Ritz Cinema
143-147 High Street,
Lincoln,
LN5 7PJ
143-147 High Street,
Lincoln,
LN5 7PJ
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Under the ownership of Barrie and Brenda Stead, the last live show, The East Of England Orchestra was on Friday 6th January 1995, then the conversion to a triple cinema began. Films continued to be shown while the conversion took place. Screens 2 and 3 in the former Stalls opened Friday 7th April 1995 with the films Dumb And Dumber in Screen 2, and the re -release again of Walt Disneys 101 Dalmatians and Shallow Grave in Screen 3, ready for the Easter Holidays. Screen 1 in the former Circle then opened Friday 28th April 1995 with Legends Of The Fall. The Ritz didn’t close in 1996, but did close after the final performances of Tomorrow Never Dies, Spice World The Movie and The Borrowers on Thursday 8th January, 1998.
Wetherspoon News for Winter 2015/16 pictures the pub and says a special “Reel” Ale has been in Newark for them.
9th January, 2012. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lincolnshire-16469267 Lincoln’s Ritz Cinema set to reopen.
The commercial cinema was due to reopen in the summer of 2012, Pete Genders said A cinema in Lincoln is set to reopen after standing derelict for more than a decade.
The Ritz cinema on the High Street closed in 1996 but a community group has announced plans to renovate and refurbish the venue.
Pete Genders, from Off the Bench, said it would open as both a commercial cinema and youth theatre this year.
But the voluntary organisation said a lot of work needed to be done first and has appealed for help from the public.
‘An alternative’ Mr Genders said the project was seen as a way of tackling levels of crime and antisocial behaviour in Lincoln.
He said it was intended for the cinema to be cheaper than others, giving people “an alternative in the city”.
“We thought it would be great for Lincoln to have an affordable cinema people can go to,” he said.
A JD Wetherspoons pub occupies the foyer and stalls area on the ground floor of the building but a decaying auditorium remains upstairs, the voluntary organisation said.
The seats and the screen have been removed and the projection areas closed off and in various levels of decay.
As well as initial funding from City of Lincoln Council, Off the Bench has applied for a Heritage Lottery grant and the scheme has been supported by JD Wetherspoons.
Mr Genders said: “We will be opening in stages. The youth rooms will open by the end of February and, hopefully, the screen itself will be open in the summer.
“It’s really exciting,” he said.
A few more photos here – exterior and interior taken in 2006 and 1988
http://www.flickr.com/photos/stagedoor/103077469/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/stagedoor/2123407434/
(that light fitting is now in the Hollywood Plaza, Scarborough)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/stagedoor/2123407184/
The Ritz pub, photographed in April 2006:
http://flickr.com/photos/johnny2bad/522054183/
A July 2008 photograph of the Ritz pub:
http://flickr.com/photos/28808395@N03/2694683245/
Photographed at night, with neon blazing:
http://flickr.com/photos/phish451/368207966/
http://flickr.com/photos/daf_newport/2206489330/