Majestic Cinema
High Street,
Normanton,
WF6
High Street,
Normanton,
WF6
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Previously operated by: Star Cinemas
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Located in Normanton, West Yorkshire. The Majestic Cinema was opened in Autumn of 1931. It had a 28 feet wide proscenium and was equipped with an Electrocord sound system. In 1936 it was taken over by the Leeds based Star Cinemas chain, and they fitted a Western Electric(WE) sound system.
Star Cinemas operated the Majestic Cinema until they closed it in 1964. The building was demolished in 2005, and the site is a car park for the adjacent Asda supermarket inside the former swimming baths.
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Ken Roe
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When I took the attached photo in February 2005 it was cordoned off and preparatory work prior to demolition looked to have started. I imagine it was demolished later that year. The former swimming baths on the left was converted into an ASDA supermarket and the cinema site is the store’s car park.
A photo of the facade in 2002:–
MAJESTIC
For man years this was my favourite cinema (“pictures”) I was born in 1938 and my nearest cinema was the Empire on Wakefield Road but even at the age of about 5 when I probably started going, I knew that the Majestic was much classier. it was also a penny dearer, 4 pence as opposed to 3 pence at he Empire
The Electrocord sound system (without the ‘h’) was from Butchers who also produced British B films. I suspect it was a flawed system as it always seems to have been replaced after a few years, usually by Western Electric. Buy cheap, buy twice!
After closure by Star, the auditorium area was flattened and used as a municipal workshop to repair and service the fleet of bin wagons and the like operated by the council.