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David McLean

Former Edinburgh Odeon set for new lease of life as workers start huge refurb

A former Edinburgh cinema that closed 20 years ago could be given a new lease of life as locals spotted fencing going up and workers entering the vacant building.

For generations, the Odeon cinema on Clerk Street was one of the capital's best-loved movie theatres and gig venues.

In recent years, however, the former movie palace has been a shadow of its former self with attempts to give the building, which closed as a cinema in 2003, a new lease of life failing to bear fruit.

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