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frano
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Heanor Empire
replied on: 2/21/2006 5:47:04 PM As far as I know it was always the Empire. The only Ritz I know was at Langley Mill at the bottom of the station yard. frano PS. Just remembered another Empire feature. Before the war just round the Fletcher St corner, the word Empire was mounted vertically in light bulbs. Each letter came on in turn till all were lit then go out and start again. |
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suzard
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Heanor Empire
replied on: 3/11/2006 9:54:53 PM R & H 11 Sept 1914 Heanor Petty Sessions " Mr Rowland P. Brown, manager of the Emrire Palace, Heanor,apllied for the renewal of the cinematograph licence of the Empire Palace Theatre for 12 months, and the application was granted." |
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Colin Michael W
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Heanor Empire
replied on: 3/13/2006 5:42:40 PM What a question Where is the Ritz. Everyone knows that the Ritz was in Langley Mill....Colin |
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RMMee
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Heanor Empire
replied on: 3/13/2006 7:16:40 PM Colin Welcomw to the site - I hope you enjoy it, and take an active part. Please don't take this the wrong way, but not everyone DOES know where the Ritz was. It depends on the person's age and location. I suspect that there aren't many people who remember the Ritz before it was the Ritz - but prior to the 1930's it was the Langley Mill Picture House. From the 1930's until 1957 it was the Ritz. I personally know it as Slater's Glass!!!! (I wasn't born until two years after it closed as a cinema.) At least I did know that it had been a cinema called the Ritz. But then there are quite a few "incomers" who have only lived in the Heanor area for a few years, but are, commendably, interested in the history of the area which they have adopted. They have no idea at all where the Ritz was, unless we tell them! The local history of the area needs to meet the needs of all these different people - everyone has a different, personal, perspective on the history of the area. |
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suzard
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Heanor Empire
replied on: 4/6/2006 1:29:58 AM R&H 12 Aug 1949 "In a letter to Mr Truman, manager of the Heanor Empire Theatre, Miss Jane Hylton, the film star,desires him to convey to the people of Heanor and District her genuine appreciation of the wonderful welcome she received on the occasion of her recent visit.Miss Hylton adds that she had never derived so much enjoyment from the presentation of her film. She sincerely hopes it may be possible to pay a further visit to Heanor on some future occasion, and in the meantime desires to extend to the people of the town and districther best wishes for their prosperity and happiness." |
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bobbrown
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Heanor Empire
replied on: 4/21/2006 10:54:58 PM Ah! The Ritz. Fond memories of going there as a 10 or 11 year old and asking a chap in soldier's uniform "will yer tek us in mister? on seeing that the picture was an "A". Imagine that nowadays! Oh what a selection there was - Empire, Cosy in Heanor, Ritz at Langley Mill, Rex at Eastwood (if you were desperate) never mind Ilkeston and Ripley. |
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annejosephine
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Heanor Empire
replied on: 5/7/2006 5:08:55 AM Hi all, I am new to this , i grew up in Heanor. But i remember the empire ofcourse, it was threepence downstairs and sixpence upstairs. anne |
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annejosephine
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Heanor Empire
replied on: 5/7/2006 5:27:57 AM we had only the cosy and the empire in Heanor i think. Wasnt the ritz in Eastwood? anne |
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RMMee
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Heanor Empire
replied on: 5/7/2006 8:24:58 AM Anne, Welcome to the site. There may have been a Ritz at Eastwood, but the Ritz we mean was the one at Langley Mill, on Station Approach, opposite the church. |
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Peter Chamberlain
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Heanor Empire
replied on: 5/7/2006 8:45:24 AM The cinema was called THE REX at Eastwood just Langley mill side of the Sun Inn |
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suzard
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Heanor Empire
replied on: 5/7/2006 10:45:44 AM .... and what is now Woolworths in Eastwood was the Empire! ...and in some newspaper reports the Ritz at Langley Mill is referred to as the Palace!!!!! Just to confuse us!!!!! |
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Iceboy53
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Heanor Empire
replied on: 5/17/2006 1:17:53 PM i never went in the ritz..would anyone have any pictures of the interior,or maybe any interiors of these old cinemas. Robert do you have any or maybe Suz could delve into her treasure trove and find something. |
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suzard
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Heanor Empire
replied on: 5/17/2006 1:40:26 PM Iceboy, Look on Langley Mill -The Ritz Cinema-a description of interior decor already posted from "my treasure trove" |
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Iceboy53
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Heanor Empire
replied on: 5/17/2006 1:50:20 PM righte ote then suz i will...but don't let that stop ya delving deep into your treasure trove and looking...i imagine it to be art deco or something..i remember the empire well. |
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suzard
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Heanor Empire
replied on: 5/17/2006 2:18:34 PM The Ritz building is still there-Slaters Glass! Have a walk inside -there is still the sloping floor from the glorious days of the cinema |
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