Re: empire
I remember it tosh, used to go regularly, it was owned by Cyril and Winston Whittaker, father and son they also owned the Palladium as well. Its hard to imagin that Ossy had 3 cinemas in those days, the 50s, then they turned the Empire into a dance hall. nearly opposite was a cafe called the Cavern, expresso coffee, pinball tables and duke box great times tosh, I remember them well
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