MABLETHORPE Lincs

Beach Pavilion  f., J. T. Robinson (1907)

DUNES THEATRE  Central Promenade  Opened 1960s. Now described as Family Entertainment Centre
EMPIRE High Street Opened June 1914. Prop. Arthur Bradford. 250 seats – one raked tier. 1922: Francis A. Brad­ford, managing director & Res. Man. One show nightly. Two changes weekly. Prices, 4d. to 1S. Phone, Mable­thorpe 11. Station, Mablethorpe, G.N.R. Closed late 20s. Now amusement arcade.

FITZWILLIAM CINEMA  High Street/Fitzwilliam Street        Opened c.1922. 200 seats. KYB31 – Prop Mrs. A. (Jean) Voce. Closed 1930 – no sound.

LOEWEN / BIJOU CINEMA   Quebec Road  Opened 10^th July 1981 – For Your Eyes Only. Prop. James Green. 264 seats – one raked tier. 1982 – Hill organ installed (1^st cinema organ since Hull Cecil (2)). Leased to John Calvert 1985. Sold c.1989 to Charles Bradley. Closed 1994. Sold 1995 – Judy & Henry Howell – re-named. Twinned 1998. 2002 – to Curzon circuit, Loughborough. February 2004: To Marc Earl & Debbie Spriggs. 4 screens. 2006: Doors open daily from 2pm, 3.30pm, 7.30pm, and 8.30pm

LYRIC / ELECTRIC PALACE  George Street Opened 1926. Props., George Williams & A. Moore. 380 seats. Bingo.

PIE-in-HAND CINEMA High Street              Café conversion. ?16mm. No sound. KYB31 – Prop. William Jackson

VICTORIA CINEMA Victoria Road  1937: (B.T.H.) Prop., B. Moore. 350 seats. 1941: (BTH) – Prop., A. H. Moore, Hillvue, Sutton-on-Sea. Phone Sutton-on-Sea 70. 750 seats. Booked at Hall. Continuous. Prices 6d. to 1s. 6d. Proscenium width 24ft. Phone Mablethorpe 66. Station, Mablethorpe, L.N.E.R.

VICTORIA PAVILION Seacroft Road  Closed by bomb 1943. Demolished 1948. Coach yard & garage.

 

MACCLESFIELD Cheshire

CINEMAC Heritage Centre  Converted Sunday school. Occasional films in 2006.

Drill Hall  Sergt. Norton (1907)

HIPPODROME Bendon & Larder (1907)

Macclesfield Super Cinema Co. Ltd.; office, 76 Derby street, Macclesfield

MAJESTIC PICTURE HOUSE 95 Mill Street  Opened 1922. By 1937 J. Brennan circuit. By 1941: (WE) – Prop., Macclesfield Majestic Picture House, Ltd. Stanley Bamford Higginbotham, manager. 1,022 seats. Booked at Hall. Con­tinuous. Mon. to Fri., two shows Sat. Mats. Mon., Wed, and Sat. Occasional Variety. Prices 6d. to 1s. 4d. Café attached, Phone 2412. Station, Macclesfield, L.M.S. Closed 1998.

NEW CINEMA / SUPER CINEMA Buxton Road  1922 – Prop., Maccles­field Electric Cinemas, Ltd. Res. Man., A. H. Diggle. Continuous. Two changes weekly. Phone, Macclesfield 265. Station, Macclesfield, L.N.W.R. by 1941: (BTH)  Ernest Mellon, licensee. 900 seats. Booked at Hall. Continuous. Two shows and Children’s Mat., Sat. Mat., Wed. Prices 6d. to 1s. 3d. Phonic. Macclesfield 3265. Station, Hibel Road, L.M.S.

New REGAL Duke Street (RCA) 1937: J. F. Emery circuit. 1941 – Props. Regal Picture Theatre (Macclesfield) Ltd. Sidney Cass, manager. 400 seats. Booked at Hall. Continuous. Three on Sat. Prices 4d. to 9d, Phone 2449. Station, Hibel Road, Macclesfield

OPERA HOUSE  / THEATRE ROYAL Opened 1882 (No 1) W. K. Gatley (1907 as T. R.) 1921 as TR – Prop., Wm. Dean. Res. Man., A. J. Hardman-Taylor. Occasional shows. Phone, Macclesfield 157. Station, Hebel Road, L.N.W.R. 1922 – altered for cinema. Architect: A. Clayton. 1930 Prop. William Dean. KYB31 – Prop. Alfred Denville. Booked at Hall. Pictures & variety. Stage 28’ deep. 6d to 3s. Phone 157. Station. Hibel. Auditorium fire 1931. Ruins demolished 1950s.

Pavilion Rink G. Gosling (1907)

PALLADIUM  1937: J. Brennan circuit

PICTURE PALACE  Duke Street  1922 - Prop., Goodalls Pictures, Ltd. Res. Man., A. H. Whitaker. One show nightly. Two changes weekly. Prices, 4d. to 6d. Station, Macclesfield, L.N.W.R. 1931: Prop. Palace Macclesfield Ltd. Booked at Hall. One show nightly. Three on Sat. 3d to 1/6. Phone 3106. Was this re-built as Regal at sound?

PICTUREDROME 102 Chestergate  1922 - Prop., Macclesfield Picturedrome, Ltd. Res. Man., Mrs. R. W. Fox. Continuous. Two changes weekly. Prices, 5d. to 1s. 3d. Phone, Macclesfield 216. Station, Hebel Road, L.N.W.R. 1937: 820 seats. By 1941: (WE) – Prop., Macclesfield Majestic Picture House, Ltd., Mill Street. 870 seats. Continuous. Twice nightly on Sat. 3d to 1/3. Phone 2016. Now jeweller’s office.

PREMIER PICTURE HOUSE Hobson Street  1922 - Prop., Premier Picture House Ltd. Res. Man., H. W. Wells. Continuous. Two changes weekly. Prices, 6d. to 1s. 3d. Phone, Macclesfield 230. Slation, Maccles­field, G.C.R. By 1941: (BTP) – Prop., Premier Picture House (Macclesfield) Ltd. 800 seats. Continuous. Two shows Sat. Prices 4d. to 1s. Phone Macclesfield 2367. Station, Hibel Road, L.M.S.

RITZ - Controlled by Union Cinemas, Ltd., Union House, 15 Regent Street. London, S.W.1. Phone Whitehall 8484. Booked at H.O. (Scheme not realised)

Town Hall  Corporation (1907)

 

MADELEY Salop

Anstice Memorial Institute  H. Roberts (1907)

REGENT / WEST END CINEMA / PARKHURST CINEMA Park Street (Gyrotone – later G-B Kalee) – Prop., Francis G. Stead, Meadow House, Madeley, nr Wellington. 280 seats. Once nightly, Mon. to Fri. and three shows on Sat. Prices 2d. to 1s. 2d. Booked at Office, Ironbridge Road, Madeley. Pro­scenium width 20ft. Phone Ironbridge 55. Station, Madeley Market, L.M.S. Closed late 50s.

 

MAGHULL Lancs

ALBANY Northway

 

MAIDENHEAD Berks

ABC / RIALTO PICTURE THEATRE Bridge Street  Opened 31^st October 1927 – to public 1^st November – Ben Hur. Architect: Robert Cromie. 1,262 seats. To Union 1928. WE sound 1930. Pictures & variety. 1937: 1,580 seats. Phone 277. By 1941: (WE) Props., Union Cinemas, Ltd., Union House, 15 Lower Regent Street, London, S.W.1.Phone Whitehall 8484. Managed by Associ­ated British Cinemas, 30-31 Golden Square W1. Phone Gerrard 7887. Continuous. Sundays once nightly. Booked at H.O. Proscenium width 33ft. Café attached. Phone 1850. Station, Maidenhead, G.W.R. Films by Road Transport. CinemaScope. Re-named ABC 1960. Closed 18^th May 1985. Demolished for office with cinema space (unused) in basement.

Circus Pitch Avery (1907)

EMIPIRE ELECTRIC THEATRE  Opened c.1913. Closed during WWI.

HIPPODROME / NEW THEATRE & OPERA HOUSE  Opened 1911. Closed c.1929. Demolished 1990. (Theatres Trust)

ODEON / UCI the filmworks Broadway, Grenfell Island  Opened 18^th September 1998. 8 screens. Re-named January 2006

PICTURE HOUSE  / PICTURE PALACE Queen Street  Opened March 1913. Prop., Queens Street Pic Pal Ltd. By 1925 res. & booking mgr. Mr Wright. Sold 1927 to Plaza Theatre (Maidenhead) Ltd. Closed 1928. Demolished for Plaza.

PICTURE THEATRE / Rink Bridge Street  Built 1909. Opened as cinema c.1911. Prop., Boyle Lawrence. Cap. 1,500. 1922 Prop., Maidenhead Picture Palace Ltd. Prices, 4½d. to 2s. To Union C’s c.1929. (WE) 712 seats. Closed 1934. Re-built as Ritz.

PLAZA THEATRE Queen Street  Opened 3^rd September 1928 – on site of Picture House. Architect: T. F. Ford. Organ: Wurlitzer 2/5 fixed console. ?895 seats. To Union 1930 & WE Sound. 718 seats. By 1941: (WE)  - Prop., Union Cinemas, Ltd., Union House, 15, Lower Regent Street, London S.W.1. Phone Whitehall 8484. 717 seats. Booked at H.O. Continuous from 2.15 p.m. Sunday once nightly. Prices 9d. to 2s. Proscenium width 32ft., stage 10ft. deep, two dressing-rooms. Phone Maidenhead 1850. Station, Maidenhead, G.W.R. Organ removed to preservation 1961. Closed 13^th October 1962. Bingo.

Public Borough Halls f., J. W. Beslee (1907)

RITZ Bridge Street (WE) Opened 20^th January 1936 – re-built from Picture Theatre. Prop., Oxford & Berkshire Cinemas Ltd. Architect: A. H. Jones. 748 seats – one tier. Continuous. Prices, 6d. to 1/6d. To Union 1937. By 1941 – Props., Union Cinemas, Ltd., Union House, 15 Regent Street, London, S.W.1. Phone Whitehall 8484. 748 seats. Booked at H.O. Phone 1850. Station, Maidenhead, G.W.R. Closed c1954. Various uses. By 1985 Squash racquets.

 

MAIDSTONE Kent

ABC (1) / RITZ (2)/ CENTRAL PICTURE PLAYHOUSE King Street  Opened 7^th February 1921. Architects: Ruck & Smith. Prop., Central Picture Playhouse and Café (Maidstone), Ltd. Res. Man., Capt. F. W. Young. Continuous. Two changes weekly. 1,250 seats. Station, Maidstone East, S.E. & C.R. Organ: 3m straight. 1935 organ: Compton 3/6+Melotone (2 consoles – surround to stage console – pit console fixed). To Union 1936: (W.E.) National Provincial Cinemas Ltd. 1,591 seats. By 1941: (WE) – Props., Union Cinemas, Ltd., Union House, 15 Regent Street, London, S.W.1. Phone Whitehall 8484. 1,220 seats. Booked at H.O. Continuous. Phone Maidstone 3507. All films by Kent Motor Film Transport Co.  Fire 27^th June 1955 during installation of CinemaScope & organ destroyed. Re-built as Ritz by ABC. Opened 10^th December 1956 – Moby Dick. Architects: C. J. Foster & J. Westaway. 1,270 seats. Mgr. A. P. C. Bridger. Prices, 1/10 to 4/3d. Re-named 1962. Closed 5^th October 1974. Bingo. Demolished 1980. Boot’s shop. 

ABC (2) / MGM / CANNON / GRANADA Lower Stone Street (WE)  Opened 10^th January 1934. Prop., Bernstein’s Theatres Ltd. Architect: Cecil Masey, interior Theodore Komisarjevsky. Organ: Christie 3/8 on lift+Grand Piano. 1,684 seats. Café. Props., The Granada Theatres, Ltd., 36, Golden Square, London W.1. Phone Gerrard 3554. Phone Maidstone 3838. Station, Maidstone. Flooded 1968 & re-opened balcony only. Organ damaged by floods 1968 & removed to preservation 1970. Film/bingo split 1971: Architects: George Coles & Partners. Tripled 1974. To Cannon 1989 & re-named, to MGM & re-named 1993. To Virgin 1995. To ABC & re-named 1996. Gala Bingo.

EMPIRE CINEMA Earl Street  1922 -  Prop., A. Williams. Res. Man., D. Oxley. Continuous. Mat., Wed. and Sat. Two changes weekly. Prices, 5d. to 1s. 6d. Station, Maldstone East S.E. & C.R. 1937 as New Emp: (B.T.P) Prop., A. C. Simmonds. 450 seats.

HIPPODROME Opened 1900. Destroyed by fire 1908.

ODEON Lock Meadow:  8 screens

PALACE THEATRE Gabriel’s Hill  Opened 1908. Became cinema 1914. Sound 1931. (W.E.) Prop., National Provincial Cinemas Ltd. 832 seats. Phone 3507.                To Union 1935. 668 seats. By 1941: (WE) – Props., Union Cinemas, Ltd.,, Union House, 15 Regent Street, London, S.W.1, Phone Whitehall 8484. Managed by Associated British Pic­tures, Ltd. Booked at H.O. Continuous. Proscenium width 23ft. Phone Maidstone 3507. SG46: Palace Theatre is now used as a Cinema except for occasional stage performances. Rep. company 1948, Films Sun. Leased out 1951 as theatre. Opened & closed – finally closed 19^th October 1957. Demolished. Shops.

POPULAR PICTURE PALACE  1913 mgr. Alfonso Eley.

RITZ (1)/ PAVILION Picture Palace Pudding Lane  Opened 1911 – converted skating rink. Enlarged 1920 – 1,350 seats. 1922 – Prop., Maidstone Pavilion, Ltd. Res. Man., F. Douglas Reeves. Continuous. Two changes weekly. Prices, 9d. to 1s. 6d. Phone, Maidstone 491. Station, Maidstone East, S.E. & C.R. To Union 1935 & re-named. 1936 as Ritz: (W.E.) Prop., National Provincial Cinemas Ltd. 1,784 seats. Phone 3507. (WE) – Props., Union Cinemas, Ltd. Union House, 15 Regent Street, London, S.W.1. Phone Whitehall 8484. Booked at H.O. Continuous. Proscenium width 50ft. Phone 3507. All Films by Kent Motor Film Transport Co. Fire 11^th January 1954. Shops/offices.

WARDONA / REGAL  1941: (BTP) – Props., Mr. & Mrs. Senior. 323 seats. Prices 10d. to 2s. 6d. Continuous, Booked at Hall. Phone 4685. Station, Maidstone East & Kent Film Motor Trans­port. To Ward circuit & re-named by 1949. Wardona (Maidstone) Ltd. 318 seats.

 

MALDON Essex

STUDIO ONE / EMBASSY High Street (WE)  Opened March 1936. Architect: David E. Nye. Prop., Shipman & King, Shellmex House, Strand, W.C.2, Phone Temple Bar 5077. 1,250 seats. Organ: WurliTzer 3c/5 with surround on lift. Booked at H.O. Continuous. Café. Phone 168. To Star circuit 1967, re-named. Organ removed 1968. To Coral bingo. Closed August 1982. Demolished 1985.

HIPPODROME High Street  Opened 1910. David Ager circuit. 450 seats. Stage & 2 dressing rooms. Prop., D. Ager. Res. Man., A Thomson., Continuous., Three mats., weekly Two changes weekly. Prices, 5d.. to 1s. 3d. To S & K by 1926. Scheme for re-building 1934. Re-furbished 1934. 1937: (WE) 450 seats. (WE) – Props., Shipman & King, M84, Shellmex House, Strand, London W.C.2. Phone Temple Ear 5077. Booked at H.O. Phone Maldon 168. Station, Maldon East, L.N.E.R. Closed during WWII. Retail premises. Façade renewed. Fly tower to be seen in 1995.

Public Hall  f., Secretary (1907)

 

MALMESBURY Wilts

CINEMA Silver Street  Opened c.1913. Prop. Powell Bros. 250 seats. By 1919, prop. Montague Duck.

ELECTRIC PICTUREDROME  Unicorn Inn Year High Street  Opened 1927 – wooden building. Prop., Jack L. Mott. One show nightly. 300 seats. Sound: Imperial. Twice nightly. Prices, 7d. to 1/4d. Closed 15^th September 1934 through lightning strike. Telephone exchange on site in late 1930s. (Building moved to garage premises – demolished c.1982.)

MALMESBURY CINEMA / ATHELSTAN CINEMA Market Cross (BTP) Opened 1935 – Prop., J. L. Mott, 10 Oxford Street, Malmesbury. 333 seats. Phone 152. Booked at H.O. Continuous from 6 p.m. Mon. to Fri. Three shows on Sat. Prices 9d. to 2s. 6d. Proscenium width 30ft. Station, Malmesbury, G.W.R. & Film Transport. CinemaScope 1955. Closed 24^th January 1973. Bingo. Part-week films revived Sunday 19^th September 1973 – One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. Closed to film 5^th January 1979. (Another source says 1983.) Bingo. Closed 1983. Demolished 1988. Housing – St. Michael’s Court.

Town Hall  f., J. H. Fielder (1907)

 

MALPAS Cheshire

Victoria Jubilee Hall  f., A. Callcott (1907)

 

MALTBY Yorks

GLOBE PALACE  1922 – Prop., J. H. Blackett. Res. Man., J. T. Knowles. Two shows nightly. Mon., Thurs., Sat.; one other nights. Mat., Wed. & Sat. Two changes weekly. Prices, 3d. to 9d. Station, Maltby, L. & Y.R.

GRAND CINEMA Muglet Lane  By 1941: (WE) – Prop., Star Cinemas (London) Ltd., New Star Cinema, Aire Street, Castleford. Phone 2531. 962 seats. Booked at H.O. Continuous, Mon. to Fri. Two shows on Sat. Prices 6d. to 1s.2d. Proscenium width 36ft.. Phone Maltby 114. Films by F.T.S. (Great Britain) Ltd., Leeds

 

MALTON Yorks

EXCELSIOR  Opened 1909 as skating rink – converted to cinema. Prop., Charlie Caldwell  ‘Old Tin Hut’: Burned downed 1921. Majestic replaced it.

EXCHANGE PICTURE HOUSE / Corn Exchange (1907) 1936: (WE) Prop. C. S. Read, Broughton Rise. 450 seats. Booked at Hall. Continuous. 6d to 1/3. Phone 173. Later controlled by Star cinemas.

MAJESTIC P.T.  Opened 1921. By 1941: (WE) -Prop., C. S. Read. 800 seats. Continuous. Pictures and Variety. Prices 6d. to 1s. 6d. Phone Malton 173. Station, Malton, L.N.E.R., & Road Transport.

PALACE  / STUDIO / RYEDALE / PALACE  / EXCHANGE CINEMA / Corn Exchange Yorkersgate  19^th century Corn Exchange. Probably early film seasons, but not listed in GRB1907. Opened as full-time cinema 1914. 1922 as Pal – Prop. & Res. Man., W. E. Coldwell. Continuous. Two changes weekly. Prices, 9d. to 1s. 10d. Station, Malton, N.E.R. Rebuilt behind façade as Palace 1934. Reverse plan – foyer, stage & fly tower, auditorium. By 1941: (WE) – Prop., C. S. Read, Broughton Rise, Malton. 850 seats. Booked at Hall. Continuous. Prices 6d. to 1s. 6d. Phone Malton 173. Films by Road Transport. Stalls & stage to shopping mall 1987. Cinema in circle seats 142. Closed 1998. [Closed 13th January 2006 for conversion during February into two screens – 1:90 2:40, both digital only]

Theatre and Assembly Rooms f., Miss C. Banks (1907)

 

MALVERN Worcs

Assembly Rooms  Grange Road Opened 1885. Architect J. Johnson. f., F. A. Crudge (1907) Converted to Festival Theatre 1928.

