My father Raymond Clarke was employed at the opening not sure whether he was manager or projectionist.he went there from the Rialto cinema in whitchurch which was owned by a man called Willis dad said the Rialto had rats.that sometimes ran over customers feet! he stayed at the avenue until he joined ENSA and after the war bought a Cinema in Cornwall.
My father Raymond Clarke was employed at the opening not sure whether he was manager or projectionist.he went there from the Rialto cinema in whitchurch which was owned by a man called Willis dad said the Rialto had rats.that sometimes ran over customers feet! he stayed at the avenue until he joined ENSA and after the war bought a Cinema in Cornwall.
John Angel still owns the cinema