Empire Theatre

I lived about 3 hundred yards from the Empire so on the way home I could visit Brooks’s fish shop on the Broad Flags. From the age of 11 to about 14 my cousin was the cashier and on more than one occasion she said “go on through”. Among my early memories was the commissionaire Mr Scholey, he wore the full regalia and no one messed about when he was around. I well remember a lad started to clap to the music beat in “Rock around the clock” and he was immediately ejected. Another memory was the “Coming soon” posters in the foyer and waiting for the film “High Noon” my memory tells me that it was coming for about 18 months. Happy days