situated roughly where the Civic Centre is today it was built
before the first world war. There was no electricity supply in
the town, so they had to generate their own. They had a
detached building at the rear where there were two engines
to generate the power. the cinema was demolished in 1962.
The second cinema was called the Luxor and was built next to where woolworths is now, It closed in 1959 and was demolished in 1960.
The Odeon not sure when it was built but it shut down and was made into a JD Wetherspoon pub which opened in july of 1998.
And now the present day Cinema in Hemel. The Empire in
jarman Park Leasure world with 13 screens. Rumours are
that the whole of leasure world is to be demolished if that
is true where wil the next cinema be.
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it looks great - check out youtube for video's.....l x
We moved to Hemel in 1959 and the Odeon was brand new at that time. Also the carpark across the street was still being constructed or had just opened. We lived near the top of Hillfield Road.
My mum was cashier at the Luxor and I remember her taking me there one evening, age 3 or 4 as Dad was working away and I was sent to the projection room to wait for her to finish work and I watched Doris Day and Rock Hudson through the projectionist s window 🙂
I saw Absent Minded Professor at The Princess Cinema. Must have been one of the last films shown before it closed and The Pavilion was built on its site
I remember my Mother taking me to see The Rebel starring Tony Hancock. I believe it was around 1961 at The Princess. I think this must have been one of the last shows there. The Odeon opened later and the cinema was demolished and replaced by The Pavilion.
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