CINEMA / PICTURE HOUSE Winter Gardens Grange Road  Opened 1922 -Prop., Assembly Rooms Co., Ltd. Res. Man., M. T. Stevens. Two shows nightly Thurs, & Sat., one rest of week. Two mats. weekly. Two changes weekly. Prices, 6d. to 2s. Phone, Malvern 30. Station, Gt. Malvern, G.W.R. By 1941: (BA) – Props., Ad-Visers, Ltd., Panton House, 25, Haymarket, London, S.W.1. Phone Whitehall 3332. 700 seats. Continuous. Prices 9d. to 1s. 10d. Booked by Roy Limbert, Malvern Theatre, Phone Malvern 777. Station, Gt. Malvern, G.W.R. Still there,  379 seats – in theatre complex. Also used for conferences.

FESTIVAL THEATRE SG46: Tel.: Malvern 777 and 888. Prop.: Roy Limbert, on behalf of Ad-Visers, Ltd., Panton House, 25, Haymarket, London, S.W.1. Tel.: Whitehall 3332. Cap.: Stalls 570, D. circle 332. Barring clause: Malvern bars Worcester. Cheltenham bars Malvern (24 miles); if continued, Malvern will have to bar Cheltenham. Once nightly. Times not fixed. Two Matinées, but not fixed. Home of Malvern Company. Straight plays, musical shows, pantomimes, etc. Stage: Pros. 30ft., height 20ft., min. depth from setting line 22ft., height under fly galleries 18ft., width between fly galleries 36ft., height of grid from stage 43ft., 9 in. No counter­weight gear. 30 sets hemp lines. Elec. equip.: 200 v. A.C., 50 cycles. Foot­lights, four circuits with ind. dimmers. Three battens, each with four circuits with ind. dimmers. Spot bar with 12 spots, each ind. dimmer controlled. Cyclorama top lighting with eight floods. Cyclorama pit lighting with eight circuits ind. dimmed. Six dips with ind. dimmers. Four dips switch controlled. Two spots on stands. Six floods on stands. Two f-o-h roof pre­set spots with ind. dimmers, two f-o-h following limes (Stelmar arcs). Dressing rooms: Seven single. Note – Plans have been passed for the entire reconstruction of the dressing-room accommodation, and when this work is completed there will be eleven (eight with bathroom and toilet) wardrobe room, and large chorus room (with bath and toilet). Orchestra: Acc. 10. No resident orchestra at present, as owing to war theatre has had to be run as cinema. Amplifying equip.: Two turn-table re­producer. F-o-h or stage. Microphone. There is a permanent workshop with scene-painting frame and bridge in the existing theatre. In view of the extremely comprehensive plans for re­construction, much of the foregoing data will be inaccurate, but all alterations will be in the nature of substantial improvements. 1949: new dressing room block added. Altered 1997. Architects: RHWL. New foyer & fly tower. 36 counterweight sets. Stage boxes removed. 840 seats. Listed Grade II. 

MALVERN THEATRE Grange Road  Opened 1928 – rebuild of Assembly Rooms. Architect: A. V. Rowe. 1941: (WE) – Props., Ad-Visers, Ltd., Panton House, 25, Haymarket, London, S.W.1. Phone Whitehall 3332. 904 seats. Booked by R. W. Limbert. Continuous. Prices 9d. to 2s. 6d. Proscenium width 30ft. Stage. 29ft. deep; eight dressing-rooms. Café attached. Phone Malvern 777. Station, Gt. Malvern, G.W.R. (see above for peacetime rôle)

 

MALVERN LINK Worcs

LINK PICTURE THEATRE  Hampden Road (BA) – Lessee, Roy I.imbert, Direction, Ad-Visers, Ltd., Panton House, 15 Haymarket, London, S.W.1. Phone Whitehall 3332. 300 seats. Booked at H.O. Continuous from 6 p.m. Prices 6d. to 1s. Phone Malvern 999. Station, Malvern Link, G.W.R. (Under reconstruction.) Fitness centre 2006.

 

MANCHESTER Lancs                        also see Levenshulme

ABC        Ashton Old Road See Queens

ABC / AVENUE CINEMA  / VICTORIA Rochdale Road Higher Blackley  Opened 1932. By 1941: (WE) – Prop., S. Haling, 12 Moreton Street, Manchester, 1,400 seats. Continuous. Two shows nightly Sats. Pictures and Variety. Booked at Hall. Prices 6d. to 1s. Proscenium width 42ft. Stage 50ft.; six dressing-rooms. Phone: Cheetham Hill 1401. Film Transport. Re-named ABC 1964. Closed to film. Bingo. Closed 1973. Demolished 1985.

ABC / CASINO CINEMA, Ballroom, and Café  Wilmslow Road, Rusholme  Opened 1916. Re-opened 6^th March 1922. Prop., Ben Kanter. To ABC 1^st July 1929. By 1941: (BTH) – Prop., Associated British Cinemas, 30-31 Golden Square, London W.1. 1,420 seats. Booked at H.O. Continuous daily from 2 p.m. Ballroom attached, Pros­cenium width 33ft. Phone Rusholme 4465. Stations, Central & London Road, L.M.S. Closed by fire 19^th October 1960. Demolished.

ABC / FORUM THEATRE (1) Palatine Road, Northenden, Wythenshawe  Opened 1934. Architect: Charles Hartley. Prop., Forum Cinema Co. Holophane lighting. Organ: Wurlitzer 3/8 on lift (from Cameo, Cleveland, Ohio) To ABC c.April 1936. Forum, Wythenshawe 1937: (WE) Prop., A.B.C. Ltd. 1,904 seats. Phone Didsbury 2408. 1941: (WE) – Props., Associated British Cinemas, Ltd., 30-31 Golden Square W1. 1,904 seats, Booked at H.O. Continuous evenings. Mats., Mon., Wed., Thurs., Sat. Booked at H.O. Stage18ft. 6in. deep; three dressing-rooms. Café and ballroom attached. Phone Wythenshawe 2408. Station, Northenden. Renamed ABC 1964. 1972: organ removed (to Burton-on-Trent Town Hall). Closed 1974. Now ‘Kingdom Hall’ – Jehovah’s Witnesses.

ABC / NEW ROYAL PICTURE THEATRE Ashton New Road  Opened 1930 – re-build of Royal Picturedrome. Prop., ABC. 1,445 seats. 1937: (RCA) Prop., A.B.C. Ltd. 1,365 seats. Phone East 0374. By 1941: (BTH) – Props., Associated British Cinemas, Ltd., 30/31 Golden Square, London W.1. Phone Gerrard 7887. 1,244 seats. Booked at H.O. Evenings Continuous and Mats. daily. Continuous from 2 p.m. on Sat. Phone East 0374. Stations, Manchester termini. Closed for bingo & re-opened 1962. Re-named ABC 1960 c.1965. Closed 25^th January 1969. Compulsory purchase.

ABC / PREMIER CINEMA  (2) Cheetham Hill Road – opposite Premier (1). Opened Monday 3^rd August 1925. Architect: John Knight. 1,850 seats. Café. Prices, 6d, 9d, 1s. Stage 10’ deep. To ABC 1929.  By 1941: (Western) – Prop., Associated British Cinemas, Ltd., 30-31 Golden Square W1. 1,980 seats. Booked at H.O. Mats. daily from 2.30p.m.; Sat, continuous from 2p.m. Phone Cheetham Hill 2076. Café attached. Station, Victoria, L.M.S. Re-named ABC c.1965. Closed 25^th July 1970 – licence surrendered in August. Now snooker club.

ADELPHI CINEMA  Kenton Lane/Dean Lane, Moston Opened 1919. 1937: (BTP) Prop., Phone Failsworth 1065. Re-built 1939. By 1941: (BTP) – Prop., Victory Pictures (Manchester) Ltd., Imperial Buildings, 7 Oxford Road, Man­chester. 1,312 seats. Booked at Manchester. Phone Failsworth 1065. Station, Newton Heath (Dean Lane). Closed 1962.

Albert Hall Peter Street  Licensed 1910. 1940 – licence not renewed.

ALEXANDRA Hamilton Road Longsight  Opened 1912. 1919 as cinema.

ALEXANDRA Mitford Street Stretford  Opened 1912. Closed 1917.

ALHAMBRA  890 Rochda1e Road Harpurhey Opened 1914. Closed 1930.

ALHAMBRA PAVILION  By 1941: H. D. Moorhouse Circuit, 7 Oxford Road, Manchester. Phone Ard­wick 2226.

ALHAMBRA THEATRE Ashton Old Road Higher Openshaw  Opened 2^nd August 1909. Architect: H. A. Turner. Cap. 2,500. Bought by HDM 1910 & cinema in 1915 – start of circuit. 1937: (BTP) Prop., H. D. Moorhouse Circuit. 2,300 seats. Phone Droylsden 1651. 1941: (BTP) Prop., Alhambra (Manchester) Ltd., Imperial Buildings, 7 Oxford Road, Manchester. 1,572 seats. Booked at H.O. Phone Droylsden 1651. Station, Manchester Termini. Closed 1960. Now Al-Hambra restaurant. Stage & dressing block gone, auditorium gutted. To Let in 2004.

AMBASSADOR SUPER CINEMA Langworthy Road, Pendleton, Levenshulme  Opened 1928. Organ: Jardine 3/10 with surround (believed to be first). By 1941: (BTH) -Prop., Ambassador Super Cinema, Ltd., 14, John Dalton Street, Man­chester. Deansgate 3542. 1,812 seats. Booked at H.O. Continuous, Prices 6d. to 1s. 3d. Proscenium width 40ft. Stage 16ft.; six dressing-rooms. Café attached. Phone Pendleton 1601. Station Pendleton L.M.S. Damaged by enemy action 1940. Organ scrapped 1951.

AMC Great Northern 16, Deansgate: 16 screens

ANCOATS PICTUREDROME Ancoats  Opened 1914. Closed 1919.

ARDWICK EMPIRE – see Hippodrome  (2)

ARDWICK PICTURE THEATRE / VICTORIA Ardwick Green  Opened 1910 as Vic. Cap. 1,500. Re-built & enlarged as Ardwick November 1920. To ABC 1^st July 1929. 1933 Rt. Winlow, manager (to Hyde Ritz 1938). 1937 as APT: (RCA) Prop., A.B.C. Ltd. 1,500 seats. Phone Ardwick 3059.By 1940: (BTH) – Prop., Associated British Cinemas, Ltd., 30-31 Golden Square W1. 1,600 seats. Continuous. Booked at H.O. Phone Ardwick 3059. Station, London Road, L.M.S. 1940 bombed. Ruins demolished. Now Labatt’s Apollo car park.

ASTOR / NEW ASTOR / PLAZA / NEW QUEEN’S PARK PICTUREDROME 666 Rochdale Road  Opened c.1913/14. Closed 1915. Re-opened pre-1935 New Astor from May 1953. Closed 13^th October 1956. Re-opened 1957. Closed 1959.

ASTOR / PAVILION / MARLBOROUGH / HIGH TOWN PICTURE PALACE / St James’s Theatre St. James’ Road High Town Opened 1910 Cinema c.1913/14. (Dates & name order uncertain) Closed 1935/6 – licence provisions. Re-opened. Closed 1950s.

Belle Vue Gardens Belle Vue  1910 opened cinema. 1913 licence not renewed

Belle Vue Zoo      1950 to 1960s Cartoon Cinema attached to King’s Hall

BIJOU CINEMA 160 Cheetham Hill Road  Opened 1913  Closed c.1933.

BIJOU ELECTRIC THEATRE Ancoats  Opened 1910. 1913 licence not renewed

BIJOU ELECTRIC THEATRE  84 Erskine St Hulme  Opened April 1910. Closed – still silent – January 1932. Boxing stadium. 1937 – rebuilt as Luxor.

BLACKLEY EMPIRE  Factory Road, Blackley  Opened 1912/13.              1937: (BA) Prop., Blackley Electric Theatre Ltd. Phone Collyhurst 2024. By 1941: (BTP) – Prop., Blackley Electric Theatre, Ltd. 2 Cathedral House, Manchester. Booked by L. G. Bailey. Two shows nightly. Two changes weekly. Phone Collyhurst 2024. Closed April 1960.

BRADFORD E1ECTRIC THEATRE Ashton New Road Bradford c.1913. Closed 1919/20

BRIDGEWATER /ALCAZAR  Opened c.1880s. Closed c.1910. Demolished 1970s. 

Bridgewater Hall Wesleyan Mission Queen Street. Hulme       

BRIDGEWATER PICTURE HALL 23 Higher Cambridge Street, Chorlton-on-Medlock  Opened 1911. Closed 1933.

CAMEO Hyde Road Gorton  Opened c.1912/13. Closed to film 1960. Bingo. Closed 1995.

CANNON 1&2 / ABC / DEANSGATE PICTURE HOUSE and CAFÉ  1&2 Deansgate  Opened 1912 – Manchester Ents Co OR opened January 1914. Prop., Alliance Cinematographic Co. Cap. 870. Continuous noon to 10.30. Prices, 6d to 1s. Reconstructed November 1930. Architect: G. Allen Fortescue. 1937 as DPH: (WE) Prop., S. P. Halpern. 870 seats. Phone Blackfriars 0051. 1941: (WE) – Prop., Deansgate Picturehouse (1936) Ltd. Seats 866. Booked at Hall. Continuous. Prices 1s. 6d. and 2s. 6d. Café and Ballroom attached, Phone Deansgate 5252/3. To ABC 5^th July 1959 & leased to 20^th Century Fox. Closed, modernised, Todd-AO, re-opened 4^th September 1960. 697 seats. Re-named ABC c.1961. 2^nd screen in ex-café 15^th March 1971. 167 seats. Re-named Cannon 1 & 2 1986. Closed 9^th August 1990. Empty. Now bar.

CAPITOL Princess Rd., Moss Side  1937: (WE) Prop., J. Inerfield. 1,547 seats. Phone Moss Side 1988.

CARLTON SUPER CINEMA Aston New Road, Clayton  Opened 7^th July 1930. 1937: (B.T.H.) Prop., Carlton Super Cinemas Ltd. 1,300  seats. Phone East 0257. 1941: (BTH) Prop., Carlton Super Cinema, Ltd., 14, John Dalton Street, Manchester. Phone Deansgate 3542. 1,300 seats. Booked at H.O. Pictures and Variety. Continuous. Prices 6d. to 1s. Stage14ft. deep; six dressing-rooms. Proscenium width 35ft. Café attached. Phone East 0257. Closed February-March 1964. New lessee, renovated, re-opened. Closed 1965. Demolished 2006.

CASINO Wilmslow Rd., Rusholme  1937: (RCA) Prop., A.B.C. Ltd 1,815 seats. Phone Rusholme 4465.

CENTRAL (1) Teignmouth Street, Collyhurst  Closed May 1936. Replaced by New Central on different site.

CENTRAL (2) Paley St., Colleyhurst  1937: (W.E) Prop., Emery & Wilkinson. 700. Phone City 1402.

 CENTRAL HALL Oldham Road  Opened as cinema 1910.  1940 – licence not renewed.

CEYLON PICTURE HOUSE (1) Ceylon Street Newton Heath  Opened 1913/14. 1937: (Philips) Prop., C. A. Wilkinson. 550 seats. Collyhurst 1006. Closed 1938 – replaced on different site by Ceylon (2). Dance hall. 1962 – bingo. Burned down 9^th May 1992.
CEYLON PICTURE HOUSE (2) Thorpe Road, Newton Heath  Opened 1938. (WE) -Props., Ceylon Cinema (New­ton Heath) Ltd., Apsley House, Mossley. 800 seats. Booked at Manchester. Continu­ous, Twice nightly Sat., Mats, Mon. and Thurs., Prices 3d. to 1s. Phone Collyhurst 3058. Station, Newton Heath, L.M.S. Carrier. Closed to film 30^th June 1960. Bingo. Closed 1992. Furniture factory.

CINE CITY / SCALA Electric PALACE  Wilmslow Road, Withington   Opened 11^th January 1913. 600 seats. Bomb damage 1^st October, 1940. Re-opened Tuesday 22nd October. By 1941: (WE) – Prop., Withington Cinemas, Ltd., 44, John Dalton Street, Manchester. Phone Blackfriars 2643. 634 seats. Booked at Hall. Continuous Mon. to Fri. Two Houses Sat. Two changes weekly, Prices 6d. to 1s. Proscenium width 18ft. Phone Dids­bury 3301. Station, Withington. Closed 2000. To be demolished 2005.

CINEPHONE / CONTINENTAL / NEW / MARKET STREET PICTURE HOUSE 93 Market Street  Opened Tuesday 30^th August 1910. Prop. PCT. 500 stalls, 90 balcony. Closed 1973. Redevelopment.

CINÉTÈQUE / AABEN / UNIT 4 / YORK CINEMA  York Street  Hulme  Opened 1928. By 1941: (WE)  - Prop., Thomas & Norman Royle, Taormina, Manor Drive, West Didsbury. Phone 3322. 1,414 seats. Continuous. Booked at Hall. Twice nightly Sat. Prices 3d. to 6d. Phone Central 3823. Station, Central, London Road, Victoria or Exchange. Closed to film 1967. Bingo. Closed 1969. To Brian Tattersall. 1^st November 1970 – converted to 4 screens as Unit 4. Re-named Aaben 1980. Closed. Re-opened as cine-disco 1986. Closed 1987. Demolished 1992/3. Council housing.

CINEWORLD / UGC Parrs Wood Entertainment Centre, East Didsbsury:  11 screens. Re-named mid-2005.

CINTRA CINEMA / PALLADIUM Rochdale Rodd Blackley  Opened March 1929 – conversion of Palais de Danse. Semi-atmospheric interior. By 1941: (WE) – Props., Blackley Palais de Danse, Ltd. 1,750 seats. Pictures and Variety, Films booked by F. E. Spring, 3 Parsonage, Manchester. Phone Blackfriars 7905; and Variety by Percy Hall’s Agency, Oxford Road, Manchester. Twice nightly; Mats., Mon., Wed, and Sat. Prices 4d. to 1s. Prosc. width 40ft. Stage 12ft. deep; five dressing-rooms. Café and Dance Hall attached. Phone Colly­hurst 1058. Station, London Road, L.M.S. CinemaScope/stereo 17^th January 1955 – Flight of the White Heron. Closed 19^th June 1962 Hollywood or Bust – and Gunfight at the OK Corral. Re-opened April 1964. Closed 1967. Bingo. Closed 2005. Empty. Demolished October/November 2006.
CITY EXHIBITION HALL  Opened 1910. Closed 1913.

CITY THEATRE / THEATRE ROYAL (1) / Circus Opened c.1842. Closed 1850. Demolished

CLAREMONT SUPER CINEMA  Claremont Road/Upper Lord Street, Greenheys, Moss Side  Opened 1^st February 1923. 1,700 seats. To ABC 1929. 1,581 seats. 1937: (WE) Prop., A.B.C. Ltd. 1,087 seats. Phone Moss Side 2866. 1941: (WE) – Prop., Associated British Cinemas, Ltd., 30-31 Golden Square, London W.1. Phone Gerrard 7887. 1,699 seats. Booked at H.O. Continuous evenings from 5.30 and Mat. daily Mon. to Fri. Continuous from 2.30 Sat. Two changes weekly. Proscenium width 26ft.  Phone Moss Side 2866. Station, London Road. Closed 8^th February 19587. Demolished 1974.

