Roxy Cinema Brogden Street Ulverston

Architect:  Belshaw & Gomersall. Imperial Buildings Oxford Road, Manchester in association with F J Parker of Wadham & Son, Barrow

The Roxy was built at the junction of County Street, as it was then called, and Brogden Street, on the site of the old County Mews. The cinema opened on Monday June 21, 1937, with ARose Marie,@ starring Nelson Eddy and Jeanette MacDonald. The Roxy was the 46th cinema designed by Manchester‑based acclaimed theatre architects Drury and Gomersall. It was owned by leading cinema showman in the Lakes, James Brennan, who had seven cinemas in the area, including the Royalty in Barrow and the Roxy in Dalton.The cinema was soon taken over by Henry Simpson whose family ran it until 1974 when it was acquired by the late John Sail and his son Andrew of Brooks Wilkinson Ltd. The Roxy is now run by South Lakes businessman Charles Morris, who hopes to work his magic on the popular cinema as the new leaseholder. Early in May the Roxy Bingo Club closed down but the cinema is continuing,  the last surviving film house in Ulverston.[North West Evening Mail News Ulverston  Monday 25 June 2007]

Reference    Builder 6 November 1936 Page 907
Reference    Builder 18 December 1936 Page 1226
Reference    North West Evening Mail News Ulverston  Monday, 25 June 2007