James found me afterwards and gave me a guided tour up to the main projection room and to see the vintage machinery they have as well...lots of little store rooms and areas to explore.
The plans for the screens and seating sounds great. The false ceilings are being removed in the main foyer to allow the light to come in through the original art deco full size windows (currently panelled over inside with shelving in front) making it spacious. The main screen foyer is being extended and is going to have a bar and some seating added. Disabled access to the ground floor screens will be improved and it sounds like some on site disabled parking will be provided too.
The images from this morning will be handed over to James for his use and archives, some will be shared on Future of Cinema in Sutton Coldfield (FoCiS) facebook page and added to my website.
Hopefully, Phase 1 - stripping out what has to go, will begin at the end of next week. This will take around 6 weeks, then I will return to photograph that.