Dear Jamestow, I remember the Paramount and the Strand too but the Oxford was the Oxford always and was on West Front Street. It was demolished sometime in the late 50’s. I know because my uncle died in 1955 and my mother always said she was glad he didn’t live to see it demolished. It was very ornate inside and had a loge area that was extra fancy but had already been closed in the 50s. My brother and I used to sit there though because it was right under the projection room and allowed our uncle to keep track of us.
My memory which may be flawed as I was quite young is that the Oxford was closed and possibly even demolished in the late 1950s, but perhaps it was just closed and the building used for other purposes. Sad to hear there is nothing there now but an empty lot!
I remember the Oxford very well from the 1950s. My uncle, Ted Fulton, worked there as a projectionist. My brother and I spent a lot of time there. It was very ornate on the inside with a large lobby where popcorn and candy were sold, a balcony, and a special roped off area called the loge where the seats were red velvet and had once been more expensive than other seats in the theatre. In the early 50s, it also at least once hosted a small circus with clowns and performing animals including a baby elephant named Wanda.
Dear Jamestow, I remember the Paramount and the Strand too but the Oxford was the Oxford always and was on West Front Street. It was demolished sometime in the late 50’s. I know because my uncle died in 1955 and my mother always said she was glad he didn’t live to see it demolished. It was very ornate inside and had a loge area that was extra fancy but had already been closed in the 50s. My brother and I used to sit there though because it was right under the projection room and allowed our uncle to keep track of us.
My memory which may be flawed as I was quite young is that the Oxford was closed and possibly even demolished in the late 1950s, but perhaps it was just closed and the building used for other purposes. Sad to hear there is nothing there now but an empty lot!
I remember the Oxford very well from the 1950s. My uncle, Ted Fulton, worked there as a projectionist. My brother and I spent a lot of time there. It was very ornate on the inside with a large lobby where popcorn and candy were sold, a balcony, and a special roped off area called the loge where the seats were red velvet and had once been more expensive than other seats in the theatre. In the early 50s, it also at least once hosted a small circus with clowns and performing animals including a baby elephant named Wanda.