Clifton Spa Kinema

The building was opened as a Pump Room / Ballroom on 1st August 1894 and was converted to a cinema seating approximately 350 opening on 6th September 1920. As such it was a commercial failure and within 21 months was offering half price seats. It closed in March 1922 and reverted to a ballroom which remained until closure in 1975.Some traces of the Projection Room still survive on the end Balcony where Musicians used to play in the early days. I do not think it ever used the moniker “kinema” in its title.