Hippodrome Cinema
10 High Street,
Ripley,
DE5 3HH
10 High Street,
Ripley,
DE5 3HH
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Previously operated by: Eskay Ltd.
Previous Names: Oxford Hippodrome Theatre
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The Oxford Hippodrome Theatre opened around 1913 with 300-seats. Externally it is a fairly plain brick building and has a plaque in the centre, with the name ‘The Oxford Hippodrome’ in stone. It had a mixed programme of films on the screen and variety acts on the stage. In 1921 a larger auditorium was built onto the original one with seating for 900. In later years it was operated by the Nottingham based Eskay circuit. It became an EMI Bingo & Social Club which closed in 1983. It closed as the Hippodrome Cinema in December 1991. The building became Tonkers Night Club from the early-1990’s. It had closed by February 2010. The foyer is in use as a bar/cafe.
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Lost Memory, Ken Roe
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Tonkers seems to have closed and only part of the foyer is in use as a bar / cafe. The future of the building must be in some doubt.
Two photos from February 2010 here:–
http://www.flickr.com/photos/stagedoor/4387115536/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/stagedoor/4387115370/
Operated as an EMI Bingo & Social Club for a time as well, before being a nightclub, as EMI Bingo ceased trading in September 1983, the clubs having been sold to Coral.