Hippodrome Cinema

10 High Street,
Ripley, DE5 3HH

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Previously operated by: Eskay Ltd.

Functions: Bar, Café

Previous Names: Oxford Hippodrome Theatre

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Hippodrome Cinema

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 and 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.

Contributed by Lost Memory, Ken Roe

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Ian
Ian on February 25, 2010 at 1:39 am

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/

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