Ritz Cinema

My grandfather, Herbert Stevens, was cinema manager of The Ritz throughout the war beginning there in 1937 and so would have overseen the new Art Deco refurbishment. He left around 1952/53 and moved to Bournemouth to run a hotel. He was previously cinema manager at The Strand in Cleethorpes. I have come across a photo in the Grimsby Evening Telegraph dated 30/07/2017 showing a billboard advertising the “Grand Opening of Union Cinemas Ritz” in 1937. I’d be grateful to hear if anyone has any other information about these two cinemas.

The organ in the Ritz was a 3/10 Compton.