Oxford Cinema
Waterloo Road and Whitegate Drive,
Marton,
Blackpool,
FY4 3AA
Waterloo Road and Whitegate Drive,
Marton,
Blackpool,
FY4 3AA
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Previously operated by: J.F. Emery Circuit
Architects: Halstead Best
Styles: Art Deco
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Located in the Blackpool suburb of Marton. The Oxford Cinema was opened on 17th June 1938. It was equipped with a Western Electric(WE) sound system. From 1948 until 1957 the Oxford Cinema was operated by the J.F. Emery Circuit.
The Oxford Cinema was closed on 22nd October 1960 with Steve Reeves in “Hercules Unchained”. By September 1962 it had become a car showroom, which operated until 1989. By 1994 the auditorium had become derelict and it was demolished. The front of the building became an auto workshop. It was demolished and an Aldi supermarket has been built on the site.
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The Oxford Cinema was opened on June 17th 1938 by Arthur Hall just a fortnight after he opened the Dominion in Bispham. Hall was at the time the Managing Director of South Shore Theatres Ltd. and the proprietor of cinemas in Blackpool, Chorley and Bolton. Both cinemas cost around £20,000 to build and had approx 1200 seats. A feature of the auditorium of the Oxford was the saucer-shaped floor, designed to give an unobstructed view of the screen from every part. There was no balcony but there was a well appointed stage. (Source: Kinematograph Weekly, 23rd June 1938)