{"id":45147,"date":"2026-01-20T12:03:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T12:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=45147"},"modified":"2026-01-30T13:05:47","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T13:05:47","slug":"ihbc-features-heritage-from-the-doorstep-the-ritz-ballroom-brighouse-a-much-loved-former-venue-in-yorkshire-devastated-by-huge-blaze","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=45147","title":{"rendered":"IHBC features \u2018Heritage from the doorstep\u2019: The Ritz Ballroom, Brighouse, a \u2018much-loved former venue in Yorkshire\u2019 devastated by huge blaze"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"708\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/960px-The_Ritz_Ballroom2C_Brighouse_-_geograph.org_.uk_-_6724281.jpg\" alt=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/2\/20\/The_Ritz_Ballroom%2C_Brighouse_-_geograph.org.uk_-_6724281.jpg\/960px-The_Ritz_Ballroom%2C_Brighouse_-_geograph.org.uk_-_6724281.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-45148\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/960px-The_Ritz_Ballroom2C_Brighouse_-_geograph.org_.uk_-_6724281.jpg 960w, https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/960px-The_Ritz_Ballroom2C_Brighouse_-_geograph.org_.uk_-_6724281-300x221.jpg 300w, https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/960px-The_Ritz_Ballroom2C_Brighouse_-_geograph.org_.uk_-_6724281-768x566.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:10px\"><em>image:&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:The_Ritz_Ballroom,_Brighouse_-_geograph.org.uk_-_6724281.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Ritz Ballroom, Brighouse by habiloid,<\/a><em><a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/2.0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> CC BY-SA 2.0<\/a>&nbsp;via Wikimedia Commons<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What used to be one of Calderdale\u2019s best loved venues, the Ritz Ballroom Brighouse has been wrecked by a fire, writes <em>The Yorkshire Post.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p><em><u>The Yorkshire Post<\/u><\/em> writes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The former Ritz Ballroom in Brighouse has been devastated by the blaze that tore through it on Saturday night (Dec 6)\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A planning statement submitted with the application said the building has been empty since February 2020 and was suffering from substantial damp\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2026 The building dates back to 1937 when it opened as a cinema \u2013 the first in Brighouse. It closed in 1963 and reopened as a bingo hall in 1965&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yorkshirepost.co.uk\/news\/people\/the-ritz-ballroom-brighouse-much-loved-former-venue-in-yorkshire-devastated-by-huge-blaze-5432689\">Read the full story on yorkshirepost.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>image:&nbsp;The Ritz Ballroom, Brighouse by habiloid, CC BY-SA 2.0&nbsp;via Wikimedia Commons What used to be one of Calderdale\u2019s best loved venues, the Ritz Ballroom Brighouse has been wrecked by a fire, writes The Yorkshire Post.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[6,435,87,29,71],"class_list":["post-45147","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ihbc-newsblog","tag-building","tag-cinema","tag-fire","tag-heritage","tag-yorkshire"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45147","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=45147"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45147\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45340,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45147\/revisions\/45340"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=45147"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=45147"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=45147"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}