For those with whom Sarah worked in Thurrock, here is the other Art Deco State Cinema (now an office-products shop.) Influenced by Spanish Mission style as well as Art Deco, it's a lovely building.
See the cantilevered lamp-post. When the town was rebuilt, all street level lampposts were banned, to keep the streets clear and uncluttered. Road-signs were tiled into the pavements, or put onto enamelled signs that sat flush with building walls. Today these are considered inconvenient to car drivers and have been replaced. Verandah support pillars have also come back in, when the 1930's designers banned these too, requiring all verandahs to be suspended from the higher floors.
The results are stupendous, and an object lesson in clear but draconian design guidance. Napier is a beautiful city, an enduring tourist destination, as well as a thriving commercial port and centre for the agricultural businesses of the region.