Roxy Cinema
4 Park Place,
Knaresborough,
HG5 0ER
4 Park Place,
Knaresborough,
HG5 0ER
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Previously operated by: Star Cinemas
Functions: Housing
Previous Names: Oddfellows Hall, Cinema
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Located in Knaresborough, North Yorkshire, 3 miles east of Harrogate. Picture shows commenced early in 1914 in the Oddfellows Hall of 1876. The Cinema was opened in 1924. It became the Roxy Cinema in 1944 when it was taken over by the Leeds based Star Cinemas chain; it had British Thomson Houston(BTH) sound equipment.
Bingo was introduced on Monday and Friday from 2nd April 1962; Sunday and Wednesday sessions quickly followed. The final film was screened on Saturday 6th October 1962 - James Mason in “Five Fingers”. The building has since been converted to apartments.
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Harry Rigby
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Looking through trade directories, the earliest reference to the Knaresborough Cinema was in 1924, with the manager listed as Percy Uden. Seems to have co-existed with the Oddfellows until the late 1920s. Robert Taylorson was the proprietor from the 1930s, and in its latter days the cinema was run by Mr and Mrs Ogleby. Affectionately known as the Bug ‘Utch or the Laff & Scratt.