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RADCLIFFE Lancs
BRIDGE PICTURE HOUSE / PALACE Kenyon Street Opened 1910 by Geo Testo Sante. By 1941 (BTP) - Props., New Empire (Burnley) Ltd. 540 seats. Booked at Rialto, Rochdale. Twice nightly. Mat., Tues. and Sat. Prices 4d. to 9d. Proscenium width 27ft. Phone 2154. Station, Radcliffe (New) L.M.S.
Circus Pitch T. Statter (1907)
COLISEUM THEATRE Mellor Street (WE) - Props., New Empire (Burnley) Ltd. 846 seats. Twice nightly. Prices 3d. to 9d. Booked at Rialto, Rochdale. Stage38ft. deep. Twelve dressing-rooms., Phone Radcliffe 2154. Station, Radcliffe (New) L.M.S.
Co-operative Hall Mark Kenyon (1907)
ODEON THEATRE Foundry Street/Egerton Street (BTH) Opened 14th August 1937. Architect: W. Calder Robinson (Harry Weedon). 1,139 seats. 1941 - Props., Odeon (Radcliffe) Ltd., Old County Cinema, Marlow, Bucks. Phone Marlow 695-9. Booked at Moor Hall, Cookham, Berks. Prices 9d. to 1s. 6d. Continuous. Stage. Phone Radcliffe 2080. Closed 27th April 1957. Various retail uses. Empty in 2005.
OPERA HOUSE G. T. Sante (1907)
PICTUREDROME Water Street (WE) - Prop., New Empire (Burnley) Ltd. 739 seats. Booked at Rialto, Rochdale. Two shows nightly. Mat., Thurs. and Sat. Prices 4d. to 9d. Phone Radcliffe 2086. Proscenium width 26ft. Station, Radcliffe (New).
Queen’s Hall J. Boothman (1907)
RADLETT Herts
CINEMA / Parish Hall 22 Watling Street (BTH) Opened Thursday 5th September 1929 – Legion of the Condemned. 1937: (B.T.H.) Prop., W. J. Wiggs & Co. 300 seats. Phone 6779. By 1941 - Prop., Radlett Cinema, Ltd. Watling Street, Radlett. Phone Radlett 6778. 306 seats. Continuous. Prices 9d. to 2s. Stage and three dressing rooms. Films by Road Transport. By 1945 London & Provincial circuit. Closed Saturday 27th august 1960 – Bottoms Up and The Rawhide Trail. Now local council - Radlett Hall.
RADSTOCK Som
PALACE 1922 - Prop. & Res. Man., D. W. Cattermole. One show nightly. Two changes weekly. Prices, 6d. to 1s. 3d. Station, Radstock, G.W.R. 1941 – 417 seats. Props.,, Trueman Dicken Cinemas. Phone Radstock 3102. Carpet shop in 2006.
Victoria Hall f., R. Harvey (1907)
RAINHAM Kent
PICTURE PALACE Corrugated iron and wood. 3d or 6d. Pianist Mrs Sayer. Closed c.1923. Later United Services Club on site.
ROYAL CINEMA / ROYAL PICTURE HOUSE London Road Opened c.1924 - conversion of Salvation Army hall. Prop. and/or Mgr. William Furness Maxwell (ex-Kings, Strood). 395 seats. Prosc. width 22ft. AWH sound. 1937 as RPH: (B.T.P.) Prop., Mrs. C. S. Wills-Rust. 300 seats. By 1941: (BTP) - Prop., A. Thomson. 395 seats. Booked at Hall. Continuous from 2p.m., Suns, included. Prices 9d. to 1s. 6d. Proscenium width 25ft. Phone 81476, Station, Rainham, S.R. 1947 James Boyd - new heating and projection. 1952 badly damaged by fire. To Mrs D. Gass - Darland Cinema Co. New seats, redecorated, reopened - Silver River and Murder in the Air. CinemaScope May 1956 20’-wide screen. 347 seats. Double seats in back row. Closed 5th March 1966 - Cat Ballou and You must be Joking. Food supermarket, later Lukehurst’s furniture showroom.
WARDONA ?scheme not realised.
RAINWORTH nr. Mansfield Notts
PALACE (BTP) - Prop., Rainworth Theatre, Ltd, 440 seats. Once nightly. Twice Sat, Prices 6d. to 1s. 2d. Phone Blidworth 358. Station Mansfield, L.M.S., Films by Road Transport. Closed 1959.
RAINWORTH PICTURE HOUSE 1922 - Prop., Rainworth Picture House Co., Ltd . Res. Man., T. W. Share. One show nightly. Two changes weekly. Prices, 5d. to 1s. Phone, Mansfield 358. Station, Rainworth, M.R.
RAMSBOTTOM Lancs
Co-operative Hall (1907)
EMPIRE Railway Street 1937: (WE) 744 seats. Phone 70. 1941: (WE) - Prop., Blakeborough, Ltd. 650 seats. Booked at Manchester, One show nightly, Two on Sat. Two changes weekly. Prices 8d. to 1s. 2d. Proscenium width 26ft. Stage 20ft. deep; 2 dressing-rooms. Phone 2170. Station, Ramsbottom, L.M.S.
THEATRE ROYAL / ROYAL Square Street 1937 as New Royal: (W.E.) Prop., Blakeborough Ltd. 677 seats. 1941: (WE) - Props., Blakeborough, Ltd., Smithy Street. 700 seats. Booked at Manchester. Once nightly. Twice Sat. Prices 8d. to 1s. 2d. Proscenium width 30ft. Phone 2170. Station, Ramsbottom. Open as ?amateur theatre in 2005.
RAMSEY unts
ABBEY ROOMS KINEMA / Abbey Rooms J. Hutton (1907) 1922 - Prop., Abbey Rooms Cinema Co. Res. Man,, Alfred H. Sugden. One show nightly. Two changes weekly. Station, Ramsey, G.N.R.
Cinema Tesco development site [3 screens - 200, 120, 80 seats - for September 2006]
GRAND / New Kinema (BTH) Opened 1935 - Prop., Murkett Bros., Phone Huntingdon 298. 800 seats. Twice nightly. Mat., Sat. Two changes weekly. Prices 6d. to 1s. 6d. Station, Ramsey, L.N.E.R. Sold. Closed 17th June 2005. Projectors/sound equipment to Stockport Plaza. Sold for re-development.
RAMSEY I. o. M.
CINEMA HOUSE Albert Road 1922 - Prop., Strand Cinemas Theatres, Co. Douglas. 1937: Cap. 1,200. By 1941: (BTH) - Props., Ramsey Amusements, Ltd. 600 seats. Booked by R. E. Ratcliff, ‘Raheny,’ Roby, Lancs. Continuous Summer months. Once nightly including Sunday-Winter. Prices 6d. and 1s. Phone 87. Station, Ramsey.
PALACE THEATRE W. H. Walker & Sons (1907)
Pavilion R. Curphey (1907)
PICTUREDROME 1922 - Prop., Tom Dyson. Res. Man.,, J. W. Beaumont. One show nightly. Two changes weekly. Prices, 4d. to 9d. Station, Ramsey, I.O.M.R. Co.
PLAZA Waterloo Road (BTH) - Prop., Ramsey Amusements, Ltd., Cinema House, Ramsey. Phone 87. 950 seats. Booked by R. E. Ratcliff, ‘Raheny,’ Roby, Lancs. Continuous. Occasional Variety. Prices 6d. to 1s. Proscenium width 32ft. Stage 14ft. deep; 2 dressing-rooms, Phone 224. Café attached. Station, Ramsey.
RAMSGATE Kent
Amphitheatre ‘Lord’ George Sanger (1907)
CLASSIC / ODEON THEATRE High Street (BTH) Opened 1936 – Where’s Sally? Prop., Odeon (Ramsgate) Ltd. Architect: Andrew Mather. 1,568 seats. By 1941 - Prop., Odeon Theatres, Ltd., Old County Cinema, Marlow, Bucks, Phone Marlow 695-9. Booked at Moor Hall, Cookham, Berks. Continuous. Prices 9d. to 2s. 4d. One dressing-room. Phone Ramsgate 1081. To Classic December 1967. Split, then twinned 1983.. Closed 17th October 1985. Demolished.
Granville Hall f., G. Hurst (1907)
GRANVILLE THEATRE Victoria Parade 2 screens. Windsor Cinemas.
KING’S THEATRE King’s Street 1922 - Prop., Ramsgate and District Popular Amusements Co. Man. Dir., R. V. Crow. Two shows nightly. Three mats. weekly. Two changes weekly. Prices, 4d. to 1s. Phone 209. Leased to George Carey c.1928 – c.1935. 1937: (B.T.H.) Ramsgate & Dist. Amusem’ts Ltd. Phone 209. By 1941: (BTH) - Prop., Balexcro Theatres, Ltd., Broadmead House, 21 Panton Street, S.W.1. Phone Whitehall 2529. 726 seats. Booked in London. Continuous nightly. Mats. daily. Phone Ramsgate 524. Station, Ramsgate & Kent Film Transport. Now religious use.
MARINA CINEMA / Marine Varieties Gus Levaine (1907) 1922 - Continuous. Two changes weekly. Prices, 5d. to 1s. ld. Station, Ramsgate Sands, S.E. & C.R.
PALACE THEATRE High Street 1922 - Prop., Mrs. A. Reeve Sanger. Station, Ramsgate Harbour, S.E. & C.R. To G. E. Casey - Casey’s Theatres Ltd., 13 Gerrard St. W1. By 1941: (WE) - Prop., Balexcro Theatres, Ltd., Broadmead House, Panton Street, Haymarket, London, S.W.1. Phone Whitehall 2529. 1,482 seats. Revue, Plays, Pictures, etc. Stage 22½ ft. deep. Station, Ramsgate S.R., & Kent Film Transport. SG46: Prop. : Balexcro Theatres, Ltd., King’s Theatre, Ramsgate. Tel.: Ramsgate 524. Once nightly 7,30. Repertory and summer shows. Matinées Thursday and Saturday. Stage : Prosc. 31ft. x 19ft., min. depth 22ft., height under flies 18ft. 6 in., width between fly galleries 41ft., grid to stage 43ft., 20 hemp lines. Elec. equip. : 240 v. D.C. Four footlights with four circuits. Two dips with dimmers. Two following limes. Dressing rooms : Ten. Sep. room for orchestra. No resident orchestra. Acc. for ten. Rep: Harry Hanson’s Court Players.
PAVILION (BTH) - Prop., Balexcro Theatres, Ltd., Broadmead House, 21, Panton Street, S.W.1. 1,200 seats. Booked at H.O. Continuous. Café attached. Station, Ramsgate, S.R. Films by Kent Films Motor Transport, Ltd.
PICTURE HOUSE High Street Opened 25th March 1920. To G-B. by 1929. To Balexcro c. 1935. (WE) - Props., Balexcro Theatres, l.td., Broadmead House, 21 Panton Street S.W.1. 600 seats. Booked at London. Closed 1940 by war evacuation. Re-opened 8th August 1943. 600 seats. Closed 4th October 1959. Supermarket.
QUEEN’S CINEMA Queen Street 1922 - Prop., Queen’s Cinema Co. Continuous. Two mata. weekly. Two changes weekly. Prices, 5d. to 1s. 3d. Station, Ramsgate Harbour, S.E. & C.R.
RAMSGATE PICTURE HOUSE High Street 1922 - Prop., Ramsgate Picture House, Ltd. Res. Man., Fred Wallis. Continuous. Two changes weekly. Prices, 9d. to 2s. Phone, Ramsgate 124. Station, Ramsgate Harbour, S.E. & C.R. 1937: (W.E.) H. E. Bawn Enterprises Ltd. 588 seats. Phone 124. By 1941: (WE) - Props., Balexcro Theatres, Ltd., 21, Panton Street, London, S.W.1. 580 seats. Continuous. Mat. daily. Film Transport.
Royal Assembly Rooms f., Frederick France (1907)
ROYAL VICTORIA PAVILION / Victoria Pavilion Corporation (1907) 1922 - Licensee, Harry Bawn. Two changes weekly. Phone, Ramsgate 395. Station, Ramsgate Hartour, S.E. & C.R. 1937 as RVP:(R.C.A.) Prop., H. E. Bawn Enterprises Ltd. 1,000 seats. Phone 395.
STAR CINEMA George Street 1922 - Prop., H. W. Shanly. Res. Man., Louis Cottin. One show nightly. Two changes weekly. Prices, 4d. to 1s. 3d. Station, Ramsgate, S.E. & C.R.
