Harborough Cinema
McKenzie-Thorpe are supporting the campaign to bring back a cinema to Market Harborough.
The old Ritz cinema opened in 1939 on Northampton Road and was closed in 1978 when cinema attendance was low across the UK. As happened to many picture houses, the Ritz became a bingo hall. Most recently it became a Kwik Save store ? and is now sitting empty.
The current owners of the site want to demolish this historic building and put up flats on the land. The town has plenty of new buildings, plenty of flats ? what we want is it to be turned back into a cinema!
Since the Ritz was closed the towns? population has grown and cinema attendance has grown across the country with far more family friendly movies being released. People from Harborough have to drive 30 minutes to Kettering, Rugby, Northampton or Leicester to see the latest releases ? the town and surrounding villages are big enough to support a cinema BUT if we don?t act now the building will be knocked down.
The time is right for Harborough to have a cinema again!
How can you help? Sign up - Sign the petition and have your voice heard.
Look out - Keep an eye on the cinema blog ? they will keep you updated with any developments.
Help out ? if you feel strongly, get in touch and join us to stop this building being destroyed and support the return of a cinema to the town.
Write to the council; write to HFM and The Harborough Mail.
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