FairWorld Film Centre
12 Victoria Road,
Washington,
NE37 2SY
12 Victoria Road,
Washington,
NE37 2SY
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Previous Names: Ritz Cinema
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Located in Washington, near Sunderland, County Durham/Tyne & Wear. The Ritz Cinema was opened prior to 1944 and had 823 seats.
It was sold to FairWorld Cinemas in the mid-1970’s and was twinned, with seating for 227 and 177, reopening as the FairWorld Film Centre. It operated into the late-1980’s. In around 1992 it was converted into a nightclub and pub. There were plans put forward in 1996 to re-open it as a cinema, but they never came to fruition, and the building was demolished. A Co-Op Funeral Home now operates on the site.
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Ken Roe
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This cinema has now been demolished and a funeral home has been built on the site.
My good friend, Bill Mather, has photos of the above venue which , at some stage, he hopes to upload to accompany this article. The Ritz/Fairworld formed part of the circuit of which Bill was the CEO and he was responsible for its expensive twinning in 1979. Friends who visited this cinema regularly used to tell me how high the standards of presentation were here.
Bill’s very long and distinguished career in the industry commenced at the Grand Ryhope in the 1950’s, soon to be rebuilt at Beamish – see separate article re this exciting development.