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The cinema closed sometime between 1933 and 1935 as it is listed in the ''Kinematograph Year Book'' for 1933<ref>(1933 Kinematograph Year Book, 1933, p.495)</ref> but is listed as closed in the 1935 year book.<ref>(1935 Kinematograph Year Book, 1935, p.546)</ref> |
The cinema closed sometime between 1933 and 1935 as it is listed in the ''Kinematograph Year Book'' for 1933<ref>(1933 Kinematograph Year Book, 1933, p.495)</ref> but is listed as closed in the 1935 year book.<ref>(1935 Kinematograph Year Book, 1935, p.546)</ref> |
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===Empire Ballroom=== |
===Empire Ballroom=== |
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The Rothwell Empire Cinema was known as the Empire Ballroom by 29th October 1935, when the Yorkshire Post reported that [ |
The Rothwell Empire Cinema was known as the Empire Ballroom by 29th October 1935, when the Yorkshire Post reported that [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Wood,_1st_Earl_of_Halifax Viscount Halifax] would speak at the Empire Ballroom the next evening in favour of general election candidate Gwendoline Beaumont.<ref>(Yorkshire Post, 1935)</ref> Beaumont was running against incumbent [[William Lunn]]. However, articles from after this date also refer to the building as Rothwell Empire. |
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===Blackburn Hall=== |
===Blackburn Hall=== |
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''See main article: [[Blackburn Hall]]'' |
''See main article: [[Blackburn Hall]]'' |
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