VUE EuroKent Business Park, Westwood [10 screens; work starting May 2004 for 2005]
RAUNDS Northants
PALACE 1919: Prop. Palace Cinema Co. A. Dunham, mgr. 1922 - Prop., Raunds Kinema Co., Ltd. Res. Man., A. Dunham. Continuous. Two changes weekly. Prices, 3d. to 1s. By 1941: (Ultramonic) - Prop., A. Hayward, The Cottage, Chelveston Road, Raunds. 360 seats. Booked at Hall. Once nightly, twice Sat. Mat., Sat. Pictures and Variety. Stage15ft. deep; two dressing-rooms. Prices 6d. to 1s.3d. Phone Raunds 58. Station, Raunds. L.M.S.
CARLTON West Street 1937: (WE) Prop., J. W. Camozzi.
TIVOLI Demolished
RAVENSTHORPE nr. Dewsbury Yorks
Co-operative Hall Secretary (1907)
PALACE AWH sound.
PAVILION 1922 - Prop., Goodall’s Pictures, Ltd. Res Man W B Haley. One show nightly. Two changes weekly. Prices, 3d. to 1s. Phone, Dewsbury 792. Station, Ravensthorpe, L.N. W. R.
RAWDON nr Leeds Yorks
New EMPIRE CINEMA / VARIETY THEATRE / RAWDON EMPIRE Leeds Road 570 seats – 1st floor-hall. Fly tower. Cinema from 24th April 1924 — Fires of Fate. Films short-lived. Stage shows until 1932. As Variety Theatre: Licensee & mgr E. W. Sladen. The Classic Players. 7.45, Sat. 6.30 & 8.40. 1940 leased to Segelman circuit. By 1941: (Morrison) - Props., Empire Cinemas (Leeds) Ltd., J.O.G.S. Cinemas, 41, Albion Street, Leeds. Booked at Leeds. Phone 22011. 550 seats. Continuous. Prices 6d. to 1s.1d. Proscenium width 42ft. Phone Rawdon 210. Films by Transport. Lease sold to Robert bassist. Closed through bankruptcy 11th February 1956 - A Stranger on Horseback and Slaves of Babylon.
RAWMARSH and PARKGATE nr Rotherham Yorks
CENTRAL PICTUREDROME / ELECTRIC PAVILION Netherfield, Parkgate Opened 7th March 1912 – The Siege of Calais + others. Conversion of chapel. Mgr., George H. Morgan, assistant A. Bewley. Empire projector. By 21st December 1912 – Cinderella and The Sheriff’s Daughter. Re-named, re-seated cap. 5-600. Mgr. George Nightingale. Closed c.June 1913. Public hall. Demolished 1950s.
ELECTRA / ELECTRA PALACE Aldwarke Road, Parkgate Opened Whit Monday 27th May 1912 - ex-chapel. Propr. Parkgate & Denaby Theatres Ltd., res. mgr George Burton. 714 seats. Prosc. width 18ft. Later. Prices, 4d to 9d. Two shows nightly. Two changes weekly. Mgr. 1923 –31 Fred Shaw. By mid-1920s props. Heeley & Amalgamated Cinemas Ltd. Sheffield. F. Shaw, gen. mgr. Later Frank C. Clayton. WE sound 28th April 1930 – Wonder of Women. Prices 6d to 9d. Closed 2nd February 1935 – The Crime of Helen Stanley and Voice in the Night. To Heeley & Amalgamated Cinemas. Re-opened Boxing Day 1938 – Kid Galahad and The Singing Marine. 744 seats. 1950: continuous weekdays, separate houses Sat. Two changes weekly. Prices 6d to 1/3d. To Star circuit 1st March 1955 & closed 5th. Modernised/CinemaScope. Re-opened 14th March - Valley of the Kings. Closed 20th June 1959 – The Captain’s Table and Girl in the Woods. Storage. Demolished 1990 for housing.
Miners’ Institute F. Hall (1907)
PRINCESS PICTURE PALACE Rawmarsh Opened 4th March 1912 – chapel conversion. Prop., Princess Picture Palace (Rawmarsh & Barnsley) Ltd. Mgr. Basil Howe. Prices 2d, 4d, 6d. 1917 leased by, later bought Thomas Robinson. 1922 - Prop., Princes Pictures, Ltd. Res. Man., George Robinson. Two shows nightly. Two changes weekly. Prices, 3d. to 8d. Station, Rawmarsh, G.C.R. WE sound 1930. By 1941 - Prop. Princess Pictures, Ltd. 600 seats. Two shows nightly. Two changes weekly, Prices 3d. to 8d. Station, Rawmarsh, L.N.E.R. To Thomas Robinson jnr. 1955 CinemaScope. Closed 1st December 1962. 1966 demolished for road widening.
REGAL Rawmarsh Hill Opened Monday 5th October 1931 – Just Imagine. Prop., Heeley & Amalgamated Cinemas, Ltd., Sheffield. Architect: Harold J. Shepherd, Sheffield. Mgr. Fred Shaw. 877/177 = 1,054 seats. Prices, 5d, 8d, 1s. Kalee 8s. Pros. 32ft. 1941: (WE) - Prop., Heeley & Amalgamated Cinemas, Ltd., 70 The Moor Sheffield. 1,050 seats. Booked at H.O. Continuous. Prices 5d. to 1s. Proscenium width 32ft. Phone Rawmarsh 54. Stations, Parkgate & Rawmarsh, L.M.S. January 1955 to Star circuit. Closed 23rd February – modernised /CinemaScope. Re-opened 28th February – Knights of the Round Table. Closed 9th March 1963 - On the Beat. Regal Casino bingo Re-opened to part-time film 29th March 1964 – Summer Holiday to 5th April 1967 - Finder’s Keepers. Bingo. Snooker hall. By 1995 supermarket.
RAWTENSTALL Lancs
Co-operative Hall f., J. C. Heyworth (1907) Albert Williams showed picture c.1909 to 1911.
Liberal Club Assembly Rooms B. Smith (1907)
PALACE CINEMA / PALACE THEATRE / GRAND THEATRE Queen’s Square Opened July 1899 – Don Quixote. Architect: Darbyshire & Smith. Pros. 51ft, 37ft deep, 37ft wide. S. M. Willian Renshaw. Johnson & Potter (1907) C.1909 leased to William Mathews. Mgr. J. A. Whitehouse. To Manchester Electric Theatre Co re-opened as cinema Saturday 5th February 1910. c.1918 live theatre & re-named. Closed. Re-opened as talkie house 1932 – rear projection. Gramo-Radio, later Imperial sound. 1933 - Prop., Rossendale Pictures, Ltd. 600 seats. Once nightly. Booked at Manchester. Occasional Variety. Prices 4d. to 1s. Phone Rawtenstall, L.M.S. Closed January 1936. Re-opened for panto. Closed January 1937 – Mikado (amateur). 1937: (WE) Prop., Rawtenstall Cinemas Ltd. 600 seats. Phone 123. Demolished February 1938.
PAVILION CINEMA / ROYAL PAVILION PICTURE THEATRE Bury Road Opened c.August 1911. Prop., Albert Williams. Cap. 740. Pros. 27ft. 1920s to Rossendal Pavilion Ltd. 1925 organ: Jardine 2/20 straight single chamber. Mgr. W. J. Holden, later H. Cookson (& booking mgr.). January 1936 to Rossendale cinemas. 1937: (WE) Prop., Rawtenstall Cinemas Ltd. 1,141 seats. Phone 36. 1941: (WE) - Prop., Rossendale Pictures, Ltd. 1,141 seats. Bkg. & Gen. Man., H. Cookson. One show nightly. Twice Sat. Three Mats. Prices 6d. to 1s. Phone Rossendale 36. Station, Rawtenstall, L.M.S. Late 40s to J.J. Cinemas. Organ broken down c.1955. CinemaScope. 975 seats. To Rossendale cinemas. December 1960 to Star circuit. Part-time, then full-time bingo. Carpet shop in 2005.
UNIT 4 / PICTURE HOUSE Bacup Road Opened 29th December 1920 – The River’s End and The Cruise of the Make Believes. Prop., Wilmore & Wisbey. 1,290 seats. Pros. 36ft. M.D. T. N. Howarth. Organ. 1937: (WE) Prop., Rawtenstall Cinemas Ltd. 1,309 seats. Phone 123. 1941: (WE) - Props., Rossendale Pictures, Ltd. 1,309 seats. Once nightly. Booked at Manchester. Prices 6d. to 1s. 3d. Phone Rossendale 123. Station, Rawtenstall, L.M.S. To JJ Pictures late 40s. To Star circuit. Closed 1975. To Brian Tattersall. Re-opened as Unit 4: 121, 118, 165, 1118 seats. 1986 closed. To Dinoheath. Re-opened 1986 as single screen. 120 seats. To other owners/lessees. Closed by 1996. Other use. Boarded up & to let 2005.
RAYLEIGH Essex
COSY / RAYLEIGH CINEMA High Street Opened c.1924. Prop., Ernest P. Clayton. 350 seats. Early 30s: Cosy (Rayleigh) Ltd. (AWH) 350 seats. Café. Phone 75. To Bostock circuit. Closed and demolished for Regal 1937.
REGAL Bellingham Lane (BTP) Opened 1937. Prop. Bostock circuit. 756 OR 696 – single tier. By 1941 - Prop., Fred. W. Allwood Circuit, 113, Wardour Street, W.1. 843 seats. Prices 6d. to 1s. 6d. Continuous from 1.30 p.m. Booked at Hall. Proscenium width 39ft. Phone Rayleigh 75. Station, Rayleigh, L.N.E.R. By 1945 to Radion circuit (B. E. Fortesque). To Mrs. R. F. Webster who sold to Astoria Films (London) Ltd. 1955. CinemaScope. Closed September 1973. Demolished. Offices & retirement homes.
RAYNES PARK Surrey
RIALTO CINEMA / RAYNES PARK CINEMA Pepys Road Opened 1921. Rebuilt, enlarged & sound installed 1929. (WE) - Prop., S. M. Super Cinemas, Ltd., 37-38, Golden Square, London W.1. Phone Gerrard 4556. 706 seats. Booked at H.O. Continuous. Three changes weekly. Prices 6d. to 2s. Phone Wimbledon 2828. Station, Raynes Park, S.R. closed. Demolished.
READING Berks
ABC / MGM / CANNON / ABC / ABC Friar Street / CENTRAL PICTURE PLAYHOUSE 25 Friar Street Opened Monday 21st March 1921 – The Call of the Road. Architect: George Gardiner + Gilbert T. Gardiner, Oxford. Prop., Central Picture Playhouse & Café (Reading) Ltd. – man. dir. Fred. J. Wicks. Continuous. Prices, 9d to 2/4d. Organ. M.D. H. Herrington. 1,561 seats. By 1925 leased to Walter W. Thompson. Mgr. Robert Stevens. To T & S Cinemas. 1st talkie in Reading 26th August 1929. BTP sound – Weary River. To ABC c.1931. By 1941: (WE) - Prop., Associated British Cinemas, Ltd., 30-31 Golden Square, London W.1. Phone Gerrard 7887. 1,570 seats. Booked at H.O. Continuous. Phone Reading 3931. Station, Reading, G.W.R. 15th November 1967 stalls given ‘luxury lounge’ treatment. 814 seats. Re-named ABC in 1971 & ex-café as 2nd screen. Tripled 1977. To Cannon. To MGM. Closed 22nd March 1999. Demolished.
ABC London Road / GRANBY London Road/Cemetery Junction (BTH) Opened 2nd September 1935. Architect: Edgar Simmons. By 1941 - Props., Granby Cinema (Reading) Ltd., London Road, Reading. Phone 61435. 1,200 OR 1,500 seats. Continuous. Prices 6d. to 2s. Café. Films by road transport. To Mayfair circuit 1941. To ABC 1943. Re-named c.1965. Modernised 1969. 1,158 seats. 70mm installed. Closed Saturday 27th November 1982 - Creepshow. Empty. Demolished 1987.
EMPIRE Electric PICTURE THEATRE / Elm Park Hall Elm Park Road Opened 1911/2 – conversion of former Salvation Army hall. Mgr. Davis. By 1915 lessee O. G. Veall. 325 seats. By 1922 Prop., R. Rosbottom and W. Dearden. Res. man. R. Rosbottom. Two shows nightly. Two changes weekly. Prices, 5d. to 1s. Station, Reading, G.W.R. To C. W. Stanley. Sound-on-disc. Closed c.1931. Became Curzon club.
EVERYMAN THEATRE / chapel / THEATRE ROYAL / NEW HALL London Street Opened pre-1853. 1853 pros erected, re-opened as TR New Hall. Closed. 1866 to Methodists as chapel. Disused. 1950 to council. Opened as Everyman Easter Monday 1952. Prop., Reading Borough Council. Lessee Everyman Theatre Co. Closed December 1957. Occasional amateur use. Closed April 1960. Sold to Reading Newspaper Co. Still stands as offices. Listed Grade II.
