Horsforth, New Road Side And Glenroyal Cinema c.1960
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Photo of Horsforth, New Road Side And Glenroyal Cinema c.1960

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Cinema in 1960 was still a popular form of entertainment, though television and the opportunities opened up by private car ownership were both beginning to make inroads. In the week this photograph was taken, cinema-goers to the Glenroyal were enjoying 'The Day They Robbed the Bank of England'. The building is now a supermarket.

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The family moved to Horsforth from Armley in 1938. I was only 1yr old so cannot remember the move. Mum and Dad bought a house at no 15 Charles Street. My earliest memories must have been in March 1941, the nights that Leeds and Kirkstall Forge were bombed. The houses in Charles Street do not have celars, but I do remember hearing the air raid warning and going down the cellars in Rose Ave, and I still remember the ...see more