Empire Cinema
10 Earls' Street,
Thetford,
IP24 2AD
10 Earls' Street,
Thetford,
IP24 2AD
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Previous Names: Oddfellows Hall
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The Oddfellows Hall was built in 1891 by Thetford’s Ancient Order of Oddfellows. By 1916 it was screening films as the Empire Cinema and was operated by Richard Stapley. It had closed after the end of World War I (definately closed by 1927) and apparently Oswald Mosley was warmly applauded when he spoke here in 1935. It was later converted into a factory. Later known as the Breckland Hall.
Since 1985 it was in use as the Thetford Snooker Centre until it closed in 2017. It is a Grade II Listed building.
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When I visited, on 6th May 2018, the building was closed up. An undated note in the front window, from “Paul and Lynn”, said that it closed without warning “due to the manner of the sale of the snooker centre” and that they have now retired. They thanked their customers for their patronage over the last 32 years, so presumably closure came in 2017.