Cinema Audio Trail Intro by Phoenix Radio published on 2019-11-01T14:53:37Z Once Calderdale could boast more than 20 thriving cinemas. The Grand Theatre, at the town end of North Bridge was used as a cinema from 1925 until 1940, seating 981 customers but the rush to close Calderdale’s cinema began in the 1950s with the growth of television. In 1982 the closure of the Astra Cinema left only one active cinema in the town, the ABC. As you leave the Bus Station from the top of the station toward the town, look across to your right and you will see the Broad Street Plaza with The VUE Cinema sign. It is on this site that our story begins. As you cross the road and go right towards the traffic lights and the Plaza, here was the site of the Roxy de Luxe ... Genre Learning
