Building Name

Ritz Cinema: Church Street Burnley

Street
Church Street
District/Town
Burnley
County/Country
Lancashire, England
Client
Progress Film Company Manchester
Work
New build

Application is to be made at Burnley for a provisional licence and approval of plans for a new 2300-seat kinema by the Progress Film Company Manchester (Jack Covell) [Kinematograph Weekly 17 December 1936 Page 13]

Reference    Kinematograph Weekly 17 December 1936 Page 13
Reference    Lancashire Record Office Finding No CBBU/127/12308 - Burnley County Borough Council  Building Regulation Plans.

On 1 January 1937 notice was given of a cinema in Burnley with conflicting details, although it is assumed that both were for the same scheme:

1936-1937    Ritz Cinema, Church Street, Burnley
Client            Honeywood Estates Ltd 
Architect        Drury and Gomersall, Manchester
Reference      Builder 1 January 1937 Page 40 - new cinemas.

Note that records have still to be found for a cinema in Church Street