The licence transfer to Star Cinemas was in September 1949 and the cinema was closed for one week for alterations from Sept 9th and week.On reopening it was advertised as the Savoy Super Cinema.
The Empire was a cinema all through the 1960s and actually closed in July 1970 under the ownership of Star Cinemas when the business was transferred the following day to the new Studio 1 and 2.It was then converted for Bingo use and the business was then transferred from the Palace which was later demolished.
The licence transfer to Star Cinemas was in September 1949 and the cinema was closed for one week for alterations from Sept 9th and week.On reopening it was advertised as the Savoy Super Cinema.
The Empire was a cinema all through the 1960s and actually closed in July 1970 under the ownership of Star Cinemas when the business was transferred the following day to the new Studio 1 and 2.It was then converted for Bingo use and the business was then transferred from the Palace which was later demolished.
The Palace actually closed at the end of May 1954 and reopened under new management with cinemascope at the end of December 1954.
This cinema was reopened at some point and operated in the early 1960s as the Kings Continental Cinema.How long this lasted is not known.
The Grand was advertised as being under new management in October 1954,closure was in March 1961 when it then went over to Bingo.