Roxy Cinema

My Grandfather told a story of a thunderstorm where a round glowing ball of energy (ball lightning) came through the doors of the Globe cinema in Ashby, went right round the auditorium and exited again. He said the atmosphere was charged, children screamed and there was a smell like you get in on the fairground dodgems. This was probably in the 1930’s as he delivered milk in Ashby by horse and cart at that time. I visited the Roxy as a child in the 1960’s on Saturdays, you could get discounted entry if you had a famous brand of tea wrapper. I remember watching Roy Rodgers westerns.