Manager and staff of the Ritz Cinema, Parson Cross

Crookes Picture Palace, Crookes. Opened 2 November 1912, seating 660. Electric sound system installed June 1931. Closed 2 April 1960 and converted into a supermarket

Armistice Day outside the City Hall. Albert Hall in background

News Theatre, Fitzalan Square, formerly The Electra Palace, opened 11th February 1911. Closed on 28 July 1945 and reopened as Capital and Provincial News Theatre in September. Became Classic Cinema on 15 January 1962. Closed 24th November 1982.

Rex Cinema, junction of Mansfield Road and Hollybank Road, Intake - queue to see 'Lassie Come Home' during World War II.

Children outside The Stocksbridge Palace, Manchester Road, Stocksbridge. Opened 12 May 1921, at a cost of ú30,000, with seating for 1000. Closed 23 July 1966 and became a bingo hall.

City Hall Gardens, also known as Balm Green Gardens. The Gaumont Cinema in the background

Floodlit fountain in City Hall Gardens, also known as Balm Green Gardens, Barker's Pool, during the Pageant of Production. Gaumont Cinema (formerly The Regent) in background

General view across Hollybank Avenue, Intake, showing the Rex Cinema and Birley Moor Road up to Frecheville

City Council in Session, Alderman Frank Thraves, C.B.E., J.P., Chairman of the Watch Committee, speaking, Lord Mayor, Alderman C.W. Gascoigne, Deputy Lord Mayor, centre, Ernest Storm Graham, right