Description: This photograph was taken on High Street - the main shopping street. On the right is the Empire Theatre the first of Alfreton's purpose built cinemas and it opened around 1922. On 21st July,1930 its first 'Talkie' picture 'The Singing Fool' was shown. The Empire seated 700 patrons on two tevels. It finally closed as a cinema on 26th February 1975.