CLASSIC / CAMEO / Manchester NEWS THEATRE 16 Oxford Street  1937: (B.T.H.) Jacey Cinemas Ltd. 420 seats. 1941: (BTH) – Props., Jacey Cinemas, Ltd., Somerset House, Temple Street, Birmingham. Phone Mid 2941. 435 seats. Prices 7d. and 1s. 2d. Continuous from 11a.m. Booked at Manchester. Café attached. Phone Central 0497. Proscenium width 28ft. Station, Central, L.M.S. Re-named Cameo 1973. Closed 1980s.
COLISEUM Ardwick Green  Opened 1911/12. Closed June 1926. Interior enlarged. Re-opened. 1937: (WE) Prop., Coliseum (Manchester) Ltd. 1,787 seats. Phone Ardwick 3150. 1941: (WE) – Prop., Coliseum (Manchester) Ltd., 10 Brazennose Street, Manchester. 1,787 seats. Continuous. Prices 3d. to 6d. Phone Ardwick 3150. Station, London Road, L.M.S. Closed 26^th March 1949.

COLLEGE PICTURE HOUSE  Coupland Street, Chorlton-on-Medlock  Opened 1914. 1937: (Pictone) Prop., B. H. Franks Cinema Circuit. 1,000 seats. Phone Ardwick 2006. 1941: (BTP) – Prop., Dorothy Millar. Phone Chorlton 1898. 1,000 seats. Booked at hall. Continuous. Prices 4d. to 7d. Proscenium width 26ft. Phone Ard­wick 2006. Closed February 1960.

Conservative Club Hall T. Seddon  (1907)

CONCORDE 1 & 2 / BURNAGE ENTERTAINMENT CENTRE  / CLASSIC / ODEON / LIDO SUPER CINEMA Green End Road Burnage  Opened 1936 (WE)  - Props., Anglo-Scottish Theatres, Ltd., 2 Cavendish Square W1. 1,560 seats. Films booked by C. Charlton, c/o. Pyramid Theatre, Sale, near Manchester. Prices 8d. to 1s. 10d. Pro­scenium width 36ft. Stage 15ft. deep; five dressing-rooms. Phone Heaton Moor 2244. Café attached. Station, Burnage. Re-named Burnage Ent Cent 1967 – split for supermarket, bingo, and films. July 1971 – new owners & re-named Concorde. Closed June 1985. To Henshaw group. Re-opened February 1986. Closed Kwik Save store. Damaged by fire c.2003 –  rear removed.

CONTINENTAL / SHAKESPEARE PICTURE HALL Halliwell Lane, Cheetham Hill Road  Opened Saturday 14^th January 1914. By 1941: (WE)  - Prop., Swinton Entertainments, Ltd. Man. Dir., J, F. Emery, J.P., Midland Hank House, 26 Cross Street, Manchester. 900 seats. Booked at H.O. Continuous, Mon. to Fri. Twice nightly Sat. Prices 5d. to 1s. 5d. Phone Cheetham Hill 2180. All Manchester Sta­tions. January 1958 renamed Continental. Closed 1959.

CONWAY / CENTRAL / NEW CENTRAL Clowes Street West Gorton 1914 re-named Conway 1951. Closed 1961.
CORNER HOUSE  Oxford Street Opened 1985 – conversion of former Shaw’s furniture store.

CORNERHOUSE ANNEXE / CLASSIC / TATLER NEWS THEATRE (2) Oxford Street/Whitworth Street West (RCA) Opened 1936 – on site of Tatler (1). Prop., Allied (Times) Theatres Ltd. Architect: Peter Cummings, F.R.I.B.A. 420 seats. Phone Central 6015.  By 1941: (RCA) – Props., Times Theatres, Ltd., Century House, St. Peters Square, Manchester. Phone Central 0274. 296 seats. Continuous. Prices 6d. and 1s. Proscenium width 16ft. Phone Central 6015, Stations, London Road, Victoria, Central, Exchange. 1996 became part of Corner House complex.

CORONA PICTURE THEATRE  Birch Street/Hyde Road West Gorton  Opened 1912. Opened c.April 1915 – From Flower Girl to Red Cross Nurse. Architects: Stott & Son. Cap. c.1,000. Café-lounge attached. Corona Picture Theatre, Birch St., West Gorton 1937: (B.A.) Prop., New Century Pictures Ltd. 1,101 seats. Phone East 0369. 1941: (BA) – Prop., Gaumont-British Pictures Corpn., Ltd., 123 Regent Street, London W.1. Phone Regent 8080. 1,100 seats. Booked at H.O. Continuous. Two changes weekly. Prices 5d. to 1s. 2d. Pro­scenium width 27ft. Phone East 0369. Station, London Road, L.N.E.R. Closed to film 1958. Cabaret club. Closed 1980. Demolished 1985.

CORONATION / Coronation Hall / Public Hall Langley Lane Northenden Opened 1911 – belonged to next-door pub. 1920s Re-licensed c.1954.  CinemaScope. 250 seats. 1964 Closed to film. Bingo. Closed. Demolished late 80s. Pub car park.

Corporation Public Halls  f., Steward (1907)

COSMO CINEMA Wellington Street/ Hyde Road, Gorton  Opened 1912. 1937: (W.E.) Prop., Union Cinemas Ltd. 885 seats. Phone East 0243. 1941:  (WE) – Props., Union Cinemas, Ltd., 15 Regent Street, SW1. Phone Whitehall 8484. Managed by Associated British Cinemas, 30-31 Golden Square, London W.1. Phone Gerrard 7887. Booked at H.O. Continuous. Phone East 0243. Station, London Road. Closed 30^th June 1960. Bingo. Closed 1995. Auction house.

CRESCENT CINEMA / CHAPMAN STREET PICTURE PALACE  Chapman (Cossack) Street, Hulme  Opened 1912. Cap. 1,000. 1937: (Pictone) Prop., Picture Hall (Hulme) Ltd.     1,100 seats. Phone Moss Side 2042. 1941: (Picturetone) – Prop., Picture Hall (Hulme) Ltd. 1,200 seats. Continuous. Two changes weekly. Booked at Hall. Prices 5d. to 10d. Phone Moss Side 2047. Station, Central. Closed 1965.

CRESTA / REGENT SUPER CINEMA  Princess Road Sth. Fallowfield  Opened August 1929. Architects: Drury & Gomersall. Generated own power. 1941: (BTH) – Props., Gorton District Cinemas, Ltd. 1,300 seats. Pictures and Variety. Booked by Bert Abbott, Gen. Man. at Hall. Continuous. Prices 8d. to 1s. 6d. Stage 18ft. deep; six dressing-rooms. Phone Moss Side 1955. Station, Manchester (Welbraham Road Halt) Closed May 1960. Demolished 1961. Petrol station on site.

CROMWELL PICTURE HOUSE  Pendleton  1937: (WE) Prop., Cromwell Picture House Ltd. 1,155 seats. Phone Pendleton 1165. 1941: (WE) – Props., Cromwell Picture House, Ltd., Liver­pool. 1,155 seats. Continuous, Prices 6d. to 1s. Booked by P. M. Hanmer, 51a, Rodney Street, Liverpool. Phone Bank 610. Phone Pendleton 1165. Station, Pendleton, L.M.S.

CRUMPSALL PICTURE THEATRE  Opened c.1914. Closed September 1928.

Crumpsall New Cinema (for J. F. Emery) not built

DEVONSHIRE CINEMA  Broughton (WE) – New Devonshire Theatre (Manchester) Co., Ltd., 44, Corporation Street, Manchester, Phone Broughton 2720. 1,300 seats. Continuous from 6 p.m. Mats., Mon. and Thurs. Booked at Palladium Cinema, Manchester

DON CINEMA THEATRE Beswick Street Ancoats  Opened 1912. 1937: (BTP) Prop., Union Cinemas Ltd. Phone Ardwick 2926. 1941: (BTP) – Props., Union Cinemas, Ltd., 15 Regent Street, SW.1. Phone Whitehall 8484. Managed by Associated British Cinemas, Ltd. Booked at H.O. Evenings Continuous. Mats, Mon. to Thurs., Sat. Continuous from 2 p.m. Proscenium width 28ft. Phone Ardwick 2926. Station, Victoria, L.M.S. Closed February 1958.

ELECTRIC CINEMA / Labour Hall Knutsford Road, Gorton  Opened as cinema c.1912. Cap. 600. Closed c.May 1914. 1915 re-opened as Electric.

ELECTRIC PALACE Heaton  Opened 1911.

ELLESMERE CINEMA East Lancashire Road, Worsley (WE) – Props., Ellesmere Super Cinema, Ltd., 13, St. Ann Street, Manchester. 1,250 seats, Prices 7d. to 1s.6d. Continuous. Proscenium width 45ft. Stage18ft. deep; four dressing-rooms. Café attached. Station, Swinton.

EMPIRE Moss Empires, Ltd. (1907)

EMPIRE PICTURE THEATRE East Broughton (WE) – Props., Harry & Frank Shaw. 650 seats. Booked at Manchester. Continuous. Twice nightly Sat. Prices 7d. to 1s. 2d. Pro­scenium width 30ft. Phone Broughton 2652. Station, Manchester.

EMPIRE Oldham Road Mosley  Opened c.1912. Closed c.1972
EMPRESS ELECTRIC THEATRE Oldham Road, Miles Platting  Opened 1912. Prop. Broadhead circuit. 1937: (P.T.A.) Prop., H. Talbot. 1,250 seats. Phone Collyhurst 2748. By 1941: (PTA) – Prop., C. & H. Talbot. 1,200 seats. Continuous. Two changes weekly. Prices 3d. to 7d. Phone Collyhurst 2748. Closed 1961. Bingo. Closed 1995. Warehouse. Destroyed by fire June 2006.

Empress Picture Hall Dean Lane Moston  ?  c.1939/40

EMPRESS PICTURE HOUSE  Organ 1930: 2/5            Symphonique patent of Jardine-Smith. By 1941: (WE) – Props., J. F. Emery Circuit, 26 Cross Street, Manchester. Phone Blackfriars 7876. 680 seats. Prices 3d. to 7d. Continuous. Booked at Manchester. Phone Pendleton 1703. Station, Pendleton

ESSOLDO / RIVOLI  Rochdale Road Collyhurst  (RCA) Opened c.December 1937.  Prop., Ben Kanter, 38 Deansgate, Manchester. Phone Bla. 9084. Booked at Manchester. 1,195 seats. Con­tinuous Mon. to Fri. Sat, twice nightly. Prices 4d. to 1s. Proscenium width 45ft. Phone Collyhurst 1280. Station, London Road. To Essoldo & re-named 1946. Closed to film 1964. Bingo.
Demolished.

ESSOLDO / RIVOLI Mount Road Gorton (RCA)  Opened 1936. Architect: Benjamin Waterhouse. Prop., Ben Kanter, 38 Deansgate, Manchester. Phone Bla 9084. 1,506 seats. Booked at Manchester. Prices 6d.to 1s. 2d. Continuous. Proscenium width 30ft. Stage 20ft.; eight dressing-rooms. Phone East 0404. Station, Belle Vue, L.M.S.  To Essoldo 1946. Re-named. Closed to film March 1960. 1965 bingo. Closed 1995. Demolished 1996. Housing on site – Essoldo Close.

FORUM (2) Civic Centre Wythenshaw  Civic theatre with film provision.

FOUR WAYS CINEMA  New Moston  Opened 1939. By 1941: (BTH) – Props. Snape Circuit, 14, John Dalton Street, Manchester. Phone Deansgate 3542. 1,256 seats. Prices 6d. to 1s. 3d. Continuous, Booked at H.O. Proscenium width 38ft. Phone Failsworth 2349. Station, Moston, L.M.S. Closed 1973.

FREE TRADE HALL Peter Street  J. Tennant (1907) Films from 1908. By 1940: Prop., Manchester Corporation, Town Hall, Manches­ter. Enquiries to Town Hall Superintendent. Organ: Wurlitzer 4/20(22) +Piano (from Odeon/Paramount).  Phone Central 3377. Occasional shows only. Bombed 1940. Re-built – no film. Free Trade Hall 1977 ex-Paramount organ: Wurlitzer 4/20(22) + Piano. (Later to Town Hall, Stockport).                                             

FUTURIST / PALLADIUM / GRAND THEATRE Peter Street  Opened 1883. Prop. Edward Garcia. To Thomas Barrasford tour. 1906 Pics & Var. – Jasper Redfern (of Sheffield). Film from 1909. During WWI sold to Ludwig Blattner. Auditorium rebuilt as cinema 1916. Palladium  1918. Re-named Futurist 1920.  Closed 1924. Religious use in auditorium, foyer car sales. New façade 1970s. Now restaurant.

FUTURIST Great Ducie Street, Strangeways  1937: (B.T.H.) Prop., L. Burgess. 600 seats. Phone Blackfriars 3902.

GAIETY PICTURE HOUSE / GAIETY THEATRE Peter Street  Opened 1884. Architect: Alfred Darbyshire. H. M. Thorburn (No 2) (1907) 1908: altered by Frank Matcham. Horniman Rep Co. 18^th July 1921 – cinema. To Savoy Cinemas, then ABC. Leased to Regent circuit 1933-35. To independent November 1937. Improvements. Architects: Roberts, Wood & Elder. Live theatre. 1937: (RCA) Prop., Gaiety Theatre Ltd. (Variety) 1,167 seats. B’friars 2615. February 1940 – cinema. 1,298 seats.By 1941: Direction, Harry Buxton. 1,215 seats. Proscenium width 26ft. Stage26ft.; 14 dressing-rooms. Phones, Dea 4111 and Bla 8088. Station, Central L.N.E.R. War damage June 1941. Repaired. 1944 – Harry Buxton returned to live shows till 1947. 1948 structural alterations. Closed 1^st August 1959. Demolished. Shops & offices.

GALLERY / ELITE  / Association Hall YMCA, Peter Street  Early film seasons. 1913 opened as Elite. 1914 re-named Gallery.

GAUMONT Oxford Street/ Great Bridgewater Street  Opened 21^st October 1935. Architect: William T. Benslyn & James Morrison, interiors Theodore Komisarjevsky. Built by Sidney Bernstein for Granada (Manchester) Ltd.on site of Stoll’s Hippodrome. Sold to G-B a few days before due to open. Organ: Wurlitzer 4/14 on lift + Grand Piano – under-stage chambers. 2,258 seats. Box: Stelmar spots & Brenograph. By 1941: (BA Duosonic) – Prop., Gaumont British Pictures Corpn., Ltd. 2,300 seats. Pictures and occasional Variety. Booked at H.O. Prices 1s.4d. to 3s.6d. Continuous. Proscenium width 50ft. Stage 26ft. deep; nine dressing-rooms. Café and restaurant attached. Phone Central 1323. Station, Manchester. Fitted ‘Ardente’ Deaf Aids. Post-WWII GK 21s fitted. 1950s gen. mgr. Geo. Baker. Closed 28^th January 1974. Nightclub in stalls – circle partitioned off by suspended ceiling. Closed. Demolished for car park 1990.

GRAND JUNCTION THEATRE Warwick St., Hulme  1937: (BTP) Prop., G. S. Smith. 1,280 seats.

GLOBE Thomas Street, Cheetham Hill  Opened 1914. 1937: (BTP) Prop., H. D. Moorhouse Circuit. 800seats. Phone Ch’tham Hill 2537. 1941: (BTP) – Props., Globe Theatre Co. (Manchester) Ltd. Imperial Buildings, 7 Oxford Road, Manchester. Booked at H.O. 750 seats. Continuous. Two changes weekly. Phone Cheet­ham Hill 2537. Station, Crumpsall, L.M.S. Closed 1957.

GLOBE Cornbrook Street, Old Trafford  Opened 1913. 1937: (B.T.P.) Prop., H. D. Moorhouse Circuit. Phone Moss Side 2512. By 1941: (BTP) – Prop., North-Western Entertainments, Ltd. Imperial Buildings, 7 Oxford Road, Man­chester (H.D.M. circuit). 1,230 seats – first 10 rows long benches. Continuous. Two changes weekly. Booked at H.O. Phone Moss Side 2512. Stations, Manchester termini. Kalee 8s (hand-fed arcs). 1940s chief Stan Bridgeford, 2nd Johnny Worrall. Closed 1957.

GREEN HILL CINEMA / PREMIER (1)  Cheetham Hill Road Opened 1911. Re-named 1925 on opening of successor opposite. By 1941: (BTP)  Opened c.1911. 1937: (BTP) Prop., Union Cinemas Ltd.    550 seats. Phone Cheetham Hill 1839. 1941 – Prop., Lessee E. J. Linsdell. 350 seats. Booked at Hall. Continuous Mon. to Fri. Twice nightly Sat. Two changes weekly. Prices 3d. to 6d. Phone Cheetham 1839. Station, Victoria. Closed c.1964. Market trader premises.

GROSVENOR PICTURE PALACE  Oxford Road/Grosvenor Street, All Saints  Opened 19^th May 1915. 1,100 seats. 1937: (BTP) Prop., H. D. Moorhouse Circuit.             Phone Ardwick 3175. 1941: (BTP) – Props., New Grosvenor (Manchester). Ltd., Imperial Buildings, Oxford Road, Manchester. Man. Dir., H. D. Moorhouse, J.P. 953 seats. Booked at H.O. Phone Ardwick 3175. Station, Manchester. Closed May 1968. Bingo. Closed. 1990 bought by Firkin theme pub chain – now The Footage & Firkin.

HARTE’S GRAND THEATRE and Fairyland Wooden circus. 1894: converted to music hall. Closed by fire 1899.

HALT TOWN ELECTRIC Cyrus Street, Holt Town Opened c.1911. Closed c.1921.
Houldsworth Ha11 90 Deansgate  Opened c.1910. 1948 not re-licensed.
HEATON PARK CINEMA  Bury Old Road  Opened Saturday 10^th August 1929 (to public on Monday). 1937: (BTH) Prop., New Empire (Burnley) Ltd. Phone Prestwich 1535. 1941 (BTH) – Lessees, New Empire (Burnley) Ltd., Newgate Chambers, Rochdale. Phone Rochdale 3212. 1.053 seats. Booked at Hall. Continuous Mon. to Fri. Two shows Sat. Mat., Mon., Wed., and Sat. Prices 4d. to 1s.2d. Stage6ft. deep; two dressing-rooms. Café attached. Phone Prestwich 1535. Station, Heaton Park, L.M.S. Closed 1957.

HIPPODROME (2) / ARDWICK EMPIRE Ardwick Green. Prop. ? Moss’ Empires. Opened 16^th July 1904. Architect: Frank Matcham. Cap. 3.000. Op mgr Walter Collins. Stoll Tour. Cine-variety from November 1930. Renamed New Manchester Hipp. & refurbished 1935 on closure of Hipp (1). SG46: Prop.: Stoll Theatres Corporation, Ltd Coliseum Buildings, London,W.1. Tel.: Manager, Ardwick 2800. Stage door, Ardwick 2342. Booking office, Ardwick 4101-2. Cap: 2,000.Varieties.Twice daily. Stage: Prosc. 35ft. x 27ft. Elec. equip.: Voltage 230 A.C., 50 cycles. Dressing rooms: 14. Amplifying equip.: Reproducer and microphone. Closed 1961. Demolished early 1964.

HIPPODROME (1) Oxford Street   Opened Boxing Day 1904. Architect: Frank Matcham. Prop.,  Oswald Stoll. Moss Empires, Ltd. (1907) Films From 1908/9. Bought by Sidney Bernstein. Closed and demolished 1935 for erection of Gaumont.

