The owner of a 108-year-old cinema that survived world wars and pandemics hopes to bounce back after being closed for the first time ever.
Charles Morris says the Rex Cinema, in Elland, did not close for the Spanish Flu in 1918 or the Asian Flu pandemic in the 1950s.
Not even the outbreak of war could keep the picture house closed more than a few days as the authorities realised the nation needed entertainment to keep up its spirits.
But when Mr Morris was forced to shut on March 20 and furlough 80 per cent of his 52 staff at the six independent cinemas he owns, he had no idea when he could reopen.