Oxford Cinema

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)