FILM THEATRE Whiteknights Seats: 409 BFI supported. 16/35mm.
GAUMONT (1) / VAUDEVILLE (2) Broad Street Opened September 1921. Architects: Emden & Egan. 1,800 seats. WE Wide Range sound. Pavilion (Reading) Ltd. To County circuit September 1929. 1,454 seats. Phone 3487. To Odeon with circuit 1939. By 1941: (WE) - Props., Pavilion (Reading) Ltd., Old County Cinema, Marlow, Bucks. Phone Marlow 695-9. Booked at Moor Hall, Cookham, Berks. Continuous. Café. Prices 1s. to 2s. 6d. Phone Reading 3487. Station, Reading, G.W.R. Re-named 23rd February 1953. Closed 28th OR 30th November 1957 & mainly demolished. Chemist’s shop on site.
GAUMONT (2) / PAVILION 143-5 Oxford Road/Russell Street Opened 21st September 1929 - Showboat. Prop., Pavilion (Reading) Ltd. Architect: Harold S. Scott. Organ: Compton 2/6. 1,361 seats. Prices, 8d to 2/4d. To County 1930. (W.E.) 1,353 seats. To Odeon with circuit 1939. By 1941: (WE) - Prop., Pavilion (Reading) Ltd., Old County Cinema, Marlow, Bucks. Phone Marlow 695-9. Continuous. Prices 9d. to 2s. 6d. Booked by Odeon, Moor Hall, Cookham, Berks. Tea lounge. Phone 3960. Station, Reading G.W.R. CinemaScope. Refurbished & re-named January 1958. 1,215 seats. Closed 21st April 1979. Bingo. Now Riley snooker hall in stalls. Circle closed off.
GRAND / PICTURE PALACE 100 Broad Street Opened mid-1911. Prop., Messrs. Vincent Bros. 550 seats. Mgr., H. Turner, then James Grant. 1921 Prop., Vincent Bros. Res. Man., E. Parker-Hines. Continuous. Two mats. weekly. Two change weekly. Prices, 5d.. to 2s. Station, Reading G.W.R. Closed 1922 ?as Central opened. Shop.
HEXAGON THEATRE Opened 1977. 1,650 seats. Cinema equipment.
HOWARD ELECTRIC THEATRE Opened 1910.
ODEON THEATRE Cheapside (BTH) Opened 8th March 1937 – Educated Evans and We Who Are About To Die. Prop., Odeon Theatre (Reading) Ltd. Architect: A. P. Starkey & Fred Adkin. Mgr., H. Kerr. 1,706 seats. Prices 9d to 2/6d. 1941: Prop., Odeon Theatre (Reading) Ltd., Old County Cinema, Marlow, Bucks. Phone Marlow 695-9. Booked at Moor Hall, Cookham, Berks. Continuous. Prices 1s. to 2s. 6d. Stage 41ft. wide, 11ft. deep. Two dressing-rooms. Phone Reading 2707. ‘Zing’ treatment 1967. Twinned 1979. Tripled 1989. Car park sold to pay. Closed 25th November 1999. Demolished for flats.
PALACE THEATRE of Varieties Cheapside Opened 30th September 1907. Architect: W. G. R. Sprague. Bioscope machine from opening. Aud. altered summer 1932. Re-opened Monday 24th October 1932 – Counsel’s Opinion. By SG46: Prop.: County Theatre (Reading) Ltd., 162, Friar Street, Reading. Tel.: 272511 stage door, 3449 box office, 4421 exec. office. Bookings: R. G. Blackie, 125, Shaftesbury Avenue, London W.C.1, and County Theatre (Reading) Ltd. Cap.: Stalls 430, P. stalls 81, D. circle 182, U. circle 66, gallery 400. Barring clause: 25 miles. Three months either side of booking date. Once nightly 7. Matinées Wednesday and Saturday. Twice nightly 6.10 and 8.10. Mat. Saturday. Variety and revue, with two seasons of once nightly plays, generally in May and November. Celebrity concerts held on Sundays and at intervals throughout the year. Four weeks’ pantomime season yearly. Stage: Pros. 29ft., height 22ft., min. depth from setting line 18ft., height under fly galleries 24ft., width between fly galleries 34ft., height of grid from stage 56ft. No counterweight gear. 36 hemp lines. Elec. equip.: 210 v. A.C., 50 cycles. Footlights, four circuits with ind. dimmers. Four battens, each with four circuits with ind. dimmers. Three dips with ind. dimmers. O.P. and P.S. dips switch controlled. Four floods on stands. Two curtain arcs. Dressing rooms: Six single, three chorus, acc. 60. Band room. Orchestra: Acc. 20. Resident 10 (M.D., bass, ‘cello, clarinet, flute, piano, trombone, trumpet, drums, two violins). Fitted ‘Ardente’ Stage Amplification. Closed 9th January 1960 – Babes in the Wood. Demolished 1961. Office block.
PARAGON ELECTRIC THEATRE 29 King’s Road Opened 1911. Props., Baker & Lowe. Closed during WWI.
READING PICTURE PALACE / Cross Street Hall Cross Street Opened May 1909. Closed June 1909. Did not apply for licence.
REX 836 Oxford Road, Tilehurst (BTH) Opened Monday 20th September 1937 – Don’t Get Me Wrong and She’s Dangerous. Prop., Simmons Theatres (Reading,) Ltd. Architect: E. Norman Bailey. Mgr. Albert E. Burridge. 1,100 seats. Continuous from 1.30. Prices 6d. to 2s. 1941: Prices, 6d. to 1s. 6d. Continuous. Booked in London. Proscenium width 42ft. Phone Tilehurst 67293. Stations, Reading & Tilehurst. Closed 8th October 1958. Warehouse. (First Little Chef restaurant was in a hut in the Rex car park.) Derelict. Demolished.
ROYAL COUNTY THEATRE Friar Street Opened 1895. Architect: Frank Matcham. Milton Bode (No 2) (1907). 1937: (B.T.H.) Prop., R. J. Langley. Cap. 900. Phone 4561. Burned down 7th January 1937 – Robinson Crusoe. Ruins demolished. Shops.
SAVOY CINEMA Basingstoke Road, Whitley (BTH) Opened Friday 20th March 1936 – Student’s Romance and The Crouching Beast. Architect: E. Norman Bailey. Mgr., D. Smith. Prices, 9d to 1/6. Café attached. To ABC 1937. 1,100 seats. Phone 81381. By 1941 - Prop., Associated British Cinemas, 30-31 Golden Square W1. Booked at H.O. 1,044 seats. Continuous. Proscenium width 35ft. Stage 7ft. deep. Two dressing-rooms. Phone 81381. Station, Reading, G.W.R. Closed 12th August 1961. Demolished. Supermarket.
SHOWCASE Reading Road, Winnersh Opened c.1997. 12 screens
South Hill Park Arts Centre Ringmead Seats: 60
STANDARD ELECTRIC/ BIO-PICTURE-LAND / King’s Hall 84 King’s Road Opened as cinema July 1909. Re-named Standard c.1911. Mgr. Frank W. O. Smith. Closed 1914.
STUDIOS 1 & 2 75-7 London Road Opened July 1972 in former Olympia ball-room. Prop., Star circuit. 100 seats each. Closed February 1978.
THEATRE ROYAL and ALBERT HALL Opened 1871. Architect: Brown. Rebuilt 1877. Destroyed by fire 1894.
TILEHURST CINEMA / Tilehurst Village Hall The Triangle Opened 1921.
TOWN HALLS f., Town Clerk (1907)
VAUDEVILLE Electric THEATRE (1) 47 Broad Street/Union Street Opened Saturday 21st August 1909 – conversion of shop & garden. Prop., W. H. & M. White – then Vaudeville Theatre (Reading ) Ltd – J. White, Bishopgate. 450 seats. Prices, 3d & 6d. Enlarged 1912. 1,100 seats. Built over by Vaudeville 2. Closed & demolished September 1921.
VUE / WARNER VILLAGE Oracle Shopping Centre Opened 1999. 10 screens
WEST’S PICTURE PALACE / New Foresters’ Hall 35/6 West Street Opened as cinema 4th November 1909. Lessee T. J. West. Mgr. Mattie Cheshire. Twic nightly. Prices, 3d, 6d, 1s. By 1910 to Mattie Cheshire. August 1910 to H. Battersby. Closed during WWI.
REDBOURNE Herts
CINEMA 1937: (Ph’tone) Prop., E. H. Rockett. 212 seats. (Closed)
REDCAR Yorks
CENTRAL PICTURE HOUSE / Central Hall f., J. Cowl (1907) 1922 - Prop., T. Thompson Res. Man., J. T. Edmonds. Two show nightly. Mat, Sat. Two changes weekly Station, Redcar, N.E.R. By 1941 - Prop., Thompson’s Enterprises, Ltd., 4, Palladium Bldgs., Middlesbrough.
MAJESTIC Dormanstown
PALACE THEATRE Esplanade 1922 - Prop., Lumley & Bennett. Res. Man., L. H. Chout. Phone, Redcar 125. Station, Redcar, N.E.R. By 1941: (BTH) - Prop., Palace Theatre (Redcar) Ltd. 946 seats, Booked at Hall. Three shows daily. Prices. 6d. to 1s. 6d. Proscenium width 20ft. Café. Phone Redcar 125. Station, Redcar. L.N.E.R.
PAUL’S ELECTRIC PALACE 1913 mgr. Tom Fyall
PIER PAVILION AWH sound.
REGENT High Street (WE) - Prop., Thompson’s Enterprises, Ltd., 4, Palladium Bldgs., Middlesbrough. Phone Linthorpe 88156. Booked at H.O. by Thos, Thompson. Two shows nightly. Mat, daily. Prices 6d. to 1s. 6d. Phone Redcar 28, Station, Redcar, L.N.E.R. Now seats 320. Exterior repainted 2006.
REDDISH nr Manchester Lancs
BIJOU Electric CINEMA 87 Gorton Road 1937: (Picturetone) Prop., F. Donaldson. 400 seats. 1939 prop., Reddish Bijou Electric Theatre Co. Ltd. 1941: Props., Jackson & Newport (Reddish) Ltd. 400 seats. Booked by Prop. at Manchester. Twice nightly. Prices 4d. to 1s. Station, Reddish Central,
COUNTY CINEMA Gorton Road (WE) 1941: Prop., Jackson & Newport (Reddish) Ltd. 1,300 seats. Continuous nightly.
EMBASSY 1930s prop. Mr. Marshall(?) Lessees Jackson & Newport. Burned down – not rebuilt.
ROTA Gorton Road, Denton Prop. Jackson & Newport. Architect: Henry Elder. Sold to Union to finance Longford. 1937: (B.A.) Union Cinemas Ltd. 1,500 seats. Phone Manchester 0640. 1941: (WE) 1941 - Controlled by Union Cinemas, Ltd., 15 Regent Street, London, SW1. Phone Whitehall 8484. 1,206 seats. Booked at H.O. Phone East 0640. Station, Denton, L.M.S.
REDDITCH Worcs
ABC / CANNON / CLASSIC / DANILO Unicorn Hill Opened 1936/7. Architect: Ernest S. Roberts. 1941: (RCA) - Prop., Danilo (Redditch) Ltd., 3 New Street, Birmingham. Phone Midland 0871. 1,400 seats. Booked at 3 New Street, Birmingham. Prices 6d. to 1s. 6d. Proscenium width 40ft. Phone Redditch 572. Station, Redditch, L.M.S. Fitted ‘Ardente’ Deaf Aids. Re-named Classic 1972. Tripled 1973. Closed to film – multiplex opening. Now Chicago Rock Café – façade restored, interior gutted.
APOLLO CINEMAS Kingfisher Centre 7 screens. Conversion of gym/leisure centre. 8 screens / 1,500 seats To open 22nd March 2007. Mgr. Gary Stevens (ex Leamington Apollo).
BOSCO’S PICTURES - Prop., Bosco’s Pictures, Ltd. Res. Man., E. Mousli. Three shows daily. Two changes weekly. Prices, 61. to 1s. 3d. Station, Redditch, M.R.
Circus Pitch Surveyor (1907)
CLASSIC / GAUMONT / GAUMONT PALACE Church Road (BA) Opened 23rd November 1931 – rebuilt Public Hall. Architect: W. T. Benslyn, assisted by H. Pittaway. 813 seats. Re-named Gaumont c.1937. By 1941 - Prop., Gaumont British Picture Corpn., Ltd., 123 Regent Street, I.ondon, W.1. 1,400 seats. Booked at H.O. Matinées and continuous evenings. Prices 8d. to 1s. 6d. Phone Redditch 151. To Classic 16th December 1967. Closed to film Sunday 14th July 1968 - Saturday Night Out and Horror. Bingo.
