Crompton Cinema

417 Crompton Way,
Bolton, BL2 3AE

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UKmender
UKmender on February 18, 2021 at 7:11 am

During the building’s period as a night-club it was, for a time, so successful that parking became a real problem. The management duly achieved compulsory purchase of several, very attractive family homes, immediately adjacent to the left side of the building. These were then quickly burnt out and demolished, in order to lay the present car-park! Following the demise of Kwik Save, the supermarket was taken over by the Asian owned S.M.S. chain, who later adopted the, Co-op owned, Nisa Extra franchise. It was at this time that the upper, front facade, including the projection box, was removed. Finaly, ownership has now passed to Tesco’s, who now operate it under their Booker Group, off-brand,‘Family Shopper’ identity. The right-hand part of the property, once the cafe, is now a carpet store.

ChrisBott
ChrisBott on May 14, 2016 at 11:41 am

My father worked here as a projectionist around 1949 and my mother sold tickets. They began seeing each other and after the show started my mom would sneak up to the projection booth to see my dad. After his stint in NS they were married in 1955 until my mom passed in 1996. Would love to hear if anyone knew of them working there.

Ken Roe
Ken Roe on December 1, 2010 at 12:06 pm

Photographs from November 2008, when the former Crompton Cinema building had closed as a Kwik Save supermarket:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/davel59/3004641831/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/davel59/3004642573/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/davel59/3005479728/