Information below is taken from The Kinematograph Yearbooks. The Page reference is from the following year’s edition, when information appeared. Additional information is in italics
Year Ownership Population Seating Capacity Other cinemas in town Manager Shows per day Changes Weekly Prices Variety etc. Sound System Other cinemas with sound Kinematograph Year Book reference
May have been owned before 1913
1913 Thomas Thompson 5105 1000 0 343
1914 Thomas Thompson 5105 800 0 478
1915 Thomas Thompson 5105 743 2 374
1916 Thomas Thompson 5105 900 2 421
1917 Thomas Thompson 6508 750 0 491
1918 Thomas Thompson 0 I Thompson 1 2 3d - 9d 297
1919 Thomas Thompson 5105 700 0 I Thompson 1 2 374
1920 Thomas Thompson 5105 600 0 I Thompson 1 2 4d - 9d 449
1921 Thomas Thompson 9012 700 0 I Thompson 1 2 4d - 9d 444
1922 Thomas Thompson 5105 700 0 441
1923 Thomas Thompson 9012 700 0 I Thompson 1 2 4d - 9d 441
1924 Thomas Thompson 9012 700 0 I Thompson 1 + 2 Sa 2 3d - 1s 394
1925 Thomas Thompson 9012 700 0 I Thompson 1 + 2 Sa 3d - 1s 374
1926 Thomas Thompson 9012 700 0 H W Brunton 1 + Mat + 2 Sa 3d - 1s 365
1927 Thomas Thompson 9012 700 0 H W Brunton 1 + Mat + 2 Sa 3d - 1s 432
1928 Thomas Thompson 9012 700 0 H W Brunton 1 + Mat + 2 Sa 3d - 1s 445
1929 Thompson's Enterprises Ltd. 9012 700 0 1 + Mat + 2 Sa 3d - 1s 461
1930 Thompson's Enterprises Ltd. 9012 700 0 2 + Mat Mo We Sa 6d - 1s WE 423
1931 Thompson's Enterprises Ltd. 9012 700 0 2 + Mat Mo We Sa 6d - 1s WE 438
1932 Thompson's Enterprises Ltd. 9012 700 0 1 Mo - Fr + 3 Sa 4d - 1s WE 468
1933 Thompson's Enterprises Ltd. 9012 700 0 1 Mo - Fr + 3 Sa 4d - 1s WE 496
1934 Thompson's Enterprises Ltd. 9012 700 0 1 Mo - Fr + 3 Sa 4d - 1s WE 516
1935 Thompson's Enterprises Ltd. 7631 584 0 1 Mo - Fr + 3 Sa 4d - 1s WE 531
1936 Thompson's Enterprises Ltd. 7631 622 0 1 Mo - Fr + 3 Sa 4d - 1s WE 556
1937 Thompson's Enterprises Ltd. 7631 622 0 1 Mo - Fr + 3 Sa 4d - 1s WE 606
1938 Thompson's Enterprises Ltd. 7631 811 1 Continuous from 6pm Mo - Fr + 3 Sa 4d - 1s WE 590
1939 Thompson's Enterprises Ltd. 7631 811 1 1 + Mat daily 3d - 1s WE 526
1940 Thompson's Enterprises Ltd. 7631 811 1 1 + Mat daily 3d - 1s WE 494
1941 Thompson's Enterprises Ltd. 7631 811 1 1 + Mat daily 3d - 1s WE 493
1942 Thompson's Enterprises Ltd. 7631 811 1 1 + Mat daily 6d - 1s 6d WE 471
1943 Thompson's Enterprises Ltd. 7631 811 1 1 + Mat daily 6d - 1s 6d WE 477
1944 Thompson's Enterprises Ltd. 7631 811 1 1 + Mat daily 10d -1s9d WE 436
1945 Thompson's Enterprises Ltd. 7631 811 1 1 + Mat daily 10d -1s9d WE 482
1946 Thompson's Enterprises Ltd. 7631 811 1 1 Mo - Fr + 2 Sa + Mat Sa 10d -1s9d WE 319
1947 Thompson's Enterprises Ltd. 7631 822 1 1 Mo - Fr + 2 Sa + Mat Sa 10d -1s9d WE 332
1948 Thompson's Enterprises Ltd. 7631 822 1 1 Mo - Fr + 2 Sa + Mat Sa 10d -1s9d WE 346
1949 Thompson's Enterprises Ltd. 7247 822 1 1 Mo - Fr + 2 Sa + Mat Sa 10d -1s9d WE 350
1950 Thompson's Enterprises Ltd. 7247 822 1 1 Mo - Fr + 2 Sa + Mat Sa 1s - 1s 10d WE 340
1951 Thompson's Enterprises Ltd. 7247 822 1 1 Mo - Fr + 2 Sa + Mat Sa WE 322
1952 Thompson's Enterprises Ltd. 7247 822 1 1 Mo - Fr + 2 Sa + Mat Sa WE 321
1953 Thompson's Enterprises Ltd. 7247 822 1 1 Mo - Fr + 2 Sa + Mat Sa WE 318
1954 Thompson's Enterprises Ltd. 7247 822 1 1 Mo - Fr + 2 Sa + Mat Sa WE 302
1955 Thompson's Enterprises Ltd. 11000 822 1 1 Mo - Fr + 2 Sa + Mat Sa Cinemascope WE 295
1956 Thompson's Enterprises Ltd. 11000 822 1 1 Mo - Fr + 2 Sa + Mat Sa Cinemascope WE 294
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