PALACE THEATRE Alcester Street Opened Monday 4th August 1913 – In A Fix + support & turns. Architect: Bertie Crewe. Cine-variety. Pros 22’, depth 22’. 690 seats. Sound Monday 7th April 1930 – The Awful Truth. WE sound in September 1930. By 1941: (WE) Prop., Select Kinema (Redditch) Ltd. Phone 285. 523 seats. Booked at Birmingham. Prices 8d. to 1s. 6d. Proscenium width 22ft. Stage 20ft. deep. Six dressing-rooms. Phone 48. Station, Redditch, L.M.S. Closed 1954. Floor flattened. From February 1955 – skating rink, dance hall from 1959, bingo. Re-opened with new frontage block as civic theatre 11th September 1971 – Between The Bars (lighting Mervyn Gould). 1976 new dressing room block. 1979 new scene dock & workshop. Listed Grade II. Still open as theatre. 399 seats. Refurbished & frontage rebuilt 2006.
PUBLIC HALL / Public Hall Church Road f., William Thomas Treadgold (1907) Cap. 800. Opened as full-time cinema Monday 18th August 1913. Architect: Archibald Hurley Robinson. Prop. Irving Bosco (William M. Barton) – H.O. Empire, Dudley. Mgr. E. Moule. 3d & 6d. Twice nightly. 600 seats. To E. C. Shapeero, Nottingham (Record circuit) December 1920. To G-B with circuit March 1928. Talkies Monday 19th March 1930 – Sunny Side Up. Closed Saturday 28th March 1930 - On Approval. Gutted & rebuilt as Gaumont.
REGAL / SELECT KINEMA / PICTURE HOUSE / TREADGOLD’S Pictures & Variety Alcester Street Opened 24th November 1913. Prop. William Thomas Treadgold. Re-named Pic Hse 1917. 1922 - Prop., Mrs. R. Treadgold. Res. Man., J. T. Tread golds Two shows nightly. Two changes weekly. Prices, 5d. to 9d. Station, Redditch, M.R. To H. F. Russell & brother 1928. (RCA) By 1941 - Prop., F. W. Russell, Wayside, Astwood Bank. Phone 48. 500 seats. Booked at Hall. Continuous. Twice Sat., mat. daily. Two changes weekly. Occasional Variety. Prices 6d. to 1s. 3d. Proscenium width 20ft. Stage15½ft. deep. Two dressing-rooms. Phone 285. Closed Saturday 5th December 1959 – The Duke Wore Jeans and Flying Scot.
REDHILL Surrey
CENTRAL HALL Opened as cinema 1934.
HARLEQUIN THEATRE Quadrant Opened 1986. Now live theatre and 2 screens: 100 / 494.
Market Hall f., A. Smith (1907) Opened 1871. Demolished 1982 for Harlequin.
ODEON THEATRE Station Road (BTH) Opened 23rd May 1938 - The Squeaker. Architect: Andrew Mather assisted by Keith P Roberts. Cost £40,000. 1474 seats: 1000 stalls and 474 circle. Opening mngr B V Rogenhagen. Prices 6d to 2/6d. By 1941 - Prop., Odeon (Redhill) Ltd., Old County Cinema, Marlow, Bucks. Phone Marlow 695-9. Booked at Moor Hall, Cookham, Berks. Continuous daily from 2 p.m. Prices 9d. to 2s. Stage. Phone Redhill 563. Closed 18th October 1975 – That Lucky Touch and The Con Men. Now bar/nightclub.
PAVILION / PICTURE PAVILION High Street 1922 - Prop., E. C. & H. R. Grimes. Continuous. Raf. Wed, & Sat. Two changes weekly. Prices, 5d. to Is 3d. Phone, Redhill 104. Station, Redhill, S.E. & C.R. By 1941: (Mirrophonic) - Prop., H.J.M. Cinemas, Ltd., 236, Imperial House, London W.1. Phone Regent 1851. 750 seats. Continuous. Booked at Coliseum. Prices 6d. to 2s. Phone Redhill 830.
PICTURE HOUSE / CINEMA ROYAL Station Road Opened 1909. Closed 1937.
RED ROW Northumb
RED ROW PICTURE HOUSE Opened 1900s - green tin hut. Cap. c.100 Mgr. John Young, followed by Billy Maven. Early pianist Rachel Beech. Doormen over the years included Les Johnson, Geordie Riley and Pat Raffle. When talking films arrived, the soundtrack had to be turned up when it rained, due to the tin roof. Closed c.1964. Bought by local garage - storage. Demolished late 1970s.
REDRUTH Cornwall
Circus Pitches Tom Moore & H. Downing (1907)
GEM / PICTUREDROME / Druid’s Hall Penryn Steet Opened 1859. Library, assembly hall and theatre. f., S. M. Abbott (1907) C. 1908, pictures - Messrs Cocks & Baker. Opened as P’drome cinema 1910. Prop., W. H. Jenkins. 450 seats - 331 main floor & 119 balcony. Proscenium width 23’. 1922 as P’drome - Prop. & Res. Man., W. H. Jenkin. One show nightly. Three on Sat. Two changes weekly. Prices, 5d. to 1s. 3d. To Gwyther Eastlake Prance 4th September 1935. Re-named Gem 15th February 1936. By 1941: (BTH) Operated by Sound & Movement Cinemas, Ltd., 14 Portland Square, Plymouth. Phone 4981. 450 seats. Booked at H.O. Continuous. Three on Sat. Two changes weekly. Prices 9d. to 1s. 6d. Proscenium width 23 ft: Phone Redruth 406. Station, Redruth, G.W.R. To Albert Jackson Withers, Cardiff (The Cornwall Circuit). To bingo by late 1950s. Closed by fire 1974. Ruined walls now enclose a garden.
Masonic Hall H. Tog (1907)
PALACE / ELECTRIC Picture Palace Foundry Row/Chapel Street 1st purpose-build cinema. Prop., W. R. Hill. 550 seats. 1922 as Pal. - Prop. & Res. man., W. R. Hill. One show nightly. Three on Saturday. Two changes weekly, Prices, 5d. to 1s. 5d. Station, Redruth, G.W.R. Closed late 1920s. Demolished.
REGAL Fore Street (BTH) Opened 2nd December 1935. Architect: Smith (W. H. Watkins). Prop., Sound & Movement Cinemas, Ltd., (Gwyther Eastlake Prance & W. Mumford) 14 Portland Square, Plymouth. Phone Plymouth 4981. 982 semi-0stadium seats. Pros width 35’. Stage, orchestra pit. Continuous. Two changes weekly. Prices 9d. to 1s. 10d. Café attached. Booked at H.O. Phone Redruth 278. Station, Redruth, G.W.R. To Albert Jackson Withers, Cardiff (Cornwall Circuit) 7th December 1942. 1960s CinemaScope/WE stereo sound. tripled in 1986 with seating for 600 front area and 172 & 121 rear area. To Geoff Greaves (Merlin Cinemas) 24th July 1998. Now 4 screens. Screen 1 – 600 seats - stage facilities & digital sound.
Temperance Hall C. Bawden (1907)
REIGATE Surrey
HIPPODROME / PALACE PICTUREDROME 27 Bell Street Opened 1912. 1915 taken over, new stage & pros. 1916 to Harry & Rose Bancroft. Cine-variety. 1922 - Prop., Mr. & Mrs. Harry Bancroft. Res. Man., Mrs. Bancroft. One show nightly, Two changes weekly. Prices, 5d. to 1s. 3d. Phone, Reigate 241. Station, Reigate, S.E. & C.R. By 1941: (RCA) - Prop., Reigate Theatres, Ltd., M84, Shell Mex House, Strand, W.C.2. Phone Temple Bar 5077. Booked by Shipman & King. Continuous. Phone Reigate 2943. Station, Reigate S.R. Closed 1966. Auditorium demolished, foyer newsagents / lighting shops.
MAJESTIC Bancroft Road (WE Wide Range) Opened Monday 14th October 1935 – Fighting Stock and Great God Gold. Architect: Ward & Woolnough, assisted by David J. Barry, Reigate. (Bancroft circuit involved, at least with site.) Organ: Christie 3c/7 with surround on lift – opened by Reginald New. Prices, 6d to 2/6. 1,960 seats. Kalee 12s, Peerless Magnarcs. By 1941 - Props., Reigate Theatres, Ltd., M 84, Shell Mex House, Strand, W.C.2. Phone Temple Bar 5077. Booked by Shipman & King. Continuous. Phone Reigate 2943. Café. Station, Reigate S.R. Fitted ‘Ardente’ Deaf Aids. Organ removed 1972. Closed 11th December 1982. Demolished. Offices, the Screen, and car park.
Public Hall f., J. T. Peat (1907) 1910 pictures & variety.
SCREEN Bancroft Road: 2 screens. On part of Majestic site.
RETFORD Notts – actually East Retford
Circus and Fair Grounds J. Boulby (1907)
Crown Hotel Assembly Rooms
MAJESTIC THEATRE Coronation Street Opened 17th October 1927 – No No Nanette (amateur). Architect: Alfred J. Thraves. Prop. Cyril Getliffe. Variety theatre. Stage, 6 dressing rooms. Talkies 1930. By 1941: (BTP) - Prop., C. Getliffe. 1,200 seats. Continuous. Mat., Wed. and Sat. Prices 9d. to 1s. 6d. Station, Retford, L.N.E.R. To Midland Empire Cinemas 1943. To Eskay Ltd 1954. Stage Play licence to 6th January 1956. New owner, part-time bingo 1968. To Axholme Cinema Services 1972. Cinema closed through debt 1983. Bingo closed 1985. Lease for sale. 1986 re-opened as two-screen cinema 1988 live stage shows. Closed mid-1992. Majestic Theatre Trust 1993. Closed 1994 – safety. Early 1996 –renovation. Re-opened February 1997 - Showmakersz. Open as theatre. Listed Grade II.
PALACE THEATRE / Rink Carol Gate Opened c.1911 – conversion of 1909 skating rink. 1922 - Prop. & Res. Man., C. Getliffe. Continuous. Two changes weekly. Prices, 5d. to 1s. 3d. Station, Retford, G.N.R. Closed c.1930.
PICTUREDROME / Corn Exchange Exchange Street J. Boulby (1907) Opened as cinema 1910. Lessee H. B. Parkinson. 1922 KYB Closed c.1932.
RITZ / REGENT THEATRE (CINEMA) Carolgate Bridge To Retford Cinema & Motors Ltd November 1922. Bankrupt in September 1929. To Cyril Getliffe c.1934 & re-named. By 1941: (BTP) - Prop., C. Getliffe. 665 seats. Continuous. Prices 9d. to 1s. 3d. To Herbert Elton of Eskay Ltd. 1954. Closed 1957.
ROXY / PICTURE HOUSE 50 Carolgate Opened 1917. 1922 - Prop. & Res. Man., G. Getliffe, Continuous. Two changes weekly. Prices, 5d. to 1s. 3d. Station, Retford, G.N.R. Re-named c.1938. By 1941: (WE) - Prop. & Man., C. Getliffe. 1,028 seats. Continuous, Two changes weekly. Prices 5d. to 1s. 3d. Station, Retford, L.N.E.R. To Herbert Elton of Eskay Ltd 1956. Cinema Scope. Mgr. C. Shaw. Closed late 1972. Demolished. Boot’s shop on site.
THEATRE Carolgate Opened 1789. Sold to Robertson of Lincoln circuit. Closed 1841. £425. Converted to chapel. Later rebuilt as larger chapel.
TOWN HALL J. Boulby (1907) Opened as town’s 1st cinema 14th October 1909. 1922 KYB. By 1940: Occasional Pictures. Prices 6d. to 1s. 3d. Closed as cinema during WWII, poss. 1940.
RHYMNEY Mon
IMPERIAL PALACE 1922 - Prop., Rowland Williams. Res. Man., E. Thompson. One show nightly. Two changes weekly. Prices, 7d. to 1s. 3d. Station, Rhymney, G.W.R.
SCALA
VICTORIA HALL / Victoria Public Hall f., D. O. Morris (1907) 1922 - Lessee, Will Stone. Res. Man., E. Thompson. One show nightly, two Sat. Two changes weekly. Prices, 7d. to 1s. 3d. 1937: (B.T.H.) Prop., Will Stone. 600 seats. 1941: (BTH) - Lessee, Will Stone New Hippodrome, Tonypandy. 600 seats. Booked at H.O. One show nightly. Two Sat. Two changes weekly. Proscenium width 22ft. Prices 7d. to 1s. 4d. Phone Tonypandy 54. Station, Rhymney, G.W.R.
