Wycombe Technical News Today

A major album of 52 new images of High Wycombe has been added to the Chiltern Society PhotoGroup’s online gallery.

The Electroscope The first purpose-built theatre/cinema in High Wycombe was the Electroscope in Oxford Street, opposite Frogmoor. It was opened in 1912, and initially offered a varied programme of live artistes and silent films such as Charlie Chaplin’s ‘’It’s a Dogs Life’’. In 1938 it was converted into a cinema, The Rex, which many older residents of the town will remember. Plans for a New Theatre It was not then until after WW2 that a live theatre showing regular production...