I love the experience of going to the cinema to see a film and was sad to see the final stages of the demolishing of the cinema in my home town recently, a Cinema that kept me entertained throughout the 60s and early 70s. The ABC Ritz in Market Harborough was a 1930s gem. Although constructed with an uninspiring frontage, had all the grandeau of a picture palace within.
I would assume it was designed by the ABC chains regular architect, W R Glen, in a style most would recognise as British cinema in its glory days.
I am currently looking out for any more photos….please get in touch if you can contribute.
I found a picture of the auditorium ( which only showed half of the auditorium ) and reconstructed it in photoshop to imagine the rest of the screen. ( Much wider than it would have been but maybe I ve got used to a wider format these days. )
Video footage of the cinema can be briefly seen in this Pathe newsreel from 1958.
http://www.britishpathe.com/video/england-under-water