Workmen’s Hall Victoria Road
RICHMOND-on-THAMES Surrey
ABC / RITZ (WE) Opened 1938. Architect Sam Beverley (Verity & Beverley) - Props., Union Cinemas, Ltd., 15 Regent Street, S.W.1. Phone Whitehall8484. Booked at H.O. Continuous. Station, Richmond, S.R. Closed 1973. Demolished.
CASTLE ELECTRIC THEATRE / Castle Assembly Rooms T. Ridley (1907)
EMPIRE
FILMHOUSE 3 Water Lane Seats: 150. Closed Demolished. Part of Odeon Studio site.
GAUMONT / ROYALTY CINEMA / NEW ROYALTY KINEMA 5 Hill Street Opened Christmas Eve 1914. Prop. H. J. Mears. Architect: Sidney Davis. 18th c. house & garden. 1,020 seats. Re-named Royalty 10th June 1929. By 1940: (WE) - Prop. Joseph Mears Theatres, Ltd. Phone 2244. 1,141 seats. Prices 9d. to 1s. 10d. Booked at H.O. Continuous. Café attached. Pros. width, 28ft. Phone 1760. Station, Richmond, S.R. Closed 26th October 1940 by war conditions. Re-opened 25th May 1942. To Odeon 3rd January 1944. Re-named Gaumont 26th November 1949. Closed 25th October 1980. Foyer offices. Auditorium demolished – Filmhouse on part of site.
LOUNGE PICTURE THEATRE Sheen Road
Masonic Hall Miss Godley (1907)
New GAIETY Fort Richmond Buildings. Phone, Richmond 887. Prop.. Duhousky.
ODEON / PREMIER / RICHMOND KINEMA Hill Street (WE) - Prop., Joseph Mears Theatres, Ltd. 1,533 seats. Booked by Frederick Clive at 5, Hill Street, Richmond. Continuous. Prices 9d. to 1s. 10d. Phone Richmond 1700. Station, Richmond, S.R. Fitted ‘Ardente’ Deaf Aids. 3 screens.
ODEON Studio 6 Red Lion Street: 4 screens
PALAIS CINEMA The Old Baths, The Square
PRINCE OF WALES’S G. Dance (1907)
QUEEN’S CINEMA Sheen Road
RICHMOND THEATRE / THEATRE-on-the-GREEN / RICHMOND HIPPODROME & THEATRE
Star and Garter Hotel Rooms f., Manager (1907)
TALBOT PICTURE THEATRE Hill Street 1922 - Prop., J. Mears. Res. Man., J, Morris. Continuous. Two changes weekly. Prices, 5d. to 1s. 10d. Phone, Richmond 1392. Station, Richmond, L.S.W.R.
RICHMOND Yorks
Assembly Rooms Manageress (1907)
CAMP CINEMA Hipswell 1941: (WE) – Man. Dir., F. L. Hastwell, c/o J. E. Latimer, Priestgate, Darlington. 701 seats. Prices 6d. to 1s. 3d.
CINEMA Queen’s Road 1922 as New Cine - Prop., Richmond (Yorks) Cinema Co., Ltd. Res. Man., R. M. Major. Continuous. Two changes weekly. Prices, 5d. to 1s. 3d. Station, Richmond, N.E.R. By 1941: (WE) - Prop., Frank L., Hastwell, The Terrace, Richmond. 572 seats. Twice nightly. Prices 6d. to 1s. 6d. Phone Richmond , 456. Station, Richmond (Yorks) L.N.E.R. Bingo.
STATION CINEMA Station Yard Opened 9th November 2007 in 1846 railway station buildings. 2 screens.
Town Hall f., J. Proctor (1907) 1922 KYB
ZETLAND KINEMA Victoria Road By 1941: (BTP) - Props., Swaledale Entertainments, Ltd., Victoria Road, Richmond. 850 seats. Prices 8d. to 1s. 8d. Continuous. Booked at Hall. Proscenium width 25ft. Stage21ft. Two dressing-rooms. Phone Richmond 261. Station, Richmond, Yorks, L.N.E.R. Closed. Religious use.
RICKMANSWORTH Herts
ELECTRIC PALACE / ELECTRIC PICTURE PLAYHOUSE / Town Hall 105 High Street Bacon (1907) Opened as cinema c.May 1912. Cap. 300. Early prop. R. Barnett, later re-named under A. Smith. Closed 1927 when Pic Hse opened.
GADE THEATRE Watersmeet Centre opened 1st May 1975. Prop., local council. 390 seats. Equipped for film.
ODEON THEATRE 93-5 High Street (BTH) Opened Wednesday 29th January 1936 – On Wings Of Song. Architect: Andrew Mather. 920 stadium seats. By 1941 - Prop., Odeon (Rickmansworth) Ltd., Old County Cinema, Marlow, Bucks. Phone Marlow 695-9. Booked at Moor Hall, Cookham, Berks. Continuous. Prices 8d. to 2s. 6d. Stage. Phone 2122. Closed Saturday 5th January 1957 – The Mountain and The Big Tip-Off. Empty. For sale. Bought by council. Demolished 1985. Car park.
RICKMANSWORTH PICTURE HOUSE 1 High Street Opened Saturday 12th March 1927 – Nell Gwynne. Architects: Morlands Ltd. Prices 6d to 2/4d. Ballroom and tea lounge attached. 1930 WE. 1933 to SM Super Cinemas. 1937: (W.E.) Prop., Members Cinemas Ltd. 671 seats. Phone 360.By 1941: (WE) - Prop., Rixinema, Ltd. 697 seats. Booked at 119/122, Imperial House, 80/86 Regent Street W1. Continuous. Prices 6d. to 2s. Dance Hall attached. Proscenium width 32ft. Phone 360. Film by Transport. To Essoldo with circuit 26th August 1954. Closed 22nd June 1963 – What Ever Happened To Baby Jane? Empty. Gutted for factory use. Now business and office use.
RIDDINGS Derbys
EMPIRE PALACE 1920s Lessee & mgr. ‘Gus’ Levaine.
REGENT High Street Converted from chapel. 1941: (BTP) - Prop., John Wilson. 450 seats. Once nightly. Two shows Sat. Prices 8d. to 1s. 2d. Booked at Hall. Station, Codnor Park, L.M.S.
RINGWOOD Hants.
CINEMA
MANOR HOUSE THEATRE / Lecture Hall Corrugated iron building in Manor Hse grounds. G. P. Brown (1906) R. & R. Morant (1907)
REGAL Market Place (WE) Opened 1936/7. Prop., A. A. Pilkington. Architect: Ernest S. Roberts. 700 seats. By 1941: (WE) - Prop., A. Austin Pilkington’s Theatres, 20, London Road, Salisbury. Booked at H.O., Salisbury. Continuous. Prices 6d. to 1s. 6d. Stage 20ft. deep. Phone Ringwood 183. Station, Ringwood, S.R. Films by Southern Counties Transport Co. Closed ?later 70s. Converted to shopping arcade.
VICTORIA / PICTURE HOUSE / Corn Exchange Market Place f., R. Tuck (1907) 1931: Barrington Lynham, propr. Re-built as Regal.
RIPLEY Derbys
ELECTRA THEATRE Opened 1909. Pictures & variety.
EMPIRE Nottingham Road 1937: (WE) 654 seats. 1941 - Prop., Midland Empire Theatres, Ltd., Commerce Chambers, Elite Bldgs., Nottingham. Phone Nottingham 2273/4. Booked at H.O. Continuous. Occasional Variety. Phone Ripley 224. Station, Ripley, L.M.S. Closed & demolished 1956.
STUDIO 1 / HIPPODROME 41 High Street 1922 - Prop., J. Marshall & Sons. Res. Man., R. Marshall. One show nightly, three on Sat. Two changes weekly. Prices 5d. to 1s. Phone, Ripley 17. Station, Ripley, M.R., 136 miles. 1937: (B.T.H.) Props., Marshall & Sons. 1,000 seats. 1941: (BTH) - Prop., Marshall Bros. Booked at Hall. Continuous. Two shows Sat. Two changes weekly. Prices 8d. to 1s. 2d. Proscenium width 30ft. Dance Hall attached. Phone Ripley 301. Films by Transport. To Harry Greatorex. Lease sold £1,000. Sam Lavington 1983-91: new screen, foyer re-decorated, new projection equipment, Dolby stereo, seating reduced from 500 to 350. To co-owner Lorraine Godkin. Closed December 1991.
Public Hall f., A. R. Lee (1907)
Town Hall G. M. Capon (1907)
VICTORY THEATRE 1922 - Prop., Victory Halls, Ltd. Head Office, Victory Theatre, Ripley, Res. Man., J. Reid. One show nightly, two on Sat. Two changes weekly. Prices 9d. to 3s. Phone, Ripley 47. Station, Ripley, M.R.
RIPON Yorks
Mechanics’ Institute T. A. Handsley (1907)
New SPA CINEMA (2) Park Street Opened post-WWI. 1922 - Prop., New Spa Cinema Co. Res. Man., C. De Vere. Continuous. Two changes weekly. Prices, 5d. to 2s. Station, Ripon, G.N.R.
OPERA HOUSE Low Skellgate (WE) - Prop., A. R. Wood, Greta, Mallorie Park, Ripon. Phone 346. 850 seats. Booked at Leeds. Continuous. Mat., Thurs. and Sat. Prices 7d. to 1s. 4d. Phone 306. Station, Ripon, L.N.E.R.
PALLADIUM PICTURE HOUSE Kirkgate 1922 - Prop., Palladium Picture House & Café, Ltd. Res. Man., E. Wood. Continuous. Mat. Sat. Two changes weekly. Prices, 5d. to 2s. Station, Ripon, N.E.R. By 1941: (Mirrophonic) - Prop., A. R. Wood, ‘Greta,’ Mallorie Park Drive, Ripon. Phone 266. 910 seats. Booked at Leeds. Continuous. Twice nightly Sat. and Holidays, Mat, Thurs. and Sat. Prices 7d. to 1s. 6d. Proscenium width 30ft. Occasional Variety. Stage 30ft. deep. Three dressing-rooms. Station, Ripon, L.N.E.R.
SPA CINEMA (1) Park Street/Church Lane Closed post-WWI & demolished. Tennis courts on site.
Temperance Hall W. Shepherd (1907)
VICTORIA HALL / Victoria Hall f., F. Lowley (1907) 1922 - Prop., Ripon Public Rooms Co., Ltd. Res. Man., E. R. Wood. Continuous. Mat., Sat. Two changes weekly. Prices, 4d. to 2s. Station, Ripon, N.E.R.
RISCA Mon
PALACE / RISCA PALACE Tredegar Street Opened 1912. 1922 - Prop., Welsh Palaces, Ltd. Res. Man., H. Litho. Continuous. Two changes weekly. Prop., (B.A.) Prop., Welsh Palaces Ltd. 800 seats. Phone 7432. 1941: (BA) - Prop., Risca Cinemas, Ltd. 800 seats. Booked by S. Attwood. Continuous. Two changes weekly. Prices 7d. to 1s. Proscenium width 30ft. Phone Risca 7432. Station, Risca, G.W.R., & L.M.S.
Public Hall f., T. Davies (1907)
RISHTON Lancs
EMPIRE PICTURE PALACE 1937: (Gr.-Radio) Prop., Ainsworth & Hudson. 600 seats. Phone Gt. Harwood 27.
KING’S HALL - Prop., Ainsworth & Hudson
REGAL (Imperial Symphonic) - Prop., Regal Cinemas (Blackburn) Ltd., Walmesley Street, Rishton. 500 seats. Booked at Blackburn. Once nightly, twice Sat. Two changes weekly. Prices 4d. to 1s. Proscenium width 17ft. Phone Gt. Harwood 27. Station, Rishton L.M.S.
ROBERTSBRIDGE E Sussex
- Thurs. - Travelling show G. Hughes.
ROBIN HOOD’S BAY Yorks
WAVE CONCERT HALL Opened March 2006. Conversion of Methodist chapel. 160 seats. 1st film 8th April – Chronicles of Narnia.
ROCHDALE Lancs
CANNON / ABC / REGAL The Butts (RCA) Opened 16 May 1938 –Stella Dallas. Props., Associated British Cinemas, Ltd., 30/31 Golden Square, London W.1. Architect W. R. Glen & Leslie C. Norton. 1,901 seats (1208 stalls and 693 balcony) 1941: Continuous daily. Booked at H.O. Phone Rochdale 3454. Station, Rochdale, L.M.S. Fitted ‘Ardente’ Deaf Aids. 1955: Metroscope. 1,719 seats. Renamed ABC 1962. Closed as single screen January 1978. Tripled - re-opened in March with screen 1 (former balcony) seating 538 and two rear stalls cinemas seating 281 & 199. Projectors: Phillips from Bolton ABC. 1986 re-named Cannon. Closed October 1992. De-tripled for bingo. Closed 1996. 1997 - Decoration stripped - now Wetherspoon’s Regal Moon.
