Aberdeen Theatres: The Pavilion on the Promenade

The Beach Promenade between the wars was a busy venue for holiday makers and locals alike.

On the left of the photograph can be seen the Beach Pavilion, home to Harry Gordon's Entertainers. The theatre originally opened as a wooden structure on 6th May 1906. Following many successful summer seasons a new, improved Pavilion opened in 1928, seen here.

In 1962 the Pavilion was re-named the Gaiety and became a licensed restaurant, public bar and lounge. It functioned as a restaurant in the Queens Links leisure complex until the remnants of the original building were destroyed by fire in 2014.

The Beach Bathing Station can be seen in the background.

Aberdeen Beach