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The Savoy Cinema was a landmark on Park Street for more than half a century after its opening on 3 October 1938.

It was refurbished in 1973 and became the Cannon Cinema after a takeover in 1986, but closed on 18 November 1993 after operating as a cinema for 55 years.

It was demolished some 18 months later and the town's new Woolworths store was built on its site.

The store closed down at the end of 2008 when the retailer went into liquidation, and the building was re-occupied by a new T J Hughes department store which opened on 9 October 2009.

However, the building became vacant again on 14 August 2011 when financial difficulties led to T J Hughes pulling out of the town after less than two years of trading.

It was re-occupied two months later with the opening of a Poundland store in the building on 22 October that year.