Empire Theatre
58 Front Street,
Wingate,
TS28 5QA
58 Front Street,
Wingate,
TS28 5QA
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This building has been demolished completely, all newly built flats comprise Empire House.
This reopened for films for a brief period in 1970.
As I recall, the newspaper coverage in The Northern Echo emphasised the fact that the new lessee was going to show 16mm only! I do not recall how long the venture lasted but I guess that it was short lived.
At around the same time another brief revival occurred at the Avenue Cinema in nearby Coxhoe using 35mm.