HULME HIPPODROME / GRAND JUNCTION THEATRE Preston Street Opened 1901. Architect: J. J. Alley. Prop., W. B. Broadhead circuit. Cap. 3,000. Opened as playhouse, but switched names 1905 with smaller variety Hipp. next door. To James Brennan Circuit 1950. To casino/bingo 1962. Closed to bingo 1986. Façade hidden by cladding/rendering. Empty.

HULME PLAYHOUSE / JUNCTION THEATRE / GRAND JUNCTION THEATRE / HULME HIPPODROME Warwick Street  Opened 1902. Architect: J. J. Alley. W. B. Broadhead circuit.  1,500 seats. (1907)  Organ: Wurlitzer 3/13+Piano. By 1941: (BTP) Warwick Street, Hulme – Props., Junction Cinema, Ltd., Hippodrome, Preston Street, Hulme. Phone Moss Side 1351. 1,120 seats. Booked at Hippodrome. Continuous. Prices 5d. to 9d. Proscenium width 34ft. Phone Moss Side 3033. AND (BTP) Hulme – Props., Cinebuilders Ltd. Phone Moss 3033. Booked at H.O. 1,200 seats. Continuous, Prices 4d. to 9d. Proscenium width 34 ft Station, Manchester Central. To James Brennan Circuit 1950. Re-named P’hse 1951. Closed 1956. To BBC as recording studio. Organ removed 1970. Closed 1987. NIA Centre 26^th April 1991 (drama, dance, music). Closed by 2000.

IMPERIAL PICTURE THEATRE and CAFÉ Chorlton Road, Brooks’s Bar, Old Trafford  Opened 1913. Architect: W. H. Matley. 1937: (WE) Prop., Cinemas (Manchester) Ltd. 760 seats. Phone Moss Side 2735. 1941: (WE)  Props., Cine­mas (Manchester) Ltd., 20, Brazennose Street, Manchester. Phone Blackfriars 6965. 760 seats. Twice nightly. Mats., Mon., Wed., and Sat. Prices 7d. to 1s. Booked by C. Ogden, at 196 Deansgate, Manchester. Stage 5ft. deep; two dressing-rooms. Café attached. Phone 2735. Station, Manchester Central. Closed 1970s.

KING GEORGE V  Gorton Lane  Gorton  Opened 1912. 700 seats. Closed 1929. Replaced by Plaza on same site.

KING’S CINEMA / KING’S THEATRE / KING’S OPERA HOUSE Stockport Road Longsight  Opened 1905. Architect: J. J. Alley. Prop., W. B. Broadhead  (1907) Cinema from 1933. 1937 as KT: (BTP) Prop., H. D. Moorhouse Circuit. Phone Rusholme 4655. By 1941: (BTP) – Props., Shaftesbury Cinema Theatre Co. (Manchester) Ltd., Imperial Buildings, 7 Oxford Road, Manchester. 1,129 seats. Booked by H.O. Continuous Mon. to Fri. Twice nightly Sat. Proscenium width 30ft. Phone Rusholme 4655. Station, Manchester. Closed 1964. Demolished.

KING’S HALL 176 City Road Hulme               Opened c.1914    . Closed c.1914/15.
LABATT’S APOLLO / APOLLO / ABC / APOLLO THEATRE Stockport Road Ardwick (WE) Opened 29^th August 1938. Architects: Peter Cummings & Alex M. Irving; interiors, Mollo & Egan, Holophane lighting, Rollo Gillespie Williams. Organ: Compton 3c/6+Melotone on lift. By 1941: Prop. R. C. Roy, Guardian Assurance Buildings, 25 Cross Street, Manchester. Phone Blackfriars 4428/9. 2,631 seats. Prices 8d. to 1s. 8d. Films and Variety. Booked at Manchester. Continuous, Mon. to Fri., from 6p.m. Twice nightly Sats. and Holidays. Mats. daily. Proscenium width 53ft. Stage 40ft.; 14 dressing-rooms. Café and Dance Hall. Phone Ardwick 1141. Station, London Road. To ABC 31^st January 1943. Re-named ABC 1962. 1967 organ broken down. Closed to film mid-70s. To independent & re-named Apollo 30^th January 1977 – live shows & occ. film. Re-named Labatt’s Apollo 1997. Live venue. Listed Grade II.

Lewis’s Store Theatre Market Street City  Opened c.1910. 1932 – licence withdrawn by Lewis’s

Liberal Club Hall A. Airey  (1907)

LIBRARY THEATRE Central Library, St. Peter’s Square  Opened with rest of building 1931. Lecture theatre. 300 seats in two tiers. Projection box. 3 dressing rooms.  

Liverpool Club Hadfield Street Ancoats  Cinematograph licence c.1915 to c.1917
LONGFORD PICTUREDROME Longford Street Chorlton  Opened c.1913. Closed 1919.

LONGSIGHT PICTURE PALACE 504 Stockport Road Longsight  Opened c.1911/12. Closed 1920s.

LUXOR CINEMA Erskine Street, Hulme (BTH)  Opened 1937 – rebuilt from Bijou. Props., Prop., Morecambe Amusements Co. Ltd. J. F. Emery Circuit, 26 Cross Street, Manchester. Phone Blackfriars 7876. Architect: A. H. Walsingham. 920 seats. Prices 5d. to 10d. Continuous evenings, Mats., Mon. and Thurs. Proscenium width 17ft. Booked at H.O. Phone Moss Side 2997. Station, Manchester. Closed 1959.

LYCEUM CINEMA  Malvern Street/City Road Cornbrook, Hulme  Opened c.1913. To Emery circuit. 1937: (WE) Prop., J. F. Emery Circuit 620 seats. Phone Trafford Park 0097. 1941: (WE) – Props., J. F. Emery Circuit, 26 Cross Street, Manchester. Phone Blackfriars 7876. 625 seats. Con­tinuous. Prices 4d. to 10d. Booked at H.O. Phone Trafford Park 1597. Station, Man­chester, L.M.S. Closed 1959.

MAGNET CINEMA Church Street, Newton Heath (BTH) – Props., Magnet Cinema (Newton Heath) Ltd., 14 John Dalton Street, Manchester. Phone Deansgate 3542. 1,350 seats. Prices 4d. to 1s. Continuous, Mon. to Fri. Three shows on Sat. Booked at Snape Circuit, Manchester. Proscenium width 40ft. Venetian scene on house tabs. Phone Failsworth 1090. Station, Manchester. Closed 1958. Next door to Pavilion.

MAGNET STREET PICTURE HOUSE (WE) – Props., Oxford Street & Market Street (Manchester) Cinemas, Ltd. Phone Deansgate 4771. 620 seats. Booked by J. F. Emery Circuit, Midland Bank House, Cross Street, Manchester. Phone Blackfriars 7876. Continuous. Prices 1s. to 2s. Café attached. Station, London Road.

MAJESTIC Stockport Road nr Grey Street – proposed 1919 – not bui1t

MANLEY PARK PICTURE HOUSE Clarendon Road Whalley Range  Opened c.1913. Closed between 1916-1920.
MARKET STREET PICTURE HOUSE  Market Street   1937: (W.E.) Prop., Oxford St. & Market St. (M‘ter) Cinemas Ltd. 604 seats. Phone City 1370.

MAYFAIR CINEMA

METROPOLE THEATRE Ashton Old Road Openshaw (No 2)  Opened 1898. Architect: J. J. Alley. Prop., W. H. Broadhead  (1907) Variety & Pictures from 1909. 1937: Prop., P. B. Broadhead (Legit.) Phone East 0103. By 1941: (BTP) – Props., Metro­pole (Openshaw) Ltd., 7 Oxford Road, Manchester. 1,739 seats. Booked at H.O. Phone East 0103. Station, Manchester. Closed March 1958. Demolished 1962.

IMPERIAL /METROPOLE 308 Ashton Old Road Openshaw  c.1914       c.1919

MIDLAND PICTURE THEATRE / MIDLAND HOTEL THEATRE  Peter Street Built 1898. Architect: C. Trubshaw. Opened as theatre 1903 – ballroom conversion. 1914 – dismantled and returned to ballroom use. Opened as Mid Cine 13^th December 1920. Closed June 1922. Extra hotel bedrooms.
MOSLEY PICTURE HOUSE Stott Street, Beswick  Opened 1912/13. 1937: (BTH) Prop., C. Tune. By 1941: (BTH) Props., Mrs. W. N. Watts & J.V. Tune. 603 seats. Booked at Hall by Man. Two shows nightly. Prices 3d. to 6d. Phone East 0140. Stations, Manchester termini. Closed 1961.
Moss Side Assembly Rooms Ashcroft  (1907)

Moss Side Council Rooms  Librarian  (1907)

MOSTON IMPERIAL PALACE (1) Moston  Opened 1914. Closed 1920 – replaced by MIP (2) on different site.            
MOSTON IMPERIAL PALACE  (2) Hartley Street, Moston  Opened 1920. Architect: Geo. E. Tonge. 1937: (W.E.) Prop., Moston Picture House Co. Ltd. 1,028 seats. Phone Collyhurst 2160. By 1941: (WE) – Props. Moston Imperial Palace, Ltd. 1,000 seats. Booked at Hall. Continuous. Prices 2d. to 7d. Proscenium width 22ft. Phone Collyhurst 2160. Station, Victoria, L.M.S. Closed 1959.

NEW CENTRAL Paley (later Garden) Street Collyhurst  Opened c.May 1936 – replacement for Central on different site..
NEW MANCHESTER HIPPODROME (WE) see Hippodrome (2) / Ardwick Empire

NEW OXFORD THEATRE / OXFORD PICTURE HOUSE Oxford Street  Opened 15^th December 1911. Prop. PCT. Talkies January 1929 – The Singing Fool. To G-B with circuit February 1929. To Emery circuit August 1931. 1,150 seats. 1937as Ox Cine: (WE) Prop., Oxford St. & Market St. (Manchester) Cinemas Ltd. 1,172 seats. Phone City 1402. By 1941: (WE) Props., Oxford Street & Market Street (Manchester) Cinemas, Ltd. Phone Central 3402. 1,150 seats. Booked by Emery’s Circuit, Midland Bank House, Cross Street, Manchester. Continuous. Prices 1s. to 2s. Phone Blackfriars 7876. 12^th June 1960 to Rank, re-named New Oxford. 854 seats. Closed 25^th October 1980. Now U.S. fast food shop.

NEW POPULAR PICTURE HOUSE  / POPULAR PICTURE PALACE / Chapman Street Hall Chapman Street, Hulme  Opened 1912. By 1941 as New Pop: (Electrocord) – Props., A. L. Ward & A. C. Goulden, 6 Brown Street, Manchester. 400 seats. Booked at Manchester. Phone Deansgate 3542. Twice nightly. Prices 4d. to 6d. Phone Moss Side 2158. Closed 20^th December 1958. New Majestic Picture Playhouse Hulme see Popular Chapman Street

NEW STAR PICTURE PALACE Goodman Street Blackley  Opened c.1912. Closed 1914.

NEW TEMPERANCE PICTURE HALL Dean Lane Newton Heath  Opened pre-1914. Closed 1914/5.

Odeon Parker St/Mosley St – proposed

ODEON THEATRE / PARAMOUNT THEATRE Oxford Street  Opened 6^th October 1930 – The Love Parade. Architect: Thomas Verity (Verity & Beverley). Organ: Wurlitzer 4/20(22) on lift + Piano (pipework divided). 2,920 seats. 1937: (WE) Prop., Paramount (Manchester) Th. Ltd. 2,914 seats. Phone Central 8172. To Odeon 1939. By 1941: (WE) Props,. Odeon Theatres, Ltd., Old County Cinema, Marlow, Bucks. Phone Marlow 695-9. Booked at Moor Hall, Cookham, Berks. Continuous. Prices 9d. to 3s. 6d. Phone Manchester Central 3964. Café attached. All Manchester stations. Organ removed to Free Trade Hall 1972/3. Closed 1973, twinned 1974. Eventually 7 screens. Closed 2^nd September 2004. Sold. Empty.

ODEON / RIVIERA CINEMA de LUXE Cheetham Hill Road  Opened 1931 (planned as King George). By 1941: (WE) – Props., Odeon (Cheetham Hill) Ltd., Old County Cinema, Marlow, Bucks. Phone Marlow 695-9. Booked at Moor Hall, Cookham, Berks. Continuous Mon. to Fri. from 6.30 p.m. Three shows on Sat. Prices 8d. to 1s. 6d. Proscenium width 44ft. Stage18ft. deep; seven dressing-rooms, Phone Collyhurst 1188. Station, Manchester. Closed to film 1964. Bingo. Later Top Rank Bowl.

ODEON THEATRE Withington Road, Whalley Range  1937: (WE) Prop., Odeon Theatres Ltd. 2,039 seats. Phone Moss Side 1668. 1941: (WE)  - Props., Odeon Theatres, Ltd., Old County Cinema, Marlow, Bucks. Phone Marlow 695-9. Continuous. Prices 9d. to 1s. 6d. Booked at Moor Hall, Cookham, Berks. Café. Stage; four dressing-rooms. Phone Moss Side 1668.

ODEON / WEST END CINEMA  Withington Road/Dudley Road, Whalley Range  Opened 8^th December 1930 – King of Jazz OR All Quiet on the Western Front. Architect: John Knight. Prop., T. Royle.  By 1941: (WE) – Props., West End Cinema (Manchester) Ltd. 1,032 seats. Booked at Hall. Continuous, Mon. to Fri. Twice nightly, Sat. and holidays. Price, 6d. to 1s. 6d. Proscenium width 46ft. Phone Moss Side 1668. Cafe attached. Stations, Manchester termini.

ODEON / UCI Filmworks  The Printworks Centre:  20 screens. Re-named November 2005.

ODEON / UCI the filmworks Trafford Centre, The Dome:  20 screens. Re-named November 2005.

OGDEN PICTURE PALACE Ogden Street, Ardwick  Opened pre-1914. Closed before 1920

OLYMPIA PICTURE HOUSE  Hyde Road, Gorton  Opened 1911. Cap. 750. 1937: (WE) Prop., Gorton & District Cinema Co. 778 seats. Phone East 0436) 1941: (WE)  - Props., Gorton & District Cinemas, Ltd. 750 seats. Booked by Bert Abbott at Regent, Fallowfield. Continuous. Three shows Sat. Stage 12ft. deep; two dressing-rooms, Prices 5d. to 10d. Phone East 0436. Stations, Belle Vue & Hyde Road, L.M.S. Retail use.

OPENSHAW PICTURE HOUSE Ashton Old Road  Opened c.1919 Closed 1930s.

OPERA HOUSE / NEW QUEEN’S THEATRE / NEW THEATRE  Quay Street  Opened 1912. Architect: Farquharson, Richardson, & Gill. November 1914 films. Organ: Jardine 2/41 straight tubular pneumatic action (later removed – Melbourne Cathedral, Australia). 1915 renamed. 1920, re-named. 1937 as Op Hse: (Legit.) Prop., Howard & Wyndham Theatres. SG46: Prop.: Howard & Wyndham, Ltd., King’s Theatre, Edinburgh. Bookings: Howard & Wyndham, Ltd., 2-5 Old Bond Street, London W.1. Cap.: Stalls 905, boxes 24, D. circle 519, balcony 540. Barring clause: Radius of 20 miles prior and one month after (inc. Sundays). No broadcasts, talking films or television before engage­ment. Once nightly 7, or as arranged. Matinées Wednesday and Saturday. Musical comedy, ballet, opera, plays, drama. Stage: Pros. 37ft. x 37ft. (to pelmet 24ft. 9 in.) max. depth 42½ft., height under flies 28ft. 7 in., width between fly galleries 50ft. 9 in., clearance pipes under 25ft. 3 in., stage to grid 57ft. 3 in. Counterweight gear, 37 lines. Hemp lines 56. Revolving stage. Elec. equip.: Voltage 4001230 A.C., 50 cycles. Foot­lights, four colour circuits, eight ind. dimmers, two ends and one centre on one dimmer each, Battens, five with colour circuits, ind. dimmers each colour. Spot bar, 16 spots, each dimmer controlled, seven dips with three dimmers on three colour dips switch controlled. Floods on Stage6. Twelve 4-colour f-o-h pre-set spots, auto control, one master and two switches per lamp. Four f-o-h follow­ing limes, two (60 amp.) focus lanterns and two sunspot arc lanterns. One acting area barrel with four lanterns, all dimmer controlled. Supply: One motor generator 400 v. to motor side giving output of 400 amps. at 100 v. D.C., dynamos side for arcs, Perches: Two focus sunray lanterns with colours. Two 25 amp. carbon arc lanterns. Dips: Four stage plugs to take 25 amp. incandescent for plug. Flies: One ind. incandescent plug to take 40 amp. Spare: Two 80 amp. switches for touring companies’ spot boards. Fittings: Four 8ft. lengths with 32 B.C. lamp holders. Two 6ft. lengths with 22 B.C. lamp holders. Four 2ft. lengths with 8 B.C. lamp holders. Six 3-way 25 amp. teak-cased plug boxes. Four 10 amp. teak-cased plugs. Dressing rooms: 16 and six chorus, acc. 40. Orchestra pit: Acc. 30. Resident quintet. Leader, 1st violin, ‘cello, bass, pianoforte. Amplifying equip.: Two turn-table re­producer and microphone. Can be switched to front of house or stage speakers. Closed 1979. Bingo. Re-opened 1984 under Palace Theatre Trust. Architect: Smith & Way. 1920 seats. Listed Grade II. Still open as theatre.

OSBORNE THEATRE / ROYAL OSBORNE THEATRE Oldham Road (No 2)  Opened 13^th April 1896. Architect: J. J. Alley. Owner: W. H. Broadhead – his 1^st theatre. William Henry Broadhead  (1907) To Emery circuit – cinema from 1935. 1937: (BTP) Prop., Osborne Th. (Manchester) Ltd. 1,800 seats. Phone                Collyhurst 1491. By 1941:  (BTP) Props., Osborne Theatre (Manchester) Ltd., Imperial Buildings, 7 Oxford Road, Manchester. Phone Ardwick 2226. 1,591 seats. Booked at H.O. Phone Collyhurst 1491. Station, Manchester. Destroyed by fire 19^th/20^th October 1958.

PALACE  Collyhurst Street, Rochda1e Road Collyhurst  Opened pre-1920. 1937: (WE) Prop., Palace (Collyhurst) Ltd 834 seats. Phone Colly. 2480. Closed 1957 – licence conditions.

PALACE  Manchester Rd, Droylsden  Opened 1910. Demolished 2003.

PALACE CINEMA Collyhurst Street, Roch­dale Road (WE) – Props., J. F. Emery, Midland Bank House, Cross Street, Manchester. Phone Bla 7876. 700 seats. Prices 3d. to 6d. Continuous. Proscenium width 20ft. Phone Col 2480. Station, Victoria, L.M.S.

PALACE PICTURE HOUSE / Ice Palace Derby Road Chorlton 1918 1931/2 June To October Yearly

PALACE PICTURE HOUSE Derby Street, Cheetham  ?Opened 1933. 1937: (BTP) Prop., Manchester Ice Rink Ltd. 2,000 seats. Phone B’friars 9698. Closed 1940.

