I remember the Ritz cinema, the Ritz "ballroom" was where (amongst other places) my dad played drums in the band (The Ritz Syncopated Orchestra, leader Sid Ashmead) in the late 1920s and early 30s.
Not sure if the 2 places were connected.
I used to go to the Palladium every week with my mum in the pre-telly days and have memories of my dad taking me every Thursday for a few weeks to the Empire, Oswaldtwistle, to see the Superman series starring Kirk Something-or-other (
not Douglas). Dad never went to the pictures as a rule - but he liked Superman.
Only went once to the Bug-hut, with my brother. He convinced me I had caught fleas when we came out (I hadn't, of course) and I really itched!
