Sean Hawkins

Yes. Anyway, great. Thank you very much indeed. I do like this... This handwriting, yeah. Perfect.

Yes. Anyway, great. Thank you very much indeed. I do like this... This handwriting, yeah. Perfect.

This could have been the little cafe, just possibly in here. Yes, at an angle. It certainly did have little changing rooms and I think it ran around here, this western end area.

This could have been the little cafe, just possibly in here. Yes, at an angle. It certainly did have little changing rooms and I think it ran around here, this western end area.

And also, of course, Reigate Garage, which was immediately here. Their workshops were here.

And also, of course, Reigate Garage, which was immediately here. Their workshops were here.

I don't know. I don't know how noisy it would have been particularly. It might get a bit smelly with the petrol. They sold petrol there.

I don't know. I don't know how noisy it would have been particularly. It might get a bit smelly with the petrol. They sold petrol there.

Well, I think it began... Yes, I think it began to be. It was a kind of bypass for the time. And, of course, you could go round Bancroft Road and then back up Bell Street... or you could come down Bell Street into Bancroft. It was quite an interesting little way round the town, still, but it serves a different purpose.

Well, I think it began... Yes, I think it began to be. It was a kind of bypass for the time. And, of course, you could go round Bancroft Road and then back up Bell Street... or you could come down Bell Street into Bancroft. It was quite an interesting little way round the town, still, but it serves a different purpose.

It's still a cinema, and it still offers something that a lot of towns have lost completely. I mean, yes, Rygate has changed, but... I know many other towns, my hometown, Yeovil and Somerset, you can hardly recognise it. Everything's demolished that ever was worth preserving. The only things that survive are things that are absolutely hideous.

It's still a cinema, and it still offers something that a lot of towns have lost completely. I mean, yes, Rygate has changed, but... I know many other towns, my hometown, Yeovil and Somerset, you can hardly recognise it. Everything's demolished that ever was worth preserving. The only things that survive are things that are absolutely hideous.

Reigate has at least been saved from that, and that's a wonderful thing, I think.

Reigate has at least been saved from that, and that's a wonderful thing, I think.

Thank you so much.

Thank you so much.

The road was more or less constructed at the time that the pool was constructed. And the car park, which was behind the cinema, was actually... Land was acquired by the council. But there was an agreement. Because Bancroft had bought this land... It was agreed that users of the cinema could park their cars here free of charge. They didn't have the system that we have today of charging anyway.

The road was more or less constructed at the time that the pool was constructed. And the car park, which was behind the cinema, was actually... Land was acquired by the council. But there was an agreement. Because Bancroft had bought this land... It was agreed that users of the cinema could park their cars here free of charge. They didn't have the system that we have today of charging anyway.

It just was very fortunate that the council, in a way, welcomed, which they might well have said, well, we've got one cinema already, although it was... rather old-fashioned by that stage. It was known as the Flea Pit, the Hippodrome. But it did have its clientele. People did like it. But the Majestic, of course, had its own great theatre organ. It was very much Art Deco style.

It just was very fortunate that the council, in a way, welcomed, which they might well have said, well, we've got one cinema already, although it was... rather old-fashioned by that stage. It was known as the Flea Pit, the Hippodrome. But it did have its clientele. People did like it. But the Majestic, of course, had its own great theatre organ. It was very much Art Deco style.