A Short History of The Ritz Cinema

The Ritz cinema at Thirsk was built in the middle of the 19th Century and began its life as a Mechanic’s Institute, but by 1912 Mechanic’s Institutes were pretty much a thing of the past and Walter Power renamed the building The Picture House and began showing silent movies, which soon became known as ‘Powers’ amongst the local community: A Short History of Thirsk's Ritz Cinema.