 The Temperance Hall acquired its present ornate entrance in 1915 following its reopening as the Gem Picture Palace.In its early days it functioned as a music hall with films as part of the entertainment, then was acquired in the early 1920s by Matthew Hartley & Son.For three generations it stayed in the family, until it went up for sale in 1998 and was bought by Mr. Charles Morris to become a Northern Morris Cinema and operates alongside Leeds based cinema Cottage Road Cinema.