Ritz Cinema: Church Street Burnley
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