PALACE THEATRE / PALACE of VARIETIES Oxford Street  Opened 1891. Architect: Alfred Darbyshire & F. B. Smith. 1896 altered by frank Matcham.  Walter de Frece  (1907) 1909 bioscope. 1913 auditorium rebuilt by Bertie Crewe. 1937: Prop., Moss Empires Ltd. (Legit.) SG46: Prop.: Manchester Palace of Varieties, Ltd., Oxford Street, Manchester, 1. Agents: Moss Empires, Ltd., Cran­bourn Mansions, London W.C.2. Cap.: Boxes 32, stalls 1,016, circle 636, balcony 539. Barring clause: 40 weeks before, two weeks after. Six miles. Once nightly 130. Wednesday and Saturday 2. Twice nightly 5.45 and 8. No matinées. Musical attractions variety and revues. Stage: Prosc. 42½ft. x 30ft., min. depth 30½ft., height under flies 21ft., width between fly galleries 50ft., stage to grid 60ft. Counter-weight gear under consideration. 60 sets of hemp lines. Elec. equip.: Voltage 200 D.C. (15 amp. supply A.C. for special effects, 230 v.). -Footlights, three circuits. Battens, five, each with three circuits, all ind. dimmers. Equipment being renewed. Dressing rooms : Five and one chorus, acc. 24. Sep. band room. Orchestra pit: Acc. 26-30. Resident orchestra 15 (pianoforte, four violins, ‘cello, bass, flute, tenor sax, two clarinets, two alto sax, two trumpets, two trombones, drums). Amplifying equip.: Two turn-table reproducer and microphone. Reproducer switched to front of house and stage speakers. 1953 – façade modernised with glazed faience. 1979 sold by Moss’ Empires to Raymond Slater. Restoration & renovation under Theatre Trust. Architect: Derek Boulton (Smith & Way). Sold to Apollo Leisure 1990. Listed Grade II. Cap. 2000.

PALATINE PICTURE HOUSE  Palatine Road, Withington Opened November 1920. Prop., H. D. Moorhouse circuit. 1941: (BTP) – Props., South Manchester Picture Co., Ltd., Imperial Buildings, 7 Oxford Road, Manchester. 1,034 seats. Booked at H.O. Phone Didsbury 3605. Station, Manchester. Closed March 1960.

PALLADIUM Rochdale Road Blackley 1937: (WE) Prop., Palais-de-Danse Ltd. 1,800 seats. Phone Collyhurst 1058.

PARAGON PICTUREDROME Rosamond Street Chorlton-on-Medlock  Opened 1912. Closed 12^th July 1930.

PARK PICTURE HOUSE Grease St A1exandra Park   Opened c.May 1915. 450 seats. Closed 1928. 1937: 400 seats. (Closed)

PAVILION  Church Street, Newton Heath  Opened c.1921.       1937: (BTH) Prop., Central Cinema Co. (Newton Heath) Ltd. Phone Failsworth 1144. 1941: (BTH) – Props., Central Cinema Co. (Newton Heath) Ltd. 1,000 seats. Continuous Mon. to Fri. Twice nightly Sat. Two changes weekly. Station, Dean Lane, L.M.S. Closed to film 1964. Bingo. Closed 1995.

Pendleton Town Hall f., Chief Cashier  (1907)

People’s Concert Hall Lower Mosley Street  Opened 1846. film 1897  Closed 1897. 

PICCADILLY THEATRE Piccadilly  Opened Monday 31^st July 1922. Architect: Percy Hothersall. M.D. Joseph Muscant. Organ: Wadsworth 4m 52 stop straight. Cafés, and restaurant with dance floor attached. Organ rebuilt by Jardine-Smith 1933. Closed 1937. Empty. Sold c.December 1938. Converted to retail arcade/offices above.
PICTURE HOUSE - Props., Provincial Cinematograph Theatres, Ltd., New Gallery Regent Street, London W.1.

PICTURE THEATRE Varley Street Miles Plaiting Opened 1911? Closed 1914.

PICTUREDROME  Palmerston Street, Ardwick          1937: (WE) Prop., B. H. Franks Cinema Circuit. 800 seats. Phone Ardwick 1802. Closed 12^th July 1958.

PICTUREDROME / New Central Hall 136/140 Stretford Road  Films from 1909. Opened as P‘drome 1910. Closed 1920.
PLAYHOUSE  Oldham Road, Miles Platting  Opened July 1920. 1,827 seats. 1937: (RCA) Prop., A.B.C. Ltd. 1,900 seats. Phone Collyhurst 2878. 1941: (RCA) – Prop., Associated British Cinemas, Ltd., 30-31 Golden Square, London W.1. Phone Gerrard 7887. 1,847 seats. Booked at H.O. Continuous. Phone Collyhurst 2878. Station, Miles Platting, L.M.S. 1970 bingo. Closed 1986/7. Demolished 1998.

PLAZA  Gorton Lane, West Gorton  Opened c.1929 – on site of King George V. 1937: (BTP) Prop., Amusehalls Ltd. 480 seats. Phone East 0425. 1941: (BTP) – Props., Amusall’s Ltd., Orme’s Buildings, Parsonage. Phone Bla 0485. 640 seats. Booked by Amusall’s, Parsonage, Manchester. Twice nightly. Mats. three times a week. Prices 3d. & 9d. Phone East 0425. Station, Manchester, L.M.S.

PLAZA Rochdale Road 1937: (BTP) Prop., A. Sereno. 824 seats. Phone Collyhurst 1274. 1941: (PTA) – Prop., J. Sereno. 1,100 seats. Two shows nightly. Two changes weekly. Prices 3d. to 9d. Station, Exchange.

PLAZA / ROXY / La SCALA 207 Oxford Road, All Saints  Opened 1914 OR 1922. Organ: Wadsworth 3m straight. By 1941 as La S.: (WE) -Props., Asso­ciated British Cinemas, Ltd., Golden Square, W1. 2,200 seats. Booked at H.O. Continuous. Phone Ardwick 3559. Stations, all Man­chester termini. Closed part WWII. To Emery circuit. re-named Roxy. 1958 re-named Plaza. Organ scrapped c.1959. Closed 1965.

POPULAR / Trinity Chapel Mission Hall Cossack later Chapman Street Hulme  Opened 1912. 1937: (El’cord) Prop., M. Ward. 400 seats. Phone Moss Side 2158.

POPULAR PICTURE HOUSE Range Road Whalley Range       Opened pre-1922.

POPULAR PICTURE PALACE Wilson Street, Miles Platting  Opened c.1911. 1937: (BTH) Prop., Miles Platting Picture House Co. Ltd. 450 seats. Phone Failsworth 1940. By 1941: (BTH) – Prop., Miles Platting I.L.P., 2a Enoch Street, Miles Platting. Phone Collyhurst 2601. 350 seats. Booked by E. J. Howarth. Two shows nightly, three mats. weekly. Prices 3d. to 5d. Station, Miles Platting, L.M.S. Closed c.1947.

PREMIER CINEMA Cheetham Hill Road  1937: (WE) Prop., A.B.C. Ltd. 1,887 seats. Phone Cheetham Hill 2076.

PRINCE’S CINEMA  Grey Mare Lane  Openshaw  Opened 1912. Props., as King George’s. c.1,000 tip-up seats. Ernemann machines – 110’ throw. By 1941:  (BTP) – Prop., Prince’s Cinema (Openshaw) Ltd. 7, Imperial Buildings, Oxford Road, Man­chester, Phone Ardwick 2226. 1,600 seats. Booked at H.O. Phone East 0641. Stations, Manchester termini. Closed to film 1965.
PRINCE’S THEATRE Peter Street/ Oxford Street  Opened 1864. Architect: Edward Salomons. Altered 1869 & 1901 by Alfred Darbyshire. George Lee  (No 1) (1907) Prince’s Theatre, 1937: Prop., Prince Littler (Tours) Ltd. (Legit.) 1940 closed & demolished for new ABC cinema – not built owing to war.

PRINCES Grey Mare, Openshaw  1937: (BTP) Prop., H. D. Moorhouse Circuit. Phone East 0641.

PRINCESS CINEMA Conran Street, Harpurhey  Opened c.1912/13. 1937: (BTP) Prop., Blackley Palais de Danse Ltd. Phone Collyhurst 2025. By 1941: (BTP) – Prop., Victory Pictures (Manchester) Ltd., 7 Oxford Road, Manchester. 795 seats. Continuous. Booked at H.O. Phone Collyhurst 2025. Station, Manchester. 1958 – converted to indoor market. Destroyed by fire November 1996.
PRINCESS PICTURE THEATRE  Raby Street, Moss Side  Opened 1912. 1937: (BTP) Prop., G. S. Smith           . 550seats.              Phone Moss Side 2724. 1941: (BTP) – Props., Cinebuilders, Ltd. 540 seats. Booked at Hall. Two shows nightly. Prices 4d. to 9d. Phone Moss Side 2724. Stations, London Road, Central & Victoria. Closed 1938. (Closed.)

Public Hall Alderley Edge

QUEEN’S PARK HIPPODROME Turkey Lane Harpurhey  Opened 1904. Architect: J. J. Alley. Prop., W. B. Broadhead  (1907) 1937: Prop., J. & M. Baum (Variety) Phone Collyhurst 2622. Closed 1952. Demolished 1966.

QUEEN’S PICTURE HOUSE Ashton Old Road Openshaw  Opened 1912. Organ: Wadsworth 2m  straight. To ABC c.1932. 1,205 seats. 1937: (WE) Prop., A.B.C. Ltd. 1,205 seats. Phone East 1040. To independent c.1945. To Star. Organ removed c1959. Closed to film 1961. Bingo.

QUEEN’S PICTURE THEATRE  Stockport Road, Longsight  Opened c.1912/13. 1937: (WE) Prop., Cinemas (Manchester) Ltd. Phone Rusholme 1004. By 1941: (WE) – Prop., Cinemas (Man­chester) Ltd., 20 Brazennose Street, Man­chester. Phone Blackfriars 6965. Booked by Chas. Ogden, 196 Deansgate, Manchester. Twice nightly. Two changes weekly. Prices 6d. to 1s. Phone Rusholme 1004. Station, London Road, L.M.S. Films collected Man­chester offices. Closed 1961.

QUEEN’S THEATRE (No 2)  / LONDON MUSIC HALL  Opened 1862 – hotel conversion. 1870 – reconstructed by Edward Salomons. R. Flanagan  (1907) Demolished.

RADNOR CINEMA Radnor Street, Hulme  (WE) Opened 1937 – Prop., Arthur Murray, 1,150 seats. Prices 6d. to 1s. Continuous Mon. to Fri. Twice nightly Sat. Booked at Hall. Pictures and Variety. Proscenium width 40ft. Stage 7½ft. deep; two dressing-rooms. Phone Moss Side 1563. Station, Manchester Central. Bombed 1940 – never re-opened.

REGAL CINEMA  1937: (BTH) Prop., Hollingwood Cinemas Ltd.

REGAL / WHITEHALL CINEMA Old Lane, Higher Openshaw  Opened 1913. Re-opened, re-named Regal 1953. By 1941: (BTH) – Prop., Whitehall Cinema Co., Ltd. 800 seats, Booked at the Hall by H. Vost, Twice nightly. Prices 4d. to 1s. Phone Droylsden 1325. Stations, Victoria or Exchange. Closed to film 1964. Bingo. Closed c.1980. Warehouse. 1990 upper storey demolished – now ground floor only.

REGENT / GEM 688 Rochdale Road Queens Park  Opened pre-1913. Re-named Regent 1931. 1937: (B.T.P.) 950 seats. 1941: (BTP)  - Prop., Mostyn Sereno. 600 seats. Continuous Sat., twice nightly. Booked locally. Mat., Mon. and Thurs. Prices 3d. to 9d. Phone Bla 2004. Closed 30^th June 1956.

REGENT SUPER Princess Road South  1937: (BTH) Prop., Gorton & D. Cinema Ltd. Phone Moss Side 1955.

REX PICTURE HALL Ashton Old Road, Openshaw  1937: (BTH) Prop., H. D. Moorhouse Circuit. 600 seats. Phone East 0162. 1959 closed by fire.1941: (BTH) – Props., Openshaw Picture Hall Co., Ltd., Imperial Buildings, 7 Oxford Road, Manchester. 830 seats. Booked at H.O. Phone East 0162. Station, Manchester, L.M.S.

Ritz Whitworth Street  - dance hall with cinema-like façade.

RIALTO Bury New Rd., Broughton  1937: (WE) Prop., A.B.C. Ltd. 1,430 seats. Phone Broughton 1367.

RIVIERA CINEMA DE LUXE  1937: (WE) Prop., Mancunian Circuit Ltd. 2,300 seats. Phone Collyhurst 1188.

RIVOLI CINEMA Rochdale Road  1937: (RCA) Prop., B. Kanter. 1,200 seats. Phone Collyhurst 1280.

RIVOLI Gorton  1937: (RCA) Prop., B. Kanter. 1,512 seats.

RIVOLI CINEMA Denmark Road, Rusholme Opened Saturday 24^th August 1929 – dance hall conversion. 1,500 seats. Continuous 6.30 to 10.30, two shows Sat. Prices, 6d, 9d, 1s, 1/3d. 1937: (WE) Prop., D. Rosenfeld. 1,055 seats. Phone Ardwick 1542. By 1941 – Prop., Rivoli Estates, Ltd., 44, Corporation Street, Manchester. 1,110 seats. Booked at Hall. Continuous. Prices 4d. to 1s. Stage 18ft. deep; three dressing-rooms. Phone Ardwick 1452. Station, Manchester Central. Closed 1960. Now part of Manchester University School of Music.

ROY PICTURE HOUSE / ROY PICTUREDROME Ashton Old Road, Openshaw Ardwick  Opened 1913. 1937: (Pic’tone) Prop., Northern Amusements Ltd. 400 seats. Phone East 0501. By 1941: (Picturetone) – Prop., G. Dewhurst. 600 seats. Closed 1958.

ROYAL CINEMA Buckley Street, Rochdale Road  Opened 1913/14. Re-built, re-opened 19^th August 1928 – Chang. (Picturetone) – Prop., A. Wilkinson & J. Mooney. 600 seats. Two shows nightly. Two changes weekly, Prices 2d. to 5d. Station, Victoria, L.M.S. 1937: (BTP) Prop., T. Irwin. 600 seats. Phone Collyhurst 1611.

ROYAL OLYMPIC  Opened 1838. Closed 1841. Demolished.

ROYAL PAVILION PICTURE PALACE Brook Bottom Mossley c.1915 – c.1917

ROYAL PICTURE THEATRE Pendleton – Props., Pendleton Pictures Co., Ltd. Booked at 26 Cross Street, Manchester by J. F. Emery. 780 seats.

ROYAL PICTUREDROME  297 Ashton New Road Openshaw  Opened December 1914. Prop., A. W. Kenny. Tyler ‘Indomitable’ machines. Generated own power. To ABC 1^st July 1929. Closed 1930. Rebuilt as New Royal. See ABC/NewR

RUSHOLME PAVILION  Opened 1910. 1937: (Legit.) 900 seats. Demolished 1965.

RUSHOLME THEATRE / RUSHOLME ELECTRIC THEATRE Wilmslow Road/Great Western Street  Opened 1910 – converted from horse-drawn bus depot. 1923 re-opened as theatre. Rep. closed 1940 – reverted to cinema. 1941: (BTP) – Props., Rusholme Cinema, Ltd., Imperial Buildings, 7 Oxford Road, Manchester. 938 seats. Booked at H.O. Phone Rusholme 2284. Station, Manchester. 1950s chief: Bob Cartlidge. Kalee 8′s, Vulcan arcs, WE Mirrophonic sound. Closed 1971. Demolished – filling station.

St. JAMES’S THEATRE (No 2) Oxford Street  Opened 1884. H. A. Jordison  (1907) Became cinema 1908. Demolished.

St. John’s Rooms Pictures & varieties 1908. Sole mgr. D. C. Mackenzie. Prob. closed by 1910 licencing.

SAVOY / BUTLER ELECTRIC THEATRE / ELECTRIC Butler Street Ancoats  Opened c.1912. BTH sound November 1931. 900 seats. Booked at Theatre. Two shows nightly. Four Mats. weekly. Prices 2d. to 6d. 1937: (B.T.H) Prop., Butler Street Electric Theatres Ltd. 900 seats. Phone Collyhurst 2761. Closed by enemy action 1940. Rebuilt as Savoy March 1950. Closed 14^th April 1956.

SAVOY Manchester Rd., Chorlton-cum-Hardy 1937: (RCA) Prop., A.B.C. Ltd                       1,134       R.C.A (Chorlton 3708)

SAVOY Heaton Moor  1937: Prop., Northern Amusements Ltd.

SAVOY / ELECTRIC / Duke of Edinburgh Hall Denmark Street Moss Side  T. J. Winson  (1907) Opened as Electric 1912. Re-named Savoy 1925. Closed 1931/2.

SAVOY / PALACE / PALACE PICTURE THEATRE Darncombe Street Moss Side

SAVOY Raby Street  Closed  c.September 1931. To be re-built as State – didn’t happen.
SAVOY PICTURE THEATRE/PALACE Renshaw Street, West Gorton      Opened pre-1914. 1937: (BTP) Prop., Savoy (Manchester) Pic Pal Co. Ltd. 500seats. Phone East 1004. Closed c.1948.
La SCALA Oxford Road  1937: (WE) Prop., A.B.C. Ltd 2,100 seats. Phone Ardwick 3559.

SCALA PALACE Withington  1937: (WE) Prop., Pendleton (Scala) Ltd. 665 seats. Phone Didsbury 3301.

Secular Hall Rusholme Road  Licensed from 1913-1915. Closed to film ?1920.

SHAFTESBURY CINEMA THEATRE  Stock­port Road, Longsight  Opened 1913. 1937: (BTP) Prop., H. D. Moorhouse Circuit. Phone Rusholme 4103. By 1941: (BTP) – Prop., Shaftesbury Cinema Theatre Co. (Manchester) Ltd., Imperial Buildings, Oxford Road, Manchester. 1,050 seats. Two shows Sat. Continuous rest of week. Booked at H.O. Phone Rusholme 4103. Station, Manchester. Closed 1961.
SHAKESPEARE Halliwell Lane, Cheetham Hill  1937: (WE) Prop., Swinton Entertainments Ltd. 900 seats. Phone Cheetham Hill 2180.

SHOWCASE Hyde Road, Belle Vue  Opened 1990. 14 screens / 3,200 seats

STAMFORD CINEMA Audenshaw  (BA) – Prop., L. Bailey, 22 Cathedral House, Manchester. 650 seats. Closed 1940.

STAR PICTURE THEATRE  / APOLLO / STAR KINEMA 133 Great Ducie Street, Strangeways  Opened March 1912. Cap. 600. Mgr. G. K. Timperley. Renamed Apollo May 1915. 1922 – re-named Star after box fire.  By 1941: (BTH) – Prop., L. Burgess. 600 seats. Two shows nightly. Station, London Road, L.M.S. Closed 1940s.

State ex-Savoy Raby Street – proposed not built

STRETFORD PICTURE PALACE / Mission Hall  Licensed 1910.

STUDIOS 1 – 5 / STUDIOS One & Two / TWIN REGAL KINEMAS  Oxford Road Opened August 1930. Architects: Pendleton & Dickenson. 1937: (WE) Prop., Piccadilly Picture Theatre (Man’ter) Ltd. 1.500 seats. Phone Central 2437. 1941: (WE) – Prop., The Regal (Manchester) Ltd. (Charles Ogden circuit). 1,600 seats. Continuous. Prices 8d. to 1s. 9d. Stage. 6ft. deep; four dressing-rooms. Phone Central 2437. Café attached. Manchester Stations. Fitted ‘Ardente’ Deaf Aids. To Star  Circuit & re-named Studios 1961. Closed 1985. 1993 The Dance House for Northern Ballet Co.

STUDIOS  6 -  9  Deansgate House, Deansgate  Opened 1973 in new development basement. Prop., Star circuit. Closed 1990.

