Hippodrome Cinema
10 High Street,
Ripley,
DE5 3HH
10 High Street,
Ripley,
DE5 3HH
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Previously operated by: Eskay Ltd.
Previous Names: Oxford Hippodrome Theatre
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The Oxford Hippodrome Theatre opened around 1913 with 300-seats. Externally it is a fairly plain brick building and has a plaque in the centre, with the name ‘The Oxford Hippodrome’ in stone. It had a mixed programme of films on the screen and variety acts on the stage. In 1921 a larger auditorium was built onto the original one with seating for 900. In later years it was operated by the Nottingham based Eskay circuit. It became an EMI Bingo & Social Club which closed in 1983. It closed as the Hippodrome Cinema in December 1991. The building became Tonkers Night Club from the early-1990’s. It had closed by February 2010. The foyer is in use as a bar/cafe.
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Lost Memory, Ken Roe
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Tonkers seems to have closed and only part of the foyer is in use as a bar / cafe. The future of the building must be in some doubt.
Two photos from February 2010 here:–
http://www.flickr.com/photos/stagedoor/4387115536/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/stagedoor/4387115370/
Operated as an EMI Bingo & Social Club for a time as well, before being a nightclub, as EMI Bingo ceased trading in September 1983, the clubs having been sold to Coral.
The auditorium block has been demolished and housing built on the site. Only the foyer block remains.