CEYLON CINEMA de LUXE / CEYLON PICTURE HALL Littlewood Street/Back Bradshaw Street, Wardleworth Opened late 1914 OR 1915 - ?conversion of mill. Prop., Ceylon Pic Pal Co. Post–WWI to Jackson’s Amusements. Refurbished & re-named in 20s. By 1931 RCA Sound. 700 seats. Prices 4d to 9d. 1941: (RCA) - Prop., Jackson’s Amusements, Ltd. Phone Rochdale 3212. 700 seats. Booked at Rialto, Rochdale. Two shows nightly. Mat., Sat. Two changes weekly. Prices 4d. to 9d. Phone Rochdale 2505. Station, Rochdale (Wardleworth) L.M.S. Closed 9th June 1956. 586 seats. Demolished – petrol station on site.
Circus Pitches Borough Treasurer (1907)
COLISEUM PICTURE THEATRE Oldham Road Opened 1911 – 1st purpose-built cinema. Props., Messrs. J. F. Moore & Monty Beaudyne. Twice nightly,. Prices, 1d, 2d & 3d. c.1914 to Jackson’s Amusements. 1937: 1,600 seats. 1941: (RCA) - Prop., Jackson’s Amusements, Ltd. Phone Rochdale 3212. 1,000 seats. Twice nightly. Two changes weekly. Prices 3d. to 9d. Proscenium width 22ft. Phone Rochdale 2334. Station, Rochdale, L.M.S. Closed early 50s. Taken over by adjoining garage.
Conservative Stores Assembly Rooms Manager (1907)
Co-operative Hall (1907)
EMPIRE de LUXE / EMPIRE PICTURE and VARIETY THEATRE / PRINGLE’S PICTURE PALACE / EMPIRE HALL Town Hall Square, Packer Street Opened 1904. Architect: unknown. T. Hargreaves (1907) Cap. c.1,150. post 08 – Pringle’s Pictures. October 1910 to J. Jackson snr. Pictures & variety. 1930 – balcony altered, new 40ft. pros set back, WE sound installed. 941 seats. By 1941: (WE) - Prop., Jackson’s Amusements, Ltd. Phone Rochdale 3212. Newgate Chambers, Rochdale. Booked at Rialto, Rochdale. Three shows daily except Friday, when two shows. Prices 4d. to 1s. 4d. Proscenium width 40ft. Phone 4000. Station, Rochdale, L.M.S. To Snape circuit late 50s. Closed September 1963. Bingo. Closed. Empty for sale. 1995 – converted to café-bar.
HIPPODROME (1) / CIRCUS Newgate Opened October 1882. Prop., Ohmy. Wooden circus. 1900 – to Messrs. Smith, Lee & Hargeaves. Pictures 1903. Smith & Co. (1907) 1907 Films by Pringle. Closed 1908. Demolished for road works. Hipp. 2 built on rest of site.
HIPPODROME (2) Newgate Opened 16th November 1908 on part site of Hipp (1). Prop., Messrs. J. Jackson & Son. Architect: Mr Hardman. Cap., 1,400. Pringle’s Pictures & variety. Cinema from August 1930. By 1941: (RCA) - Prop., Jackson’s Amusements, Ltd. Phone Rochdale 3212. 2,000 seats. Twice nightly. Mat. daily except Friday. Phone 2161. Station, Rochdale, L.M.S. Closed as cinema 1957. Bought by corporation. Amateurs & bingo. Closed finally 28th February 1970. Demolished for Crown offices (DHSS).
KING’S CINEMA King’s Road (later Kingsway)/Oldham Road Opened 1922. Pros. 32ft. wide. 835 seats. Licence refused June 1938. Sold. Re-built & re-opened as New King’s February 1939. 1941: (WE) - Prop., James Brennan Theatres, 107 Duke Street, Barrow-in-Furness. 744 seats. Continuous Mon. to Fri. Twice nightly Sat., Mats. Mon., Tues., Thurs, and Sat. Two changes weekly. Prices 4d. to 1s. Booked by Prop. Phone Rochdale 4581. Station, Rochdale, L.M.S. 1956 CinemaScope. Closed to film 1966 OR 69. Asian centre. Closed. Re-opened 1972 - bingo. 1987 re-vamped and new entrance. Still bingo in 2003.
La SCALA / PUBLIC HALL PICTURE HOUSE / Public Hall Acker Street/Baillie Street Early film seasons. Cap., 1.000. 1909: A. & O. Andrews pictures. By 1915 Pub H PH, lessee F. P. Beauchamp. Cap. 900. 1923 leased to Jackson’s Amusements Ltd. Re-named La S. Organ. 1937: (RCA) Prop., Jackson’s Amusements Ltd. 1,000 seats. (Closed) Demolished in 1970/80s area redevelopment.
ODEON / RIALTO SUPER CINEMA Drake Street/Milnrow Road Opened 25th August 1928. Official opening (Gracie Fields) Monday 27th - Dawn. Prop. Assoc. British Properties (Chairman David Rosenfield). Architects: J. M. Calder (Butterworth & Duncan). 1,874 seats. Leased to Jackson’s. By 1941: (WE) – Lessees, Jackson’s Amusements, Ltd., Newgate Chambers, Rochdale. Phone Rochdale 3212. 1,848 seats. Continuous. Twice on Sat. Prices 6d. to 1s. 4d. Proscenium width 32ft. Café. Booked at Hall. Phone 3146. Station, Rochdale, L.M.S. 1955: CinemaScope. 1,724 seats. To Gaumont 25th July 1957. Re-named 17th August 1959. Closed 1st November 1975 by firework igniting drapes & screen – The Apple Dumpling Gang. (Planned close 15th.) Demolished mid-80s. MFI store on site.
ODEON / ABC Sandbrook Park Opened 10th April 1998. 9 screens / 2,250 seats.
PALACE TUDOR SUPER CINEMA / PALACE THEATRE Great George Street Opened 4th December 1911. Prop., T. Hargreaves. Architect: Pictures & variety. To Standard Enterprises. By 1915 to Northern Theatres Ltd. Opened as cinema August 1917. c.1930 WE and re-vamp. Tudor added to name. 1941: (WE) - Prop., Northern Theatres Co., Ltd., 5, Rawson Street, Halifax. 827 seats. Phone Rochdale 2740. Station, Rochdale. September 1957 to Essoldo with circuit. CinemaScope. 774 seats. Closed to English film 1965. August 1968 Asian films. Closed by fire on stage November 1975. Later re-opened as nightclub – Xanadu. Demolished 2002. Car park.
PAVILION PICTURE PALACE St. Mary’s Gate Opened 6th December 1912. Prop., Pavilion Picture Palace (Rochdale) Ltd. Pros. Width 22ft. Cap. 1,000. Later organ. 1920 ownership change – to HDM circuit? Monday 8th July 1929 1st talkies in town – BTP sound-on-disc – Lucky Boy. 1941: (BTP) - Prop., Pavilion (Rochdale) Ltd., Imperial Buildings, 7 Oxford Road, Manchester. 866 seats. Booked at H.O. Continuous. Phone Rochdale 2818. Closed 1959. Demolished – flats on site.
Public Hall R. Williams (1907)
QUEEN’S CINEMA
PRINCE of WALES Manchester Road Opened 1867. Burned down 1894. Theatre Royal built on site.
STAR THEATRE Sudden fl.1912-18. 1914: Props., Messrs. Robinson & Wilson. 540 seats. 1915: Props., Taylor & Smith. 1916: Prop., Taylor Bros.
THEATRE Toad Lane Demolished 1865. Co-operative shops.
THEATRE ROYAL / PRINCE of WALES’ THEATRE Manchester Road Opened 1867. Otto E. Culling (No 3) (1907) Re-named 1883. 1894 fire – restored. By 1941: Props., Northern Theatres Co., Ltd., 5, Rawson Street, Halifax. Variety, Revue, and Repertory. Cap. 1,000. Phone 2404. SG46: Bookings : Jas. Wilkinson (Gen. Manager, N.T. Co., Ltd.) 5, Rawson Street, Halifax. Cap. : Stalls 192, P. stalls 293, D. circle 104, boxes 10, G. circle 180, U. circle 160, gallery 218. Barring clause : Oldham bars Rochdale. Twice nightly 6.15 and 8.1.5. Saturday matinée occasionally. Variety, repertory, musicals, plays. Stage : Pros. 27ft., height 25ft., min. depth from setting line 34ft., height under fly galleries 22ft., width between fly galleries 19ft., height of grid from stage 45ft. No counterweight gear. 40-50 hemp lines. Elec. equip. : 230 v. A.C., 50 cycles. Footlights, four circuits with ind. dimmers. Four battens, each with four circuits with ind. dimmers. Spot bar with six spots, each with ind. dimmers. 12 floods on stands. Two f-o-h following limes. New switchboard. Four new magnesium type battens. No. 1 batten, spot and flood. Two perch spot lanterns. Six circle spot lanterns. New footlights. Dressing rooms : Six single, three chorus. Band room. Orchestra : Acc : 12-14. Resident nine (M.D., leader, clarinet, trumpet, trombone, piano, bass, ’cello, drums). Amplifying equip. : Microphone. Last manager John Hindle. Burned down 24th November 1954. Car park on site (rear of police station).
Town Hall Borough Treasurer (1907)
VICTORY SUPER CINEMA Milkstone Road Opened c.1925. Architect: John Knight. Cap. Pros. width 32ft. Cap. c.1,000. Talkies 29th July 1929 – The Singing Fool. 1941: (BTP) - Props., Pavilion (Rochdale) Ltd., Imperial Buildings, Oxford Road, Manchester. Phone Ardwick 2226. (HDM circuit.) 1083 seats. Booked at H.O. Continuous, Mon. to Sat. Phone Rochdale 3602. Station, Rochdale, L.M.S. 1954: £6,000 refit (BA) CinemaScope. Closed July 1959. 1965 Massey’s brewery retail off-licence depot and shop. Cash & carry warehouse.
Victory Super Cinema (3602) H. D. Moorhouse Circuit B.T.P.
Also closing down in July 1959 was the Victory cinema, despite a only five years before. Teddy boys were named as one of the reasons for its closure, accused of causing lots of damage, including slashing seats. In 1965 the building was taken over by.
ROCHESTER Kent
CINEWORLD / UGC Chariot Way: 9 screens. Re-named mid-2005.
CORN EXCHANGE CINEMA / OLD CORN EXCHANGE PICTURE PALACE Opened October 1910 with tip-up seats. Film seasons until 1921. 1921 - Prop., A. Batleit. Res. Man., F. Reeves. Two shows nightly. Two changes weekly. Prices, 5d. to 1S. 3d. Station, Rochester, S.E. & C.R. Re-built internally 1961. Now civic multi-purpose venue.
ODEON / GAUMONT / MAJESTIC High Street Star Hill (WE) Opened 15th April 1935 – The Iron Duke and Million Dollar Ransom. Prop., Majestic (Rochester) Ltd. Architect: Harry Weston & Arthur W. Kenyon. (Originally to be Astoria under Southern Proprietary Holdings.) 2,030 OR 2,181 seats. Organ: Compton 3/10 (11) Rainbow-style etched-glass surround, console on lift. Pipe chambers audience left. Originally with Solo ’Cello rank, replaced by Tibia Minor c.1936.. Mgr. Percy White (ex-National Electric Theatre, Chatham). Graham Butcher from 12th March 1939. By 1941: Prop., Majestic (Rochester) Ltd. 2,012 seats. Booked by Gaumont-British Corporation, New Gallery House Regent Street W1. Continuous. Prices 9d. to 2s. 6d. Proscenium width 72ft.(sic) Café attached. Phone Chatham 3271. Station, Rochester Goods S.R. Fitted ‘Ardente’ Deaf Aids. War-time mgr D. W. H. Read. Alan Williams 1946 (returned after RAF). 1947 George ‘Tim’ Frewin died heart attack 1963 at 54. Gaumont-British bought freehold, renamed Gaumont 3rd April 1950. Café closed October 1957 – later dance studio. Organ removed 1960/1 – church. Re-named Odeon 21st October 1962. Mgr: Harry Minnican 1963-68. 70mm/six-track stereo 1967. Tripled March 1974. Closed 31st October 1981. Demolished December 1986 - retirement homes.
ROCK FERRY Cheshire
ESSOLDO / REGAL Bebington Road (WE) - Props., S.M. Super Cinemas, 37-38, Golden Square, London W.1. Phone Gerrard 4556. 1,300 seats. Prices 9d. to 1s. 10d. Continuous evenings. Mats. daily. Booked at H.O. Phone Rock Ferry 2346. Station, Rock Ferry.