STUDIOS / QUEEN’S PICTURE HOUSE Ashton Old Road Ardwick  Opened 1912. By 1941: (WE) – Props., Associated British Cinemas, Ltd., 30-31 Golden Square W1. 1,205 seats. Booked at H.O. Evenings continuous and Mats. daily. Continuous from 2p.m. Sats. Phone East 1040. Stations, Mayfield or London Road, L.M.S. Closed to film 1961. Bingo. Closed 1970s. Demolished 1986.

SWAN / PALATINE / COSY CORNER  Levan (later Swan) Street  Opened September 1915 – The Beggar Girl’s Wedding. Closed. Re-opened as Swan May 1926. Closed 13^th December 1930.

TATLER (1) / MAJESTIC / KINEMACOLOUR / ELECTRIC Oxford Street/Whitworth Street West  Opened 1911/12. Re-named Majestic mid-1931. ?re-named Tatler. Demolished for new Tatler 1935.

TEMPLE TWINS / TEMPLE PICTORIUM  Cheetham Hill Road Opened November 1913. 750 seats. 1937 as TP: (BTH) Prop., H. D. Moorhouse Circuit   900 seats. Phone Collyhurst 1939. By 1941: (BTH) – Props., Temple Pictorium (Manchester) Ltd., Imperial Buildings, 7 Oxford Road, Manchester. Phone Ardwick 1226. 846 seats. Booked at H.O., Manchester. Phone Collyhurst 1939. Station, Manchester. Twinned. Closed 1992. Demolished  late 1990s.

THEATRE ROYAL CINEMA / THEATRE ROYAL (2) Peter Street Opened 1845. Architect: John Gould Irwin & Francis Chester. 1875 interior remodelled. Architect: Edward Salomons. Lessee: Edmonstone  Shirra (No 1) (1907) 1921 to J. F. Emery. Re-constructed internally as cinema 4^th September 1922 – Way down East. To Paramount February 1926. ABC interest 1929. Talkies – WE 13^th may 1929 – The Doctor’s Secret. 1932 organ: Compton 3/10 on lift. To HDM circuit June 1935, closed, improved, re-opened 11^th November 1935. 1937: (WE) Prop., H. D. Moorhouse (Cinema) Ltd. 2,010 seats. Phone Blackfriars 9366. By 1941 – (WE) Lessees, H. D. M. (Cinema) Ltd., Imperial Buildings, 7 Oxford Road, Manchester. 1,943 seats. Booked at H.O. Café attached. Phone Blackfriars 9366. Station, Manchester Central, L.M.S. 1960 organ removed. Altered for Cinerama4^th November 1963. Closed to film 13^th August 1972. Bingo. Closed 1990. Listed Grade II. Now a nightclub.

TIVOLI THEATRE of VARIETIES / ALEXANDRA / FOLLY MUSIC HALL Opened 1865 – chapel conversion. Rebuilt 1897. Architect: Perceval. C. A. Wilks (1907) Became cinema 1921. 1927 closed by fire. Demolished 1936.

TOWER CINEMA  Piercy Street, Ancoats  Opened c.1912 1937: (BTP) Prop., Union Cinemas Ltd     700 seats. Phone Ardwick 2926. By 1941: (BTP) – Props., Union Cinemas, Ltd., 15 Regent Street, S.W.1. Phone Whitehall 8484. Booked at H.O. Continuous. Proscenium width 22ft. Phone Ardwick 2926. Station,Victoria, Manchester. Closed May 1953.

TRAFFORD PARK KINEMA Trafford Park  Opened 1910 – conversion of glasshouse.

TRAFFORD PICTURE HOUSE Talbot Road, Old Trafford  Opened c.April 1922. Prop., Reed, Snape, & Ward circuit. 1,,200 seats. Mgr. Edward Boultbee. 1937: (RCA) Prop., A.B.C. Ltd. 1,150 seats. Phone Trafford Park 0986. By 1941: (BTH) – Props., Associated British Cinemas, Ltd., 30/31 Golden Square W1. 1128 seats. Booked at H.O. Continuous. Two Mats. weekly. Continuous Sat. from 2p.m. Proscenium width 30ft. Phone Trafford Park 0986. Station, Old Trafford.  Closed 29^th November 1958.

TRIANGLE PICTURE HOUSE Stretford Road Hulme  Opened 1922. 1937: (M’tone) Prop., Jacobs & Mitchell. 425       seats. Phone Central 3487. Closed March 1939.

TROCADERO Wilmslow Road, Rusholme  Opened August 1912.  1,000 tip-up seats – single floor. 2d, 4d, 6d. 1927 organ: Compton 2/7 single chamber fixed console. ?AWH sound. 1937: (BTP) Prop., Platt Picturedromes Co. 900 seats. Phone Rusholme 4751.         1941:  (BTP) – Props., Platt Picturedrome, Ltd. 850 seats. Two shows daily. Two changes weekly. Prices 5d. to 7d. Phone Rusholme 4751. Organ scrapped c1960. Modernised & re-opened February 1963. Closed by fire 1973 or 1975. Ruins demolished. Later Kwik Save on site.

VICTORIA  Great Clowes Street, Broughton (BTP) – Props., Broughton Cinema, Ltd., Imperial Buildings, 7 Oxford Road, Manchester. Booked at H.O. Phone Blackfriars 9847. Station, Manchester

VICTORIA AVENUE CINEMA Victoria Avenue, Blackley  1937: (WE) Prop., S. Haling. 1,198 seats. Phone Cheetham Hill 1401.

VICTORIA HALL Daniel Street, Butler Street, Ancoats  Opened pre-1914. 1937 as New Victoria Hall: (W.E.)               1,400 seats. By 1941 – Props., Manchester & Salford Wesleysan Mission, Two shows Sat. Price, 3d. Station, Central, C.L.C. closed 1940s.

VICTORIA PICTURE THEATRE Hyde Road/Stockport Road Opened Christmas Eve 1910.

VICTORY CINEMA Varley Street, Miles Platting  1941: (BTP) – Prop, A. E. W. Pentelow, ‘Wood­lands,’ Grindleford, Sheffield. Phone Grindleford 152. 400 Seats. Booked by Prop. Twice nightly. Mat. Sat. Prices 3d. to 6d. Phone Collyhurst 1294. Station, Miles Platting, L.M.S.

VICTORY Moston   1941: (BTP)

VICTORY PICTURE HOUSE Charles Street, Blackley  1937: (BTP) Prop., H. D. Moorhouse Circuit. Phone Collyhurst 2495. 1941: (BTP) – Prop., Victory Pictures (Manchester) Ltd., Imperial Buildings, 7 Oxford Road, Manchester. 1,367 seats. Booked at H.O. Phone Collyhurst 2495. Station, Manchester, L.M.S.

VICTORY PICTURE HOUSE Varley Street Miles Platting  Opened c.1920/21. 1937: (BTP) Prop., H. Willoughby. 450 seats. Closed March 1949. Re-opened July 1949. Closed 1951.

VICTORY PICTURE THEATRE  Charles St/Canran Street Harpurhey  Opened November 1920. Prop. H. D. Moorhouse circuit. Closed ?1930s

WHITE CITY Old Trafford  Opened 1909 – conversion of ballroom. Closed 1910. Now retail park.

WHITEHALL CINEMA Openshaw  1937: (BTH) Prop., Whitehall Cinema Co. 1,000 seats. Phone Droylsden 1325.

WHITWORTH THEATRE Whitworth Street Railway Arch

WINTER GARDENS  / Tivoli Theatre of Varieties Peter St City Opened as Win Gar Cinema Thursday 8^th December 1921 – Peck’s Bad Boy. Burned down New Year’s Day 1927.

WYCLIFFE / CAPITOL TALKIE THEATRE / ROYAL ELECTRIC  Princess Road, Moss Side  Opened c.April 1915. By 1941: (WE) 1,547 seats. Three shows daily. Phone Moss Side 1988. Station, London Road, L.M.S. Wycliffe from January 1948. 1968 Bingo. Closed 1987. Demolished 1990.

YORK CINEMA York Road, Hulme               1937: (WE) Prop., Exors. of Thomas Royle. 1,414 seats. Phone City 5123.

 

MANNINGTREE Essex

PLAZA CINEMA / CINEMA / CINEMA THEATRE  Station Road Opened mid-20s. Conversion of factory with added entrance block. Prop., Tozer & Linsell circuit. 1926 – name cut to Cinema. By 1923 Plaza – Philip J. Cleife. To E. Owen Cooper c.1936. Modernised. 450 seats. By 1941: (MPA) – Props., E. Owen Cooper Theatres, Hadleigh, Suffolk. Phone Manningtree 123. Three changes weekly in 1959. Closed and demolished in 1960s. Housing estate.

 

MANSFIELD Notts

ABC / MGM / CANNON / ABC / GRAND THEATRE Leeming Street  Opened Monday 17^th October 1906 (planned to be Royal Op Hse). Architect: Thomas V. Woodhouse, Newcastle. Prop. Capt. Cecil Clayton – Mansfield, Sutton & District Theatres Co. Tour date. Cap. 1,240. 6d to 2/6d, boxes 10/6d. Edward Gray (1907)  Closed July 1909. Re-decorated, stage enlarged. Architect: Excell. Re-opened 20^th December 1909 – The Broken Heart (play). Façade altered/re-built 1923. 1928: auditorium altered, new stage 40ft. deep & 60’ fly tower + 3-storey dressing room block added to rear. 6 boxes. Architect: J. H. Tomlinson. Re-opened Monday 15^th October 1928 – Barbed Wire (musical play). Cinematograph licence from January 1929. Leased to ABC mid-1931, sold to them 1932. 1937: (WE)  Prop., A.B.C. Ltd. 1,179 seats. Phone 138. 1941: (WE) – Prop., Associated British Cinemas, Ltd., 30-31 Golden Square. London W.1. Phone Gerrard 7887. 1,179 seats. Booked at H.O. Continuous. Pictures and Variety. Proscenium width 33ft. Stage 40ft. deep; 10 dressing-rooms. Phone Mansfield 138. Stations, Mansfield, L.M.S. & L.N.E.R. Stage Play licence maintained to May 1955. Re-named ABC c.1960. Tripled from 23^rd March 1978 – stalls, circle, stage. To Cannon 1986 & re-named. To Pathé, re-named MGM 1992. Re-named ABC. Closed 1997 on multiplex opening. Now snooker club.

BIJOU MUSIC HALL  Greyhound Hotel Stockwell Gate  Open in 1904 – conversion of Assembly/Ball-room? Music Hall with early film. 1905 prop. Matthew Shacklock (hotel licensee), mgr/chairman Ned Herbert. Pianist 1908 Joe Littlewood. Closed c. 1909. To other use.

CENTURY / HIPPODROME Midworth Street  Opened 8^th October 1906. 1912 bought & rebuilt as cinema. Prop. Oaksford Theatres, Ltd. Mgr. Capt. Clayton (of Grand Theatre). 1922 - Prop. & Res. Man., B. Oaksford. Continuous. Two changes weekly. Prices, 6d. to 1s. Phone 227. Station, Mansfield, M.R. To Granada January 1936. 1937: (WE)  Prop., Oaksford Theatres Ltd. 931 seats. Phone 227. 1941: (WE) – Phone Mansfield 926. Prop., The Granada Theatres, Ltd. 36, Golden Square W1. Phone Gerrard 3554. CinemaScope, re-named, re-opened 5^th September 1955. Part-time bingo 1962. Closed to film. Granada Luxury Bingo. Demolished 1991.

EMPIRE SUPER CINEMA  / EMPIRE PALACE of VARIETIES Stockwell Gate/Rosemary Street  Opened Bank Holiday Monday 3^rd August 1914. Architect: W. Willoughby. Converted to cinema 1922. 1921 as Empire – Prop., Cinevars, Ltd. Res. Man., H. W. Fletcher. Two shows nightly. Prices, 8d. to 1s. Phone 297. To Shapeero circuit. To G-B with circuit March 1928. 1937 as ESC: (B.A.) Prop., Denman (Midlands) Cinemas Ltd. 931 seats. Phone 297. 1941: (BA) – Prop., Gaumont-British Picture Corpn., Ltd. 123 Regent Street, London W.1. 823 seats. Booked at H.O. Continuous daily. Prices 9d. to 1s. 6d. Phone Mansfield 297. Stage18ft. deep. Station, Mansfield. Fitted ‘Ardente’ Deaf Aids. Closed 5^th or 14^th January 1961 – The Seige of Sidney Street and Hello London. Sold 1962. Demolished 1973.

FILM THEATRE Old Library  Opened 14^th May 1980 – Fedora. Conversion of part of former library. Cost £12,000.

GRANADA / PLAZA  Westgate  Opened 4^th August 1930. Architect: Alfred J. Thraves. Prop., Plaza Mansfield Ltd. (Oaksford Theatres). Jnt man. dirs. B. Oaksford & W. R. Bates. c.1550 seats. Gen. mgr. B. Oakford. Cont 2.30 – 10.30, Sat mat. & twice nightly. 9d to 2s. To Granada September 1934. 1937: (WE)  Prop., Oaksford Theatres Ltd. 1,523 seats. Phone 926. 1941: (WE) – Props., The Granada Theatres, Ltd., 36, Golden Square W1. Phone Gerrard 3554. Booked at H.O. Con­tinuous. Phone Mansfield 926. Café attached. Re-named 20^th April 1942. 1530 seats by 1967. closed 26^th June 1973. Demolished immediately for Littlewood’s shop.

ODEON / ABC Nottingham Road  Opened 5^th December 1997. Seats: 1: 393 2: 393 3: 246 4: 246 5: 221 6: 221 7: 193 8: 193. 2006 mgr. Peter Jackson.

PALACE THEATRE / CIVIC THEATRE / PALACE Electric THEATRE Leeming Street  Opened 13^th December 1910. Architect: F. P. Cook & Lane. Prop., Electric Theatres Co. Cine-variety. Pros 22’, depth 23’ 6”, width 45’, grid 30’. 7 dressing rooms. 1922 - Prop., Mansfield Palace, Ltd. Res. Man., F. J. Booth. Continuous. Mat., Sat. Two changes weekly. Prices, 6d. to 1s. 3d. Phone 71. Station, Mansfield, G.C.R., 142 miles. New frontage 1937. 1937: (B.T.H)  Prop., Sherwood Palaces Ltd. 800 seats. Phone 882. 1941: (BTH) Prop., Sher­wood Palaces, Ltd., Whitefriars House, Friar Lane, Nottingham. 740 seats. Continuous nightly. Two changes weekly, Prices 7d. to 1s. 2d. Booked at Nottingham. Phone 882. Stage Play licence from 10^th July 1944 to 17^th November 1954. Bought by council 1954. Civic Hall. Became Civic Theatre 1956. Frontage altered and stalls rake increased. Stage Play licence from 12^th March 1956. 497 seats. Later new fly tower. Now 12 dressing rooms. 582 seats.

POPULAR PICTURE PALACE / ELM TREE CINEMA / Elm Tree Club Elm Tree Street  Hall built behind terrace housing, and entrance through conversion. Opened as cinema 4^th July 1910. Closed by 1912. To plasterer & decorator.

QUEEN’S THEATRE / PICTUREDROME 44 Belvedere Street  Opened Thursday 1^st April 1920 -  Her Final Reckoning and The Eagle’s Mate. Prop., A. Richardson (? & co.). 1922 - Prop., Pic­turedrome (Mansfield), Ltd. Res. Man., J. W. Cox. Two shows nightly. Two changes weekly. Prices, 6d. to 1s. Phone, Mansfield 418. Station, Mansfield, M.R., 142 miles. Cine licence allowed to lapse 1928. Billiard Hall. Became Queen’s Th. Monday 10^th December 1934. 1937 as P’drome:  500 seats.(Closed) ?Ministry store WWII. Many uses after. 1992–95 – club with all-night licence: Zest / Venue 44. Now flats behind original façade.

RITZ Chesterfield Road, Bull Farm  Opened Thursday 24^th September 1936. Prop. Ritz Cinema (Mansfield) Ltd (J. E. Barnes, J. A. Tancred, & G. Nicholson). 652 stadium seats. February 1938 Hammond 2m electronic organ. Auditorium burned out Sunday 20^th March 1938. Re-opened Saturday 30^th July 1938 – Saratoga. Free 50-car park. By 1941: (BTH) – Prop., Ritz Pictures (Mansfield) Ltd. 622 seats. Con­tinuous weekdays, Sat. twice nightly and Mat.; once nightly Sun. Prices. 8d. to 1s.2d. Booked by J. E. Barnes, The Phar­macy, Langwith. Phone Shirebrook 284. Proscenium width 28ft. Phone Mansfield 1218. Station, Mansfield, L.M.S. By 1952 mgr. B. B. Brooks. CinemaScope 25^th August 1955 – Drum Beat. Closed Sunday 4^th May 1958 – Just For You and Turning Point. Converted to garage.

ROCK CINEMA / ROCK PALACE / ROCK PICTURE HOUSE and Variety Theatre Skerry Hill Opened Monday 26^th October 1914 – “The Revolving Becketts’, plus William Cave and Jimmie Cozens, the popular Skegness comedians, and all the latest pictures – an exclusive War Drama, The Valley of Death, Max on the Briny, The Tango Tangle, and Pathe’s coloured film The Curse of War. Man. dir. William Hall, mgr. Ernest Gouk (ex-Victoria Hall). Cap. 850. Popular People’s Prices, 3d., 4d. and 6d. By 1916 to Charles Bruton. 1922 - Prop., Res. Man., E. D. Williams. Continuous. Two changes weekly. Prices, 6d. to 1s. Phone, Mansfield 333. Station, Mansfield, M.R. To Shapeero (Record circuit) by 1924. To G-B with circuit March 1928. Mgr., C. H. Collins. BA sound 1931. 1937 as RPH: (BA)  Prop., Denman (Midlands) Cinemas Ltd. 764 seats. Phone 333. 1941: (BA) – Prop., Denman Midlands Cinemas, Ltd. 760 seats. Booked at H.O. Continuous. Two changes weekly. Prices 6d. to 1s. Phone Mansfield 333. Station, Mansfield, L.M.S. & L.N.E.R. Re-equipped for CinemaScope 8^th September 1955 – You Lucky People. 595 seats. Closed 30^th October 1956 – The Man Who Knew Too Much and The Good Beginning. New projectors to Mansfield Empire. ‘Obituary’ Chronicle-Advertiser 4^th October. Sold for retail use. Still there in 2008.

TIVOLI see Mansfield Woodhouse

Town Hall  f., R. Langley  (1907) Lantern lectures. Early film seasons.

VICTORIA PICTURES / Victoria Hall  Opened c.1901. f., E. Gouk  (1907) 1st cinema, by George Fox – local publican. 1922 as VH – Prop., Sutton & Kirkby Picture Palace Co., Ltd. Closed to film between April 1924 (last advert.) and licence being not renewed in 1928. Became Palais de Danse. Now club.

 

MANSFIELD-WOODHOUSE Notts

TIVOLI / CINEMA / PICTURE HOUSE / TIVOLI  Station Street  M. Sanson  (1907) Closed c.1905. Opened as cinema August Bank Holiday 1912. Pictures & variety. To George Hogg. 1922 as PH – Prop. & Res. Man., George Hogg. Head office, Picture House, Mansfield ­Woodhouse. One show nightly. Two changes weekly. Prices, 6d. to 1s. Station, Mans­field-Woodhouse, M.R., 145 miles. Closed Christmas 1931. Re-opened as Tiv 1933. 320 seats on one floor. 6d, 8d, 9d 1s. By 1941: (Imperial) – Prop., Tivoli Pictures (Mansfield-Woodhouse) Ltd., Station Street, Mansfield-Woodhouse. 312 seats. Booked by J. E. Barnes, The Pharmacy, Langwith, Mansfield. Continuous. Two shows and Mat. Sat. Prices 7d. to 1s. 2d. Phone Shirebrook 284. Station, Mansfield­-Woodhouse, L.M.S.  Refurbished 1947. 1950 prices 9d to 1/9d. Closed Saturday 3^rd May 1958. Demolished 1963.

