the pub on Horsefair, which first opened as a Wetherspoon pub in May 1998, will be marking the 90th anniversary with an all-day celebration.

Originally a cinema called The Picture House, when the building opened its doors to the public, at 7pm on November 12, 1934, all eyes were on the big screen, with Jesse Matthews in “Evergreen” and Shirley Temple in “Pardon My Pups”.

The cinema was built by Charles K. Deeming & George E. Deeming for the Rugeley Picture House Ltd., part of the Charles K. Deeming Circuit.