PALACE CINEMA / ROCK FERRY ELECTRIC PALACE / PICTUREDROME New Chester Road 1910 built as billiard hall. Opened as cinema by Weisker Bros. Closed c.1915. Re-opened by other post-WWI. 1922 as R F Elec Pal - Prop., Rock Ferry Electric Palace Co. Res. Man., J. Nelson Bramble. Two shows nightly Sat., continuous rest of week. Mat., Mon., Thurs. & Sat. Two changes weekly. Phone, Rock Ferry 289. Station, Rock Ferry, L.N.W.R. By 1941: (BTH) - Prop., Rock Ferry Electric Palace Co. 766 seats. Two shows nightly Sat., continuous rest of week. Mats., Mon., Thurs. and Sat. Two changes weekly. Phone Rock Ferry 289.
RODLEY nr Leeds Yorks
RIALTO / PICTURE HOUSE Town Street /Calverley Lane Opened 24th October 1927 - The Triumph of the Rat. Prop. Mark Morris. 650 seats. By 1941: (BTH) - Props., Wellington Film Service, Ltd., 10 Mill Hill, Leeds, Phone 23524. 650 seats. Prices 4d. to 1s. Twice daily, Mat., Sat. Three changes weekly. Booked at Mill Hill. Proscenium width 20ft. Phone 71816. Station, Calverley & Rodley. Closed 7th July 1956 - One Desire. Factory – Rialto Works. Workshop/showroom. Demolished Summer 2007.
ROMFORD Essex
Plaza Super, Western Rd. (1000) Eastern Cinemas (G.C.F.) Ltd. 2,207 W.E.
CANNON / ABC 1, 2, 3 / ABC / RITZ South Street (RCA) Opened Monday 7th November 1938 – Vivacious Lady. Architect: W. R. Glen. Prop., Associated British Cinemas Ltd. 2,019 seats (1,269 + 750). Mgr: F. J. Nash-Sex. Continuous from 1.30pm. Prices, 6d to 2s. Booked at H.O. Proscenium width 44ft. Phone 3848. Station, Romford, L.N.E.R. Fitted ‘Ardente’ Deaf Aids. Fire 9th February 1959. Re-opened 27th March. Re-named ABC 1962. Closed 14th November 1970. Tripled. Re-opened 15th July 1971. To Cannon 1986. Demolished 2000. Souvenir opening prog in Gould Theatre Collection.
Corn Exchange f., Kemsley (1907)
GAUMONT / PLAZA Super CINEMA South Street (WE) Opened 20th January 1930 Architect: W. Evans (Harrington & Evans). 2,207 seats. Organ: Compton 2/6 fixed console. To Eastern Cinemas April 1937. 1,620 seats. By 1941 - 1,527 seats. Props., Eastern Cinemas (G.C.F.) Ltd., Film House, 142, Wardour Street, W.1. Prices 9d. to 2s.6d. Four dressing-rooms. Phone 1000. Station, Romford, L.N.E.R. Fitted ‘Ardente’ Deaf Aids. To Odeon 1943. Re-named Gaumont 1950. Organ broken down 1960. Closed 8th OR 15th September 1962. Demolished for Liberty Shopping Centre.
ODEON (1) / HAVANA CINEMA 108 South Street (WE) Opened 29th January 1936. Architects: Leslie Kemp & Tasker. Props. Victory Super Cinemas Ltd. Organ: Compton 3/6+melotone with surround on lift. To Eastern Cinemas 1937. By 1941: (WE) - Prop., Eastern Cinemas (G.C.F.) Ltd., Film House, 142 Wardour Street, W.1. 2,500 seats. Prices 9d. to 2s. 6d. Continuous. Café. Phone 300. Station, Romford. To Odeon 1941. Re-named 1949. Organ removed 1967. Tripled 1974. Closed 8th July 1990 as Odeon multiplex opened. Now ‘Time & Envy’.
ODEON (2) Mercury Gardens Liberty Two Shopping Centre Opened 13th July 1993. 8 screens.
Public Baths Hall H. C. Green (1907)
REX CINEMA Collier Row Lane Opened 10th April (Easter Monday) 1939. Architect: E. Norman Bailey. Prop., Rex Cinema (Collier Row) Ltd. – H. & B. Sado. 1,124 semi-stadium seats. (Closed.) Re-opened. 4th January 1948 – stage facilities. Prop. Romford Entertainments Ltd. (Nigel Marsh circuit). Closed Saturday 27th June 1959 – Blood of the Vampire and Love Is My Profession. Retail. Now Tesco.
STER CENTURY The Brewery: 16 screens
VICTORY PALACE / PICTURE PAVILION South Street Opened c.1913. 1918: re-named. 1922: Prop., Little and Banks. Res. Man., W. J. Richards, Two shows nightly. Two changes weekly. Prices, 5d. to 1s. 3d. Phone, Romford 59. Station, Romford, G.E.R. Closed 1930 as Plaza opened. Demolished. Quadrant Arcade over site.
VOGUE / LAURIE CINEMA / Laurie Hall / Town Hall Market Place Opened c.1786. Monday 1st September 1913 – Lady Audley’s Secret. Prop., Col. Reginald Bromhead. Mgr. J. Bertram Walker. 1922: Prop., Sinclair Cinema Co., Man.., H. Davies., Continuous. Two changes weekly. Prices, 5d. to 1s.3d. Phone, Romford 113. 1926: Romford Cinema Ltd. 1937: (RCA) 416 seats. By 1939: (RCA) - Prop., Romford Cinema, Ltd. 424 seats. Booked at H.O. by Arthur B. de Solla. Continuous. Prices 6d. to 1s. 6d. Phone 113. Station, Romford, L.N.E.R., & Film Transport. Closed 1939. Re-opened by J. E. Taylor as Vogue early 1944. Closed 13th March 1954. Public Hall. Demolished 1970s.
ROMILEY Cheshire
SAVOY Sandy Lane (WE) Opened 1934. Architect: Albert Winstanley. 1941 - Props., Savoy Cinema (Romiley) Ltd. Phone Woodley 2131. 970 seats. Continuous. Twice Sat. Mats., Mon., Thurs., and Sat. Occasional Variety. Booked at Hall. Prices 8d. to 1s. 9d. Proscenium width 38ft. Stage 19ft. deep; three dressing-rooms. Café attached. Station, Romiley, L.M.S. - L.N.E. joint.
ROMSEY Hants
Cornmarket
ELITE ELECTRIC PALACE Middlebridge Street 1931: D. Smith & Mrs. C. England, proprs.
PLAZA Winchester Road (WE) Opened c.March 1932. Architect: R. A. Thomas. 1941 - Props Humby’s Cinemas, Ltd. 494 seats. Booked at Hall. Continuous. Prices 6d. to 1s. 6d. Proscenium width 25ft. Phone 237. Station, Romsey, S.R. Closed. Sold to local amateurs, converted to theatre, 1984. Circle removed – one tier.
Temperance Hall f., Bliss (1907)
Town Hall f., G. Summers (1907)
ROOKHOPE Co Durham
PICTURE HALL 1922 - Prop., Victory Picture Co. One show twice weekly. One change weekly. Prices, 4d. to 9d. Station, Eastgate, N.E.R.
ROSS-on-WYE Hereford
KYRLE PALACE THEATRE Gloucester Road Opened 1913. 1922 - Prop. & Res. Man., Edward Dekins. One show nightly. Two changes weekly. Prices, 5d. to 1s. 3d. 1937: (Edibell) Prop., Edwin Dekins. 400 seats. By 1941: (Edibell) - Prop., Kyrle Palace Theatre Co., Ltd. 400 seats. Booked by W. Reeves at Grantham House, Ross-on-Wye. Continuous. Mat. Sat. Prices 6d. to 1s. 4d. Proscenium width 18ft. Station, Ross-on-Wye, G.W.R. Closed 1950, demolished 1970s.
NEW THEATRE Corn Exchange High Street f., Collins (1907) Opened as New Theatre 1922. 1937: (B.A.) Prop., H. G. Prickett. 400 seats. Phone 198. By 1939: (BA) - 400 seats. Booked at Hall. Continuous. Prices 6d. to 1s. 4d. Stage18ft. deep ; two dressing-rooms. Proscenium width 22ft. Phone 198. Station, Ross-on-Wye, G.W.R. (Closed.) Destroyed by fire 1939.
ROXY (BA) Broad Street - Props., South Western Cinemas, Ltd. 611 seats. Prices 6d. to 1s. 6d. Continuous from 5 p.m. Booked at Birmingham. Proscenium width 30ft. Café. Phone 198. Station, Ross, G.W.R. Closed 1982. Replaced by ‘Maltings’ arcade.
ROTHBURY Northumb
JUBILEE HALL Film from 1930s to 1960 – The Ten Commandments. Opened March 2006. Community Project raised funds for projection equipment; not full-time film.
ROTHERHAM Yorks
ALEXANDRA THEATRE ROYAL AND MUSIC HALL / ALEXANDRA MUSIC HALL & THEATRE OF VARIETIES Howard Street Opened 1870. Re-named Alexandra 1871. Closed 1873. Converted into chapel. Replaced on another site by TR1.
ARTS CENTRE
CANNON / CLASSIC / ESSOLDO / EMPIRE CINEMA THEATRE High Street/Westgate Opened Monday 15th December 1913 - The Girl who took the Wrong Turning + variety (top: Arthur Roberts). Architect: Chadwick, Watson & Co. Props., Messrs Joseph Steeples & William Hafferty. Res. mgr. James Lloyd. M.D. S. Burgan. c.1,500 seats. Pictures & variety. Proscenium width 32ft. Stage, dressing rooms, safety curtain & fly tower. 1914 mgr. Fred. Shaw. 1921 – installed Gaumont machines & new screen. Cinema from Monday 2nd May 1921. Lessee: Rotherham District Cinemas Ltd. Res. mgr. G. Woodman. 1,225 seats. Prices of 6d to 1/9d. 1926: mgr. F. Shaw. Prices 6d to 1/3d. 1929 to Mr Walker-Thompson. British Acoustic (BA) sound Saturday 23rd November 1929 - Broadway Melody. Prices, 6d to 1/3d. Leased to Associated British Cinemas (ABC) for 10 years. 1939 returned to Rotherham District Cinemas Ltd. By 1941: (BA) - Props., Rotherham District Cinemas Ltd. 1,198 seats. Booked at Hall. Pictures and Variety. Continuous daily from 2 p.m. Prices 6d. to 1s. 3d. Proscenium width 32ft. Phone 402. Stations, L.M.S. & L.N.E.R. Restaurant / retail on ground floor. To Essoldo 1954. CinemaScope Monday 22nd March 1954 - How to Marry a Millionaire. Re-named Essoldo 1955. Auditorium fire in gallery & roof 14th January 1958. Repaired. To Classic & re-named 2nd April 1972. 1973 Barbara Allen, mgr. Auditorium re-vamped & new screen in front of pros. Re-opened Thursday 28th March 1974 - Enter the Dragon and Cleopatra Jones. Stalls only 510 seats. Twinned 26th August 1978. To Cannon & re-named Sunday 1st May 1988. Stage partitioned and sublet. Closed Thursday 22nd February 1990 - Shirley Valentine and Sea of Love. Mgr. Catherine Austin. Snooker and shops left open. Nightclub and warehouse. Still stands 2006.
CINEMA HOUSE Doncaster Gate Opened Saturday 7th March 1914 - The Tower of Terror, Jewels of Sacrifice, A Multi-Millionaire Caprice, Jack and the Conscript & shorts. Architect - W. G. Beck, Sheffield; decorator P. Ghiloni, Leeds. Prop., Rotherham (Cinema House) Ltd. Façade - glazed Hathernware faience. 900 seats. Two Gaumont machines installed. Gen. mgr., Victor Haydn. M.D. Mrs. Haydn & all-ladies’ orchestra. Grand café/tea room attached. 1920 prop. Cinema (Rotherham) and Electra Ltd. 1921 - Prop., Cinema (Rotherham) & Electra, Ltd. Res. Man., John Stevenson. Continuous. Five mats. weekly. Two changes weekly. Phone 130. Station, Rotherham, N.E.R. Later mgr. Alfred Black, prop., Cinema (Rotherham) and Electra Ltd. Closed Friday 26th June 1931 - British Thompson-Houston sound. New pros & tabs, house re-decorated, re-opened Sunday 30th August 1931. Gen. mgr. Horace W. Routledge. September 1938 Western Electric Mirrophonic sound. Leased to Star circuit January 1939. New equipment, auditorium refurbished. Re-opened Monday 6th February 1939 - Scandal Street. Res. mgr. S. F. Ives. By 1941: (WE) - Props., Star Cinemas (London) Ltd., New Star Cinema, Aire Street, Castleford. Phone 2531. 900 seats. Prices 6d. to 1s. 2d. Continuous. Mats., Mon., Thurs. and Sat. Two changes weekly. Phone Rotherham 130. Station, Rotherham. Mgress Barbara Simpson. Closed Saturday 20th October 1951 for refurbishment. Re-opened Sunday 20th January 1952 Sands of Iwo Jima and Frontier Marshall. Res. mgr. W. L. Ecclestone. Closed to film Sunday 31st May 1964 - Just My Luck and War Arrow. Frontage cladded & domes removed. Star Bingo, later Coral. Closed. Damaged by fire - derelict. Still there June 2006 ?to be demolished for flats.