 

MARCH Cambs

HIPPODROME  Dartford Road (WE)  Opened 1928. – Prop., March Amusements, Ltd., Hippodrome, March. 903 seats. Prices 8d. to 2s. 2d. Booked at London. Continu­ous. Proscenium width 32ft. Stage 24ft. deep. Five dressing-rooms. Phone 3178. Station, March, L.N.E.R. Run by Hipp Co. 1936-65. 1965 to Star circuit. & 1985- . 96 seats. Closed c.2002. Projection & sound equipment to Stockport Plaza.

REGENT / Picture PALACE  Dart Hill Opened 1912. 1922 – Prop., Jos. Collingwood. One show nightly, three on Sat. Two changes weekly. Prices, 4½d. to 1s. 1d. Phone 4. Station, March, G.E.R.  1937: (R.C.A.) Prop. March Amusements Ltd. 800 seats. By 1941: (RCA) – Prop., March Amusements, Ltd. Hippodrome, March. 408 seats. Continuous. Prices 9d. to 1s. 10d. Booked in London. Stage 26ft. deep. Five dressing-rooms. Proscenium width 20ft. Phone March 3178. Station, March, L.N.E.R. Later – Prop., J. Collingwood. Head office, Dark Hill, March. Res. Man., J. S. Colling­wood. Two changes weekly. Prices, 1s. to 3s. Phone, 4. Station, March. G.E.R. Closed to film 1959. Dance hall. Later florist, then estate agency in foyer. Auction room in auditorium. Burned down 1970s.

Public Hall Theatre  f., J. Collingwood  (1907)

 

MARDEN and NORTHIAM Kent

- Mon. – Travelling show G. Hughes.

 

MARGATE and Cliftonville Kent

ASTORIA Northdown Road, Cliftonville (WE)  Opened 4^th August 1934. Architect: Edward Stone. 1,305 seats. Organ: Compton 3c/5. Stage 18ft. deep. Organ removed 1936 – Savoy, Stoke Newington. 1941 – Prop., Associated British Cinemas, Ltd., 30/31 Golden Square, London W.1. 1,505 seats. Continuous. Booked at H.O. Proscenium width 36ft. Stage 18ft. Two dressing-rooms. Phone Margate 1565. Café attached. Station, Margate (Temporarily closed.) Destroyed by bomb.

CAMEO THEATRE / LOUNGE PICTURE THEATRE Northdown Road  Opened 22^nd January 1912 – converted from two boarding houses & their rear gardens. 550 seats. 1922 – Prop., Cliftonville Entertainment Association. Continuous. Daily mat. Two changes weekly. Prices, 5d. to 1s. 3d. Station, Margate West, S.E. & C.R. Closed 1935. Re-opened as Cameo May 1936: (R.C.A.) Prop. Lou. Morris. 300 seats. 1941: (RCA) Prop., L. Morris, 52 Shaftesbury Avenue, W.1. Phone Gerrard 1668. 450 seats. Continuous. Booked at Hall. Prices 6d. to 2s. Phone Margate 1207. Station, Margate, S.R. Films by Motor Transport.

CLASSIC CINEMA / PARADE CINEMA 7 The Parade (later 8 Fort Hill)  Opened 26^th June 1911. ArchitectsL: C. W. Stanley && W. J. Ballard. 600 seats – single floor. 1922 – Prop., Parade Cinema, Margate (1914), Ltd. Res. Man., F. Psimagalli. Three shows daily. Two changes weekly. Prices, 5d. to 1s. Phone 299. Altered 1936/7: (B.A.)Prop., Mr. & Mrs. J. Armes. 600 seats. 1941: (GB) – Prop., John Armes. 537 seats. Continuous. Booked at Hall. Prices 8d. to 1s. 10d. Proscenium width 25ft. Phone Margate 229. Station, Margate West S.R. To Classic subsid. c.1946. Re-named Classic c.1951. Later Vogue bingo.

CLIFTON CINEMA  Opened 19^th October 1910 – conversion of Baths Drill Hall. 1922 – Continuous. Mat. daily. Two changes weekly. Phone, Margate 129. Station, Margate, S.E. & C.R.

Dane Park J. Saxby  (1907)

DREAMLAND HALL (1) / Hall-by-the-Sea ‘Lord’ Geo. Sanger  (1907) 1922 - Prop., Amusement Park Installations. Phone, Margate 189. Station, Margate West, S.E. & C.R. 1929: Organ Noterman 2m. 17s. Closed 1935 for Dreamland (2). Organ removed, re-built and 13 ranks transferred.

DREAMLAND SUPER CINEMA (2) (WE Wide Range) Opened 22^nd March 1935 – The Painted Veil. Prop., Margate Estates Ltd. Architects: Leathart & Granger, interior designs J. B. Iles. Organ: Compton/Noterman 4/19 + solo ’cello with surround on lift & grand piano. Simplex machines H&C HI arcs. 1941: (WE)  - Prop. Margate Estates Co., Ltd., Dreamland Park, Margate. 2,200 seats. Proscenium width 40ft. Phone Margate 844. Café and Dance Hall attached. (Closed.) 1970 – split for bingo/cinema in circle. Twinned – seats: 1: 378 2: 376. Bingo & organ in stalls. Closed to film 2008.

Foresters’ Hall Union Street  f., R. H. Fright  (1907) Early film  shows. Later converted to salvation Army Citadel.

GARDEN ELECTRIC Fort Road  Outdoor venue 1910 – 1914.

GRAND (No 2) F. Mouillot (1907)

HIPPODROME Cecil Square   Opened 1898. Architect: S. F. Davison. F. Mouillot & W. de Frece (1907) 1922 - Prop., Charles Gulliver; Res. Man., Jack Binns. Two shows nightly. Two changes weekly. Prices, 6d. to 2s. Station, Margate West, S.E. & C.R.

Cinema equipment installed 1931. By 1941: (RCA) – Prop., Associated Theatres (Margate) Ltd. Receiver, W. T. Thorn, 5 Cecil Square, Margate. 936 seats. Continuous. Prices 6d. to 2s. Proscenium width 30ft. Stage20ft. deep ; six dressing-rooms, Phone 1190. Station, Margate. SG46: Allgood Entertainments, Ltd., Hippodrome, Cecil Square, Margate. Cap.: Stalls 460, boxes (4) seating 20, D. circle 642, (boxes 2, seating gallery 350. Barring clause: Birchington, Margate, Westgate, Broad­stairs, Ramsgate. Once nightly 7. Mats. Wednesday and Thursday. Type of entertainment: Theatrical. Stage: Prosc. 31ft., height 23ft., min. depth from setting line 35ft., height under fly galleries 19ft., width between fly galleries 40ft., height of grid from stage 41ft. No counterweight gear. 30 lines. Elec. equip.: 240 v. (lighting) 480 v. D.C. Footlights, four circuits with ind. dimmers. Four battens each with four circuits with ind. dimmers. Four dips, switch con­trolled, Six floods on stands. Two f-o-h following limes. Dressing rooms: Eight single, two chorus, acc. 40. Orchestra: Acc. 12. No resident orchestra. Amplifying equip.: Two-turntable reproducer. F-o-h only. Microphone. The premises include a restaurant, where artistes can obtain lunch and dinner daily except Sundays. Fully licensed public-house.  Closed 1958. Demolished.

LIDO THEATRE Cliftonville  Opened Friday 27^th May 1955 – Sunshine & Smiles.

Kursaal  (1907)

PLAZA / CINEMA de LUXE  High Street  Opened 1915. Architect: Peter Stoneham. 1922 - Prop., Margate Cinema de Luxe, Ltd. Continuous. Daily mat. Two changes weekly. Prices, 5d. to 1s. 3d. Phone, Margate 58. Station, Margate S.E. & C.R. 1937 as Plaza: (W.E.) Prop., C. Senior. 414 seats. Phone 58. By 1941:  (WE) – Prop., L. Morris, 52 Shaftesbury Avenue. W.1. Phone Gerrard 1668. 422 seats. Booked at Hall. Continuous. Prices 6d. to 1s. 6d. Proscenium width 22ft. Phone Margate 58. Station, Margate West, S.R. Now religious use.

QUEEN’S HALL Prop.: Corporation. Made from colonnade and court of Winter Gardens post-WWII.

REGAL  Cecil Square (WE)  Opened 21^st December 1934. Prop., County Cinemas. Architect: Robert Cromie. 1,795 seats. Organ: Conacher 4c/12 with surround on lift + Grand Piano. By 1941: Prop., Regal (Margate) Ltd., Old County Cinema, Marlow, Bucks. Phone Marlow 695-9. Prices 9d. to 2s. 6d. Booked by Odeon Theatres, Ltd., Moor Hall, Cookham, Berks. Continuous. Proscenium width 40ft. Café attached. Phone Margate 1800. Station, Margate. Bombed 1941. Ruins demolished.

THEATRE ROYAL ‘Patent Theatre’ (No 3) H. Macknight (1907) 1933 talkies as Kinema Royal. Rear projection. Closed to film 1934.

WINTER GARDENS Fort Crescent  Opened 1912 as Concert hall. Flat-floor hall with balcony. Cap. 1,800. Band platform re-built as stage 30s. Summer season variety.

 

MARKET DEEPING Lincs

ELECTRIC PICTUREDROME  1922: A. Briggs proprietor. Closed. Demolished.

EMPIRE CINEMA (BA) – Opened September 1928. Architects: Ward & Woolnough. Props., Bancroft Circuit. Booked at 56, Bridge Street, Peterborough. Phone Peterborough 2297. 500 seats. Continuous. Prices 8d. to 1s. 6d. Phone Deeping 336. Station, James Deeping & Tallington. CinemaScope from Thursday 5^th July 1956 – To Hell and Back. Closed 11^th May 1963 – Mr Hobbs takes a Vacation and Emerald Canyon. Car showroom since. Still stands.

 

MARKET DRAYTON Salop

Assembly Room  Wycherley  (1907)

REGAL / HIPPODROME SUPER CINEMA Station Road  Opened 10^th October 1927. Prop., T. E. Markham, 1100 seats. By 1941: (WE) – Prop., T. E. Markham, Ye Olde Wyche Theatre, Nantwich. Phone Nantwich 5338. 906 seats. Occasional Variety. Booked at H.O. Continuous even­ings. Mat. Sat. Stage32ft. deep. Four dressing-rooms. Prices 8d. to 1s. 9d. Phone Market Drayton 122, Station, Market Drayton. G.W.R. Sold to S.M. Super Cinemas & re-named Regal 1952. To Essoldo  26^th August 1954. Closed to film September 1966. Bingo. Closed. Kwik Save. Closed 2006.

ROYAL FESTIVAL Drayton Centre Theatre with full cinema facilities.

TOWN HALL CINEMA / New Town Hall Secretary  (1907) By 1941: (Film Industries) – Prop. Sydney T. Collett. 500 seats. Prices 6d. to 1s. 6d. Mon. to Fri. at 7.15 p.m. Sat, 2.30 and 6 p.m. Booked at Birmingham. Phone Market Drayton 2151. Station, Market Drayton, G.W.R.

 

MARKET HARBOROUGH Leics

Corn Exchange  f., Town Clerk  (1907)

COUNTY Electric CINEMA / Philanthropic Hall / New Hall 19 The Square  Built 1872. Public hall, later skating rink. Opened as County Monday 9^th November 1911. Lessee United Counties Pic Halls.  Cap. 660. Prices, 3d & 6d. Bought by UCPH March 1912. Closed July 1912. Entrance rebuilt & pros added. Stage 12’ deep. 1922 – Prop. United County Picture Halls, Ltd. Res. Man., Harry Jennings. Two shows nightly. Two changes weekly. Seating, 500. Sound August 1932 (set transferred from Oriental). 1937 as CE: (Mel’tone) Prop., Show Films Ltd. 600 seats.  1941 (Gyrotone) – Prop., Showfilms, Ltd., 55 St. Mary’s Road, Market Harborough. Phone 31. 600 seats. Booked at Oriental Cinema by R. Justice. Two shows Sat only. Prices 5d. to 1s. 4d. Occasional Variety. Stage 12ft. deep; two dressing-rooms. Station. Market Harborough L.M.S. Requistioned at WWII. Never re-opened. Post-war dancing school. Then foyer shop/auditorium club. Demolished 1968.Woolworth shop on enlarged site.

MARKET HARBORBOROUGH THEATRE

ORIEN / ORIENTAL CINEMA 55 St. Mary’s Road   Opened Monday 6^th June 1921 – The Call of the Wild. Conversion of rifle club with added foyer/crush hall. Pros. width 22’, 15’ deep, two dressing rooms. 524 seats. Prices, 9d to 2s. Power: gas engine/dynamo. 1922 – Props., Showfilms Ltd., 28 St. Mary’s Road (G. R. Wright & R. Justice). Res. Man., R. Justice. Twice nightly. Two changes. Phone 31. Gyrotone sound 2^nd December 1929 – The Singing Fool. WE sound 16^th November 1931 – Excape. 1937 as Oriental: (W.E.) Prop., Show Films Ltd. 524 seats. Phone 31. 1941: (WE) – Prop., Showfilms, Ltd., 55 St. Mary’s Road. 550 seats. Man. Dir., R. Justice. Booked at Hall. Twice nightly. Prices 5d. to 1s. 3d, Phone 2431. Post WWII to Bert J. Wilson, Uppingham. Re-named Orien. CinemaScope 11^th July 1955 – The Robe. Closed 17^th January 1959 – The Man Inside. Dance hall/ roller rink. Demolished.

RITZ 4-6 Northampton Road  (WE)  Opened Monday 22^nd May 1939 – The Drum. Architect: William T. Benslyn & Ernest F. Tulley. 1,109 seats. Prop., Union Cinemas, Ltd., 15 Regent Street, London, S.W.1. Prices, 6d to 1/3d. Ross machines, Mirrophonic sound. Fitted ‘Ardente’ Deaf Aids. CinemaScope Monday 16^th May 1955 – Seven Brides for Seven Brothers. Leased to Star circuit 1969-1975. Closed to film Tuesday 25^th April 1978 – Fist of Fury. Silverline bingo. Closed 1982. Kwik Save supermarket. Closed c.2003. Empty.

Town Hall  f., Town Clerk  (1907)

 

MARKET LANGTON  Wilts

Parish Hall

 

MARKET RASEN Lincs

PICTURE HOUSE Chapel Street  1922 - Prop. & Man., L. G. Pycock. One show nightly. Two changes weekly. Prices, 8d. to 1s. 5d. Station, Market Rasen, G.C.R.

TOWN HALL CINEMA Market Place  1937: (Morrison) Prop., J. F. & T. C. Badley Ltd. 350 seats.     1941  (Morrison) – Prop., J. F. Badley, The Terrace, Spilsby, Lincs. Phone Spilsby 5. 350 seats. Booked at H.O. Once nightly. Continuous Sat, Prices 4d. to 1s. 4d. Station, Market Rasen, also by Lincoln & District Film Transport Co. Boston. 1952 installed Imperial sound. 

WAVERLEY CINEMA Queen’s Street  (RCA) Opened 1^st June 1944 – Lost Angel. c.350 seats – one raked tier. Kalee 8s – screen 14’x12’. Closed 4^th April 1964 – I’ll Take Sweden. Demolished 1971. (M. Brader)

 

MARKET WEIGHTON Yorks

The CINEMA / CENTRAL HALL (AWH) – Props., J. W. Garforth & Son. 500 seats. Booked by Props. at Hall or Leeds. Shows once nightly. Mat. Sat. Occasional Variety. Prices 3d. to 1s.3d. Proscenium width 21ft. Stage 12ft. Films by Transport. Station, Market Drayton.

 

MARKFIELD Leics

PICTURE HOUSE Main Street  Opened c.1920. Props., Edward Chapman & William Geary. 1925 to Memorial & Miner’s Welfare. Occasional films. Closed. Now village hall.

 

MARLBOROUGH Wilts

CINEMA / ELECTRIC PICTURE HALL / ELECTRIC THEATRE High Street  Opened 1915. Prop., G. Sheffield. 1922 – Prop.  &  Res. Man., G. Sheffield. Continuous. Two changes weekly. Prices, 6d. to 1s. 3d. Station, Marlborough, G.W.R. To Williams family – Marlborough entertainments Ltd. 1931: Miss A. Hillier, proprietress. Closed 7^th August 1971 – Dad’s Army. Empty. Demolished late 1970s.

 

MARLOW-on-THAMES Bucks

Old COUNTY CINEMA / COUNTY CINEMA / KING GEORGE’S / PICTURE PALACE Spital Street  Opened c.1914. 1922 KYB. 1926 modernised & re-named. To County Cinemas July 1927. Re-named 1937: (W.E.) County Cinemas Ltd. 328 seats. Phone 227. Closed January 1938 for new County. Building to Odeon with circuit. Used by Odeon as WWII admin. H.Q. Sold 1952. Engineering.  

Music Rooms  C. H. Yates  (1907)

REGAL / ODEON / COUNTY CINEMA Station Road (WE) Opened January 1938. Architect: David E. Nye. 748 seats. To Odeon with circuit 1939. Re-named Odeon 1941. By 1941  - Prop., Entertainments & General Investment Corporation, Ltd., Old County Cinema, Marlow, Bucks. Phone Marlow 695-9. Booked at Moor Hall, Cook­ham, Berks. Continuous from 5.15p.m. Mat., Wed and Sat. Prices 9d. to 2s. 6d. Proscenium width 30ft. Phone Marlow 3. Station, Marlow, G.W.R. To Theatre Administration (Clifton circuit) 1959 & re-named Regal. Sold 1983. Closed 24^th March 1985. Demolished immediately. Offices on site.

 

MARNHULL Dorset

Blackmoor Vale Lodge Room  Dexter  (1907)

Temperance Hall Hayter  (1907)

 

MARPLE Cheshire

GEM CINEMA  1922 – Prop., Wood & Haywood. Three shows Sat., one show nightly rest 01 the week. Two changes weekly. Prices, 3d. to 1s. 3d. Station, Marple, G.C.R. Closed by 1937.

REGENT CINEMA / Shepley Hall Stockport Road  J. Waine  (1907)  KYB 1922 as Shepley Hall. (BTH) Opened c.1932 – conversion of union rooms & three houses. Architect: R. H. Samson. Prop., Marple Cinema Co., Ltd., 19 Howard Street, Sheffield. Phone Sheffield 20062. 500 seats. Phone 482. 1941: Booked at H.O. and Hall. Twice nightly, Mat., Mon., Thurs, and Sat. Prices 3d. to 1s. 6d. Occa­sional Variety. Booked through Manager at Marple. Proscenium width 18ft. Stage6ft. deep; two dressing-rooms. Phone Marple 482. Station, Marple, L.M.S.  Still open. 285 seats.

 

MARSDEN Yorks

ELECTRIC THEATRE Opened 1919 (RCA)  - Prop. & Man., T. Leyland. 550 seats. Once nightly. Two changes weekly, Station, Marsden, L.M.S. Closed 1975.

Mechanics’ Hall W. Griffiths  (1907)

 

MARTOCK Som

ELECTRIC THEATRE (Mihaly) – Props., Walford Pictures, Chard, Somerset. Booked at H.O. Once nightly, Sat., Bank Holidays. Prices 9d. to 1s. 6d. Proscenium width 18ft.

