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Empire, Guisborough
Cinema Address:
9 Chaloner Street, Guisborough, TS14 6QD
Period of Thompson Ownership:
1921-1976. There is confusion about ownership from 1921 to 1926
How Acquired by Thompson:
Unknown
Other Info:
Believed to have been built on the site of a laundry which had previously been Richard Ord's tannery before it moved to Northgate. Opened as a cinema in 1911.
Possibly the last operating cinema to be owned by Thompsons' Enterprises Ltd.
Fate of the Cinema:
It has been demolished.
External Links/Sources:

Cinema Treasures ;

Guisborough History – Yards ;

Guisborough History – Entertainment

Cinema Theatre Association

Location Accuracy: Accurate
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/ Screen Sound System Other cinemas with sound Kinematograph Year Book reference
1921 Guisborough Picture Co Ltd 6000 1 1 + 2 Sa 2 3d - 1s
1922 Guisborough Picture Co Ltd 6000 1 1 + 2 Sa 2 3d - 1s
1923 Guisborough Picture Co Ltd 6000 0 1 + 2 Sa 2 3d - 1s
1924 Guisborough Picture Co Ltd 6000 0 1 + 2 Sa 2 3d - 1s 377
1925 Guisborough Picture Co Ltd 6000 0 1 + 2 Sa 2 3d - 1s
1926 Thomas Thompson 7105 0 1 + 2 Sa 2 3d - 1s 347
1927 Guisborough Empire Picture Co Ltd 7105 0 1 + 2 Sa 2 3d - 1s 413
1928 Guisborough Empire Picture Co Ltd 7105 0 1 + 2 Sa 2 3d - 1s 427
1929 Thompson's Enterprises Ltd. 7105 0 1 + 2 Sa 2 3d - 1s 443
1930 Thompson's Enterprises Ltd. 7105 0 2 + 3 Sa 2 4d - 1s WE 403
1931 Thompson's Enterprises Ltd. 6306 0 2 + 3 Sa 2 4d - 1s WE
1932 Thompson's Enterprises Ltd. 6306 0 2 + 3 Sa 2 4d - 1s WE 447
1933 Thompson's Enterprises Ltd. 6306 0 2 + 3 Sa 2 4d - 1s WE
1934 Thompson's Enterprises Ltd. 6306 0 2 + 3 Sa 2 4d - 1s WE 492
1935 Thompson's Enterprises Ltd. 6306 581 0 2 + 3 Sa 2 4d - 1s WE 506
1936 Thompson's Enterprises Ltd. 6306 581 0 1 + 3 Sa 2 4d - 1s WE 556
1937 Thompson's Enterprises Ltd. 6306 581 0 1 + 3 Sa 2 4d - 1s WE 580
1938 Thompson's Enterprises Ltd. 6306 581 0 1 + 3 Sa 2 4d - 1s WE 564
1939 Thompson's Enterprises Ltd. 6306 581 0 1 + 3 Sa 2 4d - 1s WE 500
1940 Thompson's Enterprises Ltd. 6306 581 0 1 + 3 Sa 2 4d - 1s WE 468
1941 Thompson's Enterprises Ltd. 6306 581 0 1 + 3 Sa 2 4d - 1s WE 467
1942 Thompson's Enterprises Ltd. 6306 581 0 1 + 3 Sa 2 4d - 1s WE 448
1943 Thompson's Enterprises Ltd. 6306 581 0 1 + 3 Sa 2 6d - 1s 6d WE 453
1944 Thompson's Enterprises Ltd. 6306 581 0 1 + 3 Sa 2 10d-1s 9d WE 412
1945 Thompson's Enterprises Ltd. 6306 581 0 1 + 3 Sa 2 10d-1s 9d WE 458
1946 Thompson's Enterprises Ltd. 6306 581 0 1 Tu - Fr + 3 Sa 3 10d-1s 9d WE 294
1947 Thompson's Enterprises Ltd. 6306 581 0 1 Tu - Fr + 2 Mo + 3 Sa 3 10d-1s 9d WE 308
1948 Thompson's Enterprises Ltd. 6308 581 0 1 Tu - Fr + 2 Mo + 3 Sa 3 10d-1s 9d WE 322
1949 Thompson's Enterprises Ltd. 8429 581 0 1 Tu - Fr + 2 Mo + 3 Sa 3 10d-1s 9d WE 327
1950 Thompson's Enterprises Ltd. 8429 581 0 1 Tu - Fr + 2 Mo + 3 Sa 3 1s - 1s 10d WE 317
1951 Thompson's Enterprises Ltd. 8429 581 0 1 Tu - Fr + 3 Sa 3 WE 298
1952 Thompson's Enterprises Ltd. 8429 581 0 1 Tu - Fr + 3 Sa 3 WE 296
1953 Thompson's Enterprises Ltd. 8429 581 0 1 Tu - Fr + 3 Sa 3 WE 293
1954 Thompson's Enterprises Ltd. 8429 581 0 1 Tu - Fr + 3 Sa 3 WE 279
1955 Thompson's Enterprises Ltd. 8429 581 0 1 Tu - Fr + 3 Sa 3 WE 272
1956 Thompson's Enterprises Ltd. 8429 581 0 1 Tu - Fr + 3 Sa 3 CinemaScope WE 272
1957
1958-59 Thompson's Enterprises Ltd. 8429 581 0 1 Tu - Fr + 3 Sa 3 CinemaScope WE 274
1960 Thompson's Enterprises Ltd. 8429 581 0 1 Tu - Fr + 3 Sa 3 CinemaScope WE 298
1961 Thompson's Enterprises Ltd. 8429 WE 283
1962
1963 Thompson's Enterprises Ltd. 8429 0 WE 276
1964
1965 Thompson's Enterprises Ltd. 0 WE 281
1966 Thompson's Enterprises Ltd. 12500 0 1 daily 3 3s-4s Proscenium 28ft, screen 27ft x 11ft6in, CinemaScope WE 270
1967 Thompson's Enterprises Ltd. 12500 0 1 daily 3 3s-4s Proscenium 28ft, screen 27ft x 11ft6in, CinemaScope WE 254
1968 Thompson's Enterprises Ltd. 12500 0 1 daily 3 3s-4s Proscenium 28ft, screen 27ft x 11ft6in, CinemaScope WE 244
1969 Thompson's Enterprises Ltd. 12500 0 1 daily 3 4s-5s Proscenium 28ft, screen 27ft x 11ft6in, CinemaScope WE 236
1970 Thompson's Enterprises Ltd. 12500 0 1 daily 3 4s-5s Proscenium 28ft, screen 27ft x 11ft6in, CinemaScope WE 238