CIVIC THEATRE
Clifton Hall / Drill Hall Wharncliffe Street Opened 1873. Balls & concerts. Early films seasons from 1900. Baylis & Baylis (1907). Post WWII bought by council & re-named. Demolished 1991 for car park.
ELECTRA PICTURE PALACE / ELECTRIC PAVILION Effingham Street/Henry Street Built 1860 as Zion chapel. Opened as Elec Pav Saturday 15th July 1911. Lessee: Rotherham Theatre Ltd. Mgr. Arthur Melbourne. Cap. c.600. Prices, 3d to 1s. By 1916 lessee Electric Theatre Company Ltd. Gen. mgr. James Clavell. 1920 John Stevenson, mgr (ex Cinema House). 1922 as Electra - Prop., Cinema (Rotherham) & Electra, Ltd. Res. Man., John Stephenson. Continuous. Three Mats. weekly. Two changes weekly. Prices, 6d. to 1s. Station, Rotherham, M.R. Gen. mgr. John Stevenson 1924 Alfred Blank gen. mgr. Continuous daily, three matinées. Two changes weekly. Prices, 6d to 1s. Closed 26th April 1930 - Free Lips. Demolished.
ELECTRA PALACE Aldwarke Road, Parkgate 714 seats – one floor. Pros. width 18ft. 1922 - Prop., Parkgate & Denaby Theatres, Ltd. Res. Man., G. Burton. Two shows nightly. Two changes weekly. Prices, 4d. to 9d. Station, Rotherham, M.R. Mid-1920s to Heeley & Amalgamated Cinemas Ltd, Sheffield (Elisha C. Clayton). Frank Shaw gen. mgr. Later Frank C. Clayton. 1950 – Prices, 6d to 1/3d. Continuous weekdays, separate shows Saturdays. Two changes weekly. To Star circuit 1955.
HIPPODROME THEATRE Henry Street/Howard Street Opened Monday 3rd August 1908. Variety theatre. Architects: Chadwick & Watson, Leeds. Cap. 2,500. Prop. Rotherham Hippodrome Ltd. George E. Smith man. dir. Lessee, Thomas Edgar Fox, res. mgr. Claude Shyler. 1911 mgr. Arthur Roberts Holland. Closed as theatre Saturday 2nd July 1932. New box, Kalee/BT-H. Re-decorated with fan screen tabs – decorator Kenneth Friese-Green. Opened Monday 17th October 1932 - Playboy of Paris and No Limit. Continuous daily, mats. Wed. and Sat. Prices 3d to 1s. By 1941: (BTH) - Prop., Rotherham Hippodrome, Ltd. 1,800 seats. Booked by W. C. Harte at Premier Picture Palace, Rotherham. Continuous. Prices 7d. to 1s. 2d. Proscenium width 31ft. Phone 399. Stations, Rotherham, L.M.S. & L.N.E.R. CinemaScope autumn 1955 - Valley of Fury. Sold to council. Closed Saturday 19th December 1959 - When the Devil Came and Runaway Daughters. Demolished 1960. Car park, then market/market hall on site.
PICTURE HOUSE High Street 1922 - Res. Man., G. Woodman. Continuous. Two changes weekly. Prices, 6d. to 1s. 9d. Phone, Rotherham 340. Station, Rotherham, G.C.R.
PREMIER PICTURE PALACE Kimberworth Road Opened Monday 9th December 1912. Architect: H. Allen, Manchester. Proscenium opening 30 feet wide. 1,100 seats on raked floor & circle. Props., George W. Smith & George E. Smith (son). Gen. mgr. Claude Shyler (& Hippodrome). Res. mgr. Harry Layton. Prices, 2d, 4d and 6d. 1922 - Prop., G. W. & G. E. Smith. Res. Man,, W. C. Harte. Two shows nightly. Mat., Wed. & Sat. Two changes weekly. Prices, 3d. to 9d. Phone, Rotherham 263. Station, Masboro’, M.R. BTH sound Wednesday 8th July 1931 – Whoopee. Prices, 3d to 1s. By 1941: (BTH) - Prop., G. E. Smith. 700 seats. Booked at Hall. Continuous. Mat. Sat. Two changes weekly. Prices 3d. to 1s. Proscenium width 30ft. Phone Rotherham 263. Station, Masboro’ L.M.S. To Star circuit. Closed Saturday 14th January 1956. Refurbished for CinemaScope from Monday 30th January 1956 - 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. By mid 1960 part-time bingo Closed to film c.October 1961. Bingo. Closed 1964, later billiard hall. Still stands.
REGENT THEATRE / REGENT (Varieties) / REGENT THEATRE of Varieties / ROYAL PICTURE HOUSE / THEATRE ROYAL PICTURE HOUSE / THEATRE ROYAL (2) Nottingham Street/Howard Street Opened 1st January 1894 - Manhood. On site of T.R. (1) Architect: Joseph Platts, Rotherham. Lessee E. Darby, W. Manning, gen. mgr. Prosc. 29ft wide x 24ft high. Later leased to North of England Theatre Corporation Ltd., John Dunbar, mgr. Frank Macnaghten - Macnaghten Vaudeville Circuit (1907). Closed Saturday 17th July 1915. Re-opened Monday 6th September 1915 re-named Royal Pic Hse. Pictures & variety. Rear projection. Sold by MacNaghten for full-time cinema. 1922 - Prop., North of England Theatres, Ltd. Res. Man., E. B. Ibbotson. Continuous. Mat., Mon. & Thurs. Two changes weekly. Prices, 3d. to 1s. Phone, Rotherham 390. Station, Rotherham, G.C.R. Closed Saturday 6th December 1930. New rear circle box, machines & WE sound. Reopened as Regent Monday 15th December 1930 - The Grand Parade. Props. Cinema (Rotherham) & Electra Ltd. Continuous evenings, mats. Thurs. & Sat. Prices, 3d to 1/2d. September 1935 - Regent Theatre of Varieties. By 1941: Props., Cinema (Rotherham) & Electra, Ltd. Booked at Hall. 1,000 seats. Phone 291. Station, Rotherham. SG46: Closed. Closed Saturday 15th June 1957 – Goodbye to Striptease. Demolished October 1957 for central area redevelopment. Boots approx. on site.
SCALA / ODEON / REGAL Corporation Street Opened Saturday 22nd December 1934 – Girls Please! Architect: Blackmore & Sykes & Co., Hull. Prop. Thos. Wade’s Cinema Ltd. - Regal Super Cinema (Rotherham) Ltd. Organ: Conacher 3/9 with Holophane surround on lift + phantom grand piano on stage. 1,850 seats (1,100 stalls + 750 circle). Rear stalls box, Kalee projectors / WE Wide Range sound. Café with dance floor attached. From opening leased to Lou Morris Theatres. Gen. mgr. Wally Brailsford To London & Southern circuit Monday 1st April 1935. 1,825 seats. To Odeon with circuit 1937. By 1941: (WE) - Props., Rotherham Regal Super Cinemas, Ltd., Old County Cinema, Marlow, Bucks. Phone Marlow 695-9. Prices 9d. to 2s. 6d. Continuous daily from 2 p.m. Booked at Moor Hall, Cookham, Berks. Stage. Three dressing-rooms. Café. Phone Rotherham 316. WWII mgr. A. V. Morris – to early 1970s. Re-named Odeon October 1946. 1st CinemaScope in town Monday 8th March 1954 - The Robe. Prices, 1/3 to 3/6d. Organ console boarded over. 1,815 seats. Café now full restaurant. 1962 café to Victor Sylvester dance school. October 1967 organ refurbished. Café to dance school. Closed Saturday 29th November 1975. Re-opened as Scala Monday 1st December 1975 - Twainville Ltd./DOF Leisure Ltd., man. dir., Owen Firth. Mgr., Richard Issacs. Stalls closed - 728 seats. 1977 mgr Barbara Allen (ex-Classic). November 1981 leased to Axholme Cinema Services. Back to Twainville July 1983. Closed Friday 23rd September 1983 - Porky’s. Re-opened as Ritz bingo Monday 25th May 1987. June 2001 Mecca. Organ now removed. Still stands 2004.
St. George’s Hall W. Heppenstall (1907)
THEATRE ROYAL (1) Effingham Street Opened 1873. Replaced Alexandra. Closed December 1892. replaced by TR.
THEATRE ROYAL (2) Howard Street/Effingham Street see Regent
Town Hall Assembly Rooms / Mechanics’ Institute films 1902 - 1911.Town Clerk (1907) 1908: Elisha C. Clayton’s Bioscope.
Victoria Temperance Hall W. Reading (1907)
WHITEHALL (1) / NEW PICTURE PALACE / Masonic Hall High Street Winter & Foers (1907) Opened as New PP Saturday 11th February 1911. Lessee: Cllr. H. Powell Clough, F. Wiltshear gen. mgr. Closed Saturday 25th September 1920. Refurbished. Reopened as Whitehall Thursday 2nd December 1920. c.900 seats. Café attached. Burned down early a.m. Friday 25th February 1921. Later rebuilt as W’hall (2).
WHITEHALL (2) High Street Opened Monday 7th January 1924. Architect: James Totty. 800 seats, stalls and circle. Mgr. George W. Knapton, M.D. Cyril Wilkinson. Later mgr. Cyril J. Wilson. To Cinema (Rotherham) & Electra Ltd. Monday 29th August 1927. Vitaphone sound-on-disc Friday 19th April 1929 - The Jazz Singer. 1930 Western Electric sound. By 1941: (WE) - Props., Union Cinemas Ltd., 15 Regent Street, London, S.W.1. Phone Whitehall 8484. Booked at H.O. Continuous. Phone Rotherham 122. Stations, Rotherham, Masboro’ & Westgate, L.M.S., & Rotherham, L.N.E.R. 1950 771 seats. CinemaScope Monday 9th May 1955 Drum Beat. Closed Saturday 25th June 1960 - The Angry Silence and Jackpot. Immediately sold & demolished. Now Primark shop on site.
Extra info.: Rotherham Unofficial & Colin Sutton web-sites
ROTHWELL Northants
CINEMA (also PICTURE HOUSE) / ODDFELLOWS’ CINEMA / Oddfellows’ Hall Secretary (1907) Opened as cinema c.1915. Lessees Kilburn & Bailey. One show nightly. 1922 as OH - Prop. & Man., Kilburn & Bailey. Two changes weekly. Station, Desborough, M.R. 1937 as OC: (Morrison) Prop., T. L. Bailey. 1941: (Morrison) - Prop. & Man., Kilburn & Bailey. Two changes weekly. Station, Desborough, L.M.S. Post-WWII Kalee machines/sound. 280 seats. Pros. width 20ft. Closed to film 1951. Projection kit to Mkt H’boro’ Oriental.
ROTHWELL Yorks
EMPIRE - Prop., Rothwell Empire, Ltd. Res. Man., J. Harrison. One show nightly, two on Sat. Two changes weekly. Prices, 3d. to 9d. Station, Leeds, N.E.R.
MECHANICS’ HALL 1922 KYB
PICTURE PALACE Ingram Parade 1922 - Prop., Rothwell Public Service, Ltd. Res. Man., A. Denton. One show nightly. Two changes weekly. Prices, 3d. to 1s. Station, Leeds, N.E.R. By 1941: (BTH) - Props., Rothwell Public Service, Ltd. 900 seats. Booked at Leeds. One show nightly. Two on Sat. and holidays. Prices 8d. to 1s.1d. Phone Rothwell 2168. Station, Leeds, L.N.E.R. (c/o Parcels Office.) Closed 14th June 1958.
ROWLANDS GILL Co. Durham
PICTURE HOUSE Station Bridge Road Opened c.December 1919. Architects & builders: Bowers & Woodman. 415 seats. Lease to Sol Sheckman (North Eastern Theatres, Ltd.) 1924-1926. 1931: Rowlands Gill Picture House Co. Ltd 1937: (B.T.H) Prop., J. M. Rae. 550 seats. By 1941: (BTH) - Props., North West Durham Cinemas Ltd. 450 seats. Booked at H.O. Prices 7d. and 10d. Station, Row-lands Gill, L.N.E.R. Closed 30th November 1962. Converted to supermarket.