Liberal Hall - Prop., Martock Liberal Hall Co., Ltd., Church Street, Sec., W. H, Tucker, East View, Stapleton, Martock. Hall to let for shows, etc. Rates on application to Secretary,

NEWTH’S CINEMA – Prop. & Res. Man., Fred Newth. Two changes weekly. Station, Martock, G.W.R.

Public Hall W. G. Bull  (1907) 1941 – Sat. Twice nightly. Travelling show S. & S. Cinemas (G. F. Bellamy).

 

MARYPORT Cumb

Athenaeum f., T. Skelton  (1907)

CARLTON CINEMA Senhouse Street (WE) – Props., Graves Cinemas, Ltd., Athenaeum Buildings, Maryport. 750 seats. Two shows nightly. Three changes weekly, Prices 8d. to 1s.           6d. Phone Maryport 43. Stations, Maryport, L.M.S. Closed to film. Closed c.1980. Derelict. 2005 – exterior cleaned & restored. For sale empty 2006.

Circus Pitch R. H. Thompson  (1907)

Co-operative Hall W. Robinson  (1907)

EMPIRE THEATRE Senhouse Street  1922 - Prop., Graves Bros. Res. Man., P. Haley. Two shows nightly. Two changes weekly. Phone, Maryport 16. Station, Maryport, M.R. & C.R. 1937: 756 seats. By 1941: (WE) – Props., Graves Cinemas, Ltd., Athenaeum Buildings, Maryport. 850 seats. Booked at H.O. Two shows nightly. Two changes weekly, Prices 8d. to 1s. 6d. Phone 7.

PALACE THEATRE High Street  1922 - Prop., Graves Bros. Res. Man., J. Graves. Two shows nightly. Two changes weekly. Phone 16. Station, Maryport, M. & C.R. (Listed as closed in 1937.) 1941 – 450 seats. Booked by Graves Cinemas, Ltd. Twine shows nightly. Two changes weekly, Phone Maryport 16. Station, Maryport, L.M.S.

 

MASBORO’ nr Rotherham Yorks

TIVOLI PICTURE HOUSE  169 Masboro’ Street  Opened Saturday 5^th April 1913. Prop.  Charles Henry Lord, Bradford (Tivoli Pictures Ltd.) Architect: J. E. Knight, Rotherham – conversion of existing building. 630 seats – 500+130. Pros. width 33ft., depth 12ft., four dressing rooms. Butcher’s 13 ‘Empire’ machines. Closed 1915 – WWI lack of staff. Leased to S.W Gent (Grand Theatre Company, Sheffield). Mgr Tom Ryan, projectionist Miss N. Salvini. Re-opened August 1918, lessee George T. Longden. 1922  - Prop., G. F. Longden. Res. Man., Miss N. Salvini. Two shows nightly. Two changes weekly. Prices; 2½d. to 7d. Station, Masboro’, M.R. Closed summer 1931 – reconstructed. Architect – Frank A. Tugwell, Scarborough. WE Wide Range sound, screen 21ft wide x 16ft high. Reopened Saturday 1^st August 1931 – The Gay Nineties. Proprietors C. H. Lord. May Kaye mgress. Prices 6d to 1s. 1932 to Westminster Picture Palace Co. 644 seats. Prices 5d to 1s. Occasional variety. By 1941  (WE) – Prop., Messrs. J. J. Woffenden, B. Barker & J. R. Whiteley. 910 seats. Booked at Hall. Continuous. Occasional Variety. Twice nightly Sat. Prices 5d. to 1s. 2d. Proscenium width 33ft. Stage12ft. deep, Four dressing-rooms. Phone Rotherham 135. Station, Masboro’, L.M.S. CinemaScope Thursday 1^st December 1955 – The Purple Mask. Closed Saturday 31^st January 1959 - The Proud Rebel and Handle with Care. Furniture showroom/warehouse. Sold 1988. Demolished July 1989 – car park.

 

MASHAM Yorks

PICTUREDROME / Town Hall

 

MATLOCK  Derbys

PALACE / PICTURE PALACE Dale Road  Opened 22^nd March 1913. Prop., Matlock Pic Pal Co. Cap. 520. 1922 as Pal – Prop., Matlock Picture Palace Co. Res. Man., J. B. Richards. Continuous. Two changes weekly. Prices, 5d to 1s. 6d. Phone, Matlock 72. – Station, Matlock, M.R. By 1941: (WE) – Props., Matlock Cinemas, Ltd. 600 seats. Continuous Prices 5d. to 1s.2d. Stations Matlock, L.M.S. Closed c.1959. Electrical wholesaler. 1964 Bingo. Closed 1967. Now Bamford’s. Re-roofed 2007.

RITZ / CINEMA HOUSE Causeway Lane  Opened December 1922. Prop. Matlock Cs. 950 seats. Stage 22’ deep, 5 dressing rooms. Café. Pictures & variety. 1937: 781 seats. By 1941: (WE) – Prop., Matlock Cinemas, Ltd. 940 seats. Continuous Prices 6d. to 1s. 6d. Pictures and Variety. Proscenium width 25ft. Stage 22ft. deep. Seven dressing-rooms. Café attached. Phone Matlock 121. Station, Matlock, L.M.S. To Star circuit 1955 & re-named. CinemaScope. Bingo stalls & circle twinned – 200, 100. To Edkey circuit. Closed c.1993/4. To Trevor Harris. Re-opened 22^nd July 1994.  Part nightclub/part retail.

VICTORIA HALL PICTUREDROME / Victoria Hall Smedley Street  fl. 1912-1915. Lessee Mr. Wild. Cap. 450.

 

MATLOCK BATH Derbys

Baths Assembly Room W. Hall  (1907)

Grand PAVILION  Opened 1910. Pictures & variety. Prop. U.D.C. 1916  lessee, R. H. Taylor. 1922 – Prop., Matlock Bath U.D, Council. Res. Man., E. Randle. One show nightly, two on Sat. Prices, 5d. to 1s. 3d. Phone, Matlock 186. Station, Matlock, Bath, M.R. By 1932, lessee H. L. Osmond. By 1935, lessee E. C. W. Thompson. To Matlock Cs June 1936. Closed to film c.1938. By 1941: (Morrison) – 500 seats. Continuous nightly, Mat. Sat. Occasional Variety. Prices 6d. to 1s. Proscenium width 23ft. Stage 37ft. deep. Five dressing-rooms. Phone Matlock 257. Station, Mat­lock Bath, L.M.S. Films by Broxburn Transport. 1990s Music venue.

Pavilion f., Secretary  (1907)

 

MATTISHALL

ELECTRIC CINEMA  Prop., Gordon Arthur Fickling. (Stephen Peart)

 

MEADOWFIELD Brandon Colliery  Co. Durham

CO-OPERATIVE KINEMA / Central Hall Built 1902. 1^st-floor hall. Used for dances & early films. Opened as proper cinema October 1913. Mgr., Thomas A. Young. Prop., Brandon & Byshottles Co-operative Society, Ltd. Mgr 1919 – 34 Charles Robinson. 1937: (W.E.) C. C. Robinson. 712 seats.  By 1941: (WE) 608 seats. Mon. continuous. Tues. to Fri. once nightly. Sat., twice nightly. Booked at Newcastle. Prices 5d. to 10d. Proscenium width 23ft. Stage24ft. deep; five dressing-rooms. Phone Brandon Colliery 45. Station, Brandon Colliery, L.N.E.R.Closed Sunday 16^th July 1961. Projectionist Robert Swainston. Gaumont-Kalee machines and arcs.

 

MEASHAM Leics

EMPIRE CINEMA (2) High Street  Opened 1932: (Imperial) Sankey Bros. proprs. Cap. 650. 1941: (AWH) – Prop., Mrs. F. R. Hunt, ‘Glenbrook,’ Gynsills Lane, Anstey. Phone Anstey 261. 350 seats. Booked by Prop. Twice nightly, Mon., Fri., Sat. Once nightly, Tues., Wed. and Thurs. Three changes weekly, Prices 8d. to 1s. 2d. Proscenium width 40ft. Phone Measham 34. Station, Measham, L.M.S. Closed to film. Youth Club by 1962. Still stands 2005. Empty.

EMPIRE (1) / PICTURE PALACE High Street  Opened 1914. Prop. Mrs Annie Holland. Wooden building on Fair pitch/winter quarters by Ashby Canal. To Sankey Bros. Demolished & built over by Emp 2.

 

MELBOURNE Derbys

EMPIRE High Street  1937: (A.W.H.) Prop., Sankey Bros. 300 seats. 1941: (AWH) – Prop., Mrs. F. R. Hunt. Phone Anstey 261. 225 seats. ‘Glen­brook,’ Gynsill’s Lane, Anstey. Booked at Glenbrook, Gynsills Lane, Anstey, near Leicester. Continuous. Three changes weekly. Prices 8d. to 1s. 6d. Proscenium width 30ft. Phone 78. Station, Melbourne, L.M.S.

Public Hall f., A. J. Collyer (1907)

ROYAL ELECTRIC THEATRE High Street  Open by 1914. 1922 – Prop & Res. Man., Walter Fearn. Head office fib, Bridge Street, Derby. One show nightly, two on Sat. Two changes weekly. Prices, 6d to 1s. 3d. Station, Melbourne, M.R., 138 miles.

 

MELKSHAM Wilts

Free Hall W. Harris (1907)

MAXIME / PICTURE HALL High Street  Opened c.1912. Prop., Melksham Picture Hall Co. Ltd. 1914 mgr. A. D. Melvin. Cap. 600. 1920 & 1922 – Prop., A. J. L. Murray-Sheffield. Res. Man., W. B. Dennis. One show nightly. Two changes weekly. Prices, 5d. to 1s. 3d. Phone 44. Station, Melksham, G.W.R. 1923 prop. Melksham Pictures Ltd. – A. A. Goodway, mgr. Varley Higgins. . 450 (tip-up) seats. 1930 sound B.T-H. 1931: Melksham Pictures Ltd.: Mrs. Higgins, manageress. By 1941:  (RCA) Bank Street – Prop., Melksham Pictures, Ltd., 6 Green Street, Bath. Phone Bath 3959. 450 seats. Booked at H.O. One show nightly, Three on Sat. Prices 6d. to 1s. 6d. Station, Melksham, G.W.R. During WWII to Max Corne – Cornell circuit. Re-named. c.1955 CinemaScope. Pros. width 28’. Closed 1960s.

Town Hall  Built 1847. C. Awdry (1907)

 

MELTHAM Yorks

ALHAMBRA (Duosonic) – Prop., Fred Haigh, Bank Cottage, Melham. 600 seats. Once nightly, twice Sat. Two changes weekly. Phone Meltham 207. Station, Meltham, L.N.E.R.

Oddfellows’ Hall J. R. Carter (1907)

 

MELTON MOWBRAY Leics

Corn Exchange  f., G. Andrews (1907)

KING’S THEATRE / Co-operative Hall  King Street 1^st-floor hall.

PICTURE PALACE / PAVILION Thorpe End  Opened as music hall 1911 – conversion of brewery cartshed/store. Opened as cinema March 1912. Closed 1921. Still stands as farming equipment shop.

PLAZA CINEMA / PICTURE HOUSE  6 King Street  Opened c.1914 OR 1920 – 875 seats. On site of bowling green. 1922 – Prop., Melton Amusements Co. Res. Man., Bert Thorp. Continuous. Tues, & Sat., one show other evenings Two changes weekly. Prices, 8d. to 2s Seating, 820. To Evington circuit by 1926. 1937: (B.T.P.) Prop., Melton Mowbray Picture Hse. Ltd. 750 seats. 1939 re-named Plaza. 1941: Booked by C. E. West at Evington Cinema, Leicester. Shows, Mon. to Sat. Evenings. Prices 5d. to 1s. Phone Melton Mowbray 251. Station, Melton Mowbray, L.M.S. Closed to film 1962. Bingo. Closed 1974. 1982 demolished for road widening.

REGAL King Street  Opened 1933 OR 25^th January 1934. Prop., Melton Mowbray Picture House Ltd. – G. H. Scarborough circuit. Architect: W. H. & H. G. Riley, Leicester. 1937: (B.T.P.) Prop., Melton Mowbray Picture Hse. Ltd. 700 seats. 1941: (BTP) – Props., Melton Mowbray Picture House, Ltd., Allen House, Newarke Street, Leicester. 897 seats. Con­tinuous. Mats., Tues, and Sat. Booked by C. E. West, at Evington Cinema, Leicester. Prices 6d. to 1s. 6d. Phone 251. Part-time bingo from 1974. 1979 to Zetter’s – split – bingo stalls. Stalls rebuilt as pub. Still open – 226 seats in former circle. 2006 digital projector.

 

MERE Wilts

ELECTRIC PALACE  Closed by 1940.

Queen Victoria Hall  f., Humby (1907)

 

METHERINGHAM Lincs

ROYAL

 

METHLEY Yorks

ELECTRIC PICTURE HALL 1922 – Prop., Scott & Lindley. Res. Man., J. Wray. One show nightly. Three Sats. Two changes weekly. Prices, 4d. to 9d. Station, Methley, M.R.

 

MEVAGISSEY Cornwall

CINEMA / Town Hall  Opened as cinema 1920s. ?part-time. ?16mm. (RCA) 200 seats. Pros. width 20’. Prop. Frank Charles Elgar. To Philip E. G. Taylor. By 1941 (RCA) Cornwall Cinemas (Newquay) Ltd. -Props., Cornwall Cinemas (Newquay) Ltd. 200 seats. Prices 8d. to 1s. 6d. Once nightly; twice Wed. and Sat, Booked at H.O. Proscenium width 20ft. Station, St. Austell, G.W.R. Closed to film c.WWII-end.  Demolished 1970s for car park.

 

MEXBOROUGH Yorks

Circus Pitch Thomas Tuby (1907)

COSY CINEMA / NEW PICTURE HALL / (Salvation Army) / THEATRE Garden Street  Built as theatre. Closed. Salvation Army. Opened 1^st June 1908. Lessees, Anglo-American Picture Co. Twice nightly. Closed 12^th October 1912. Re-opened as Cosy Bank Holiday Monday 4^th August 1913. Cosy Cinema Co. (chairman J. Scarth) Mgr. H. Sinclaire. Closed 24^th October 1914. Dance hall. Leased to Mr. Dyke. Re-opened 10^th January 1916- A Shadow of Doubt. Closed 27^th May 1916 – Against All Odds and Freddie’s Nighmare and The Black Wallet. Later demolished.

ELECTRIC PICTURE PALACE / PICTUREDROME / Public Hall Carnegie Library  Opened 20^th May 1906. Film by 1908. Closed in 1980s. Empty in 1995.

EMPIRE / EMPIRE PICTURE PALACE / Olympia skating rink Swinton Road  Opened as rink 15^th January 1910. Prop., Mexborough & Swinton Roller Rink Co. Closed March 1911. Re-opened as Empire Palace 19^th June 1911 – The man from the East and Nell’s Last Deal and Warrant of Red Rube. Prop., Empire Palace (Mexboro’) Ltd. Mgr. F. A. Sargisson. 1922 – Prop., West Riding Electric Theatres, Ltd. Man., W. H. Melton. Two shows nightly. Two changes weekly. Phone 108. Station, Mexboro’, G.C.R. Closed 20^th September 1929 – The Red Dance of Moscow. Prices 4d to 6d. New box and WE sound. Re-opened. Prices 6d to 9d. By 1941: (WE) – Prop., Mexboro’ Theatres, Ltd. Man, Dir., J. J. Woffenden. 1,120 seats. Continuous. Two changes weekly. Phone 108. CinemaScope January 1955 – The Robe. June 1955 to Star circuit. Closed & modernised. Re-opened 27^th June 1955 – Drumbeat. July 1961 part-time bingo. June 1962 occasional ‘pop’ stage shows. Closed 26^th July 1962 – The Immortal Monster. Bingo to 1995 at least.

Exchange Assembly Rooms  Secretary (1907)

HIPPODROME / PRINCE OF WALES’S THEATRE High Street  Opened Monday 18^th December 1893 – Grelley’s Money. Prop.: Mrs. (Mary) Thomas Carter Livesey – portable theatre prop. Architect: George Henry Smith. Gen. mgr. & scenic artist: Frank George Venimore (ex-Sheffield TR  & Alex.). Cap. 1,000. Gas lighting. M.D. M. Allard. Pros. 20ft, depth 30ft., ht. to grid 44ft. Paint frame. Film Christmas 1896. Mgr. W. H. Melton (1907) From 8^th June 1908 regular bioscope with variety. 1910 sold to George H. Smith, Dewsbury. Ass. Mgr. Thomas Goodison. October 1912 re-named (OR 15) altered, re-seated, dressing rooms added. Twice nightly variety. 1920 electricity – mgr. to 1928 George W. Ashton. 1922 – Prop., G. W. & G. E. Smith. Res. Man., G. R. Hurst. Two shows nightly. Prices, 6d. to 1s. 3d. Seating, 900. Phone, Mexboro’ 52. Station, Mexborough, G.C.R. By 1923 Bio box added. 1929 mgr. H. M. Farrington. Closed 1931. Leased to Terence Byron – rep. 1934 to Mexboro’ Am Dram. Closed 1935. Re-opened 16^th March 1936 – ‘Billy Reid & band. Prop. Variety Control (Manchester). Closed late 1937. 1939 partly demolished; WWII basement air-raid shelter; rest demolished 1973.

MAJESTIC Bank Street  Opened Monday 7^th January 1920 – The Women on Trial and Oh Doctor. Prop., Mexborough Theatres Ltd. (man. dir. J. J. Woffinden). Architect: Harold Slater, Doncaster. Cap. 1,000. Continuous, 2 shows Sat. Prices, 4d, 6d, 1s. Closed for sound 22 September 1930 – The Fugitive Lover. WE sound Monday 29^th September 1930 – Paris. Prices 6d to 1/3d. Mats., Thurs & Sat. 1941: (WE) – Prop., Mexboro’ Theatres, Ltd. Man. Dir., J. J. Woffenden. 884 seats. Continuous. Two changes weekly. June 1955 to Star circuit. Closed 2^nd July – Lilacs in the Spring. Refurbished & CinemaScope. Re-opened 11^th July 1955 – The Long Grey Line. Closed Saturday 2^nd September 1972 – Our Man Flint and Blue Water White Death. 725 seats. To Axholme Cinema Services. Re-opened 8^th November 1972 – Lawrence of Arabia. Prices, 30p stalls & 40p circle. Closed 29^th June 1983 – The Missionary. Empty. Snooker club – still in 1995.

OXFORD PICTURE PALACE Oxford Street, Market Place  Opened 21^st October 1912 – ‘The Beau Brummels’ + The Colonel’s Ward. Conversion of brewery premises. Props. Messrs. W. H. Melton & J. J. Woffinden. Architect: Mr Turner, Barnsley. Cap. 700 – one raked floor. Pros. 25ft. wide, stage 10ft. deep – 2 dressing rooms under. (others later added on). M.D. Oliver Barstow. Operator J. H. Kay. Two changes weekly. Mats. Wed & Sat. Billiards hall under. 1916 to Mexborough Theatres Ltd. New machines. Gr. F. J. Parr (ex Wath Grand). Re-opened Monday 28^th August 1916 – The Society Crooks and The Crimson Triangle. 1922 – Prop. & Res. Man., J. J. Woffinden. Two shows nightly. Two changes weekly. Phone, Mexboro’ 112. Station, Mexboro’, G.C.R. Closed 9^th November 1931 – Pioneers of the West and Port of Lost Souls. Talkies 23^rd November 1931 – Whoopee. By 1941: (BTH)  - Prop., Mexboro’ Theatres, Ltd. Man, Dir., J. J. Woffenden. 500 seats. Two shows nightly. Two changes weekly. