- Target:
- damyon@influencedesign.com
- Region:
- United Kingdom
- Website:
- www.heatons4u.com
THE FINAL curtain is set to fall on a much-loved independent cinema.
Redundancy notices were sent out this week to staff at The Savoy Cinema which will screen its last ever show in January.
Owner of the 460-seat venue, which opened in 1923, says the business has been haemorrhaging cash for the past two years.
"I love the cinema and I’m really upset at having to close," said Mrs Fan, 58. "But I’ve got no choice. It’s taking peanuts and we just can’t keep it up."
The cinema has been on the market for more than three years for £1m or is available for lease at £70,000 per annum, through Roger Hannah.
Talks to save the cinema fell through in February this year after volunteer projectionist James Crompton, 24, and a group of investors couldn’t stump up the cash for the building.
Save the Savoy Cinema.
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The Save The Savoy Cinema petition to damyon@influencedesign.com was written by Damyon and is in the category City & Town Planning at GoPetition.