Re: empire
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Originally Posted by jaysay
I remember it tosh, used to go regularly, it was owned by Cyril and Winston Whittaker, father and son they also owned the Palladium as well. Its hard to imagin that Ossy had 3 cinemas in those days, the 50s, then they turned the Empire into a dance hall. nearly opposite was a cafe called the Cavern, expresso coffee, pinball tables and duke box great times tosh, I remember them well
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i looked after Winston for about 2 years before he died, a very angry man with one leg and god forbid you should mention Fred Skinners name to him, he'd go up the wall
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Last edited by flashy; 15-05-2008 at 12:50.
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