The Rosele Uploaded by: Leap The Dips March 26, 2010

The Rosele (pronounced rose-a-lee) theatre in the Ocean View section of Norfolk, shown here in the early 1950's, was across the street from Ocean View Amusement Park. Named for the owners' wife, the Rosele opened in 1939 and was torn down in 1975 (along with the rest of the commercial strip in the 100 block of W. Ocean View Ave.) to make way for the Ocean View Shopping Center which now occupies the site. The historic amusement park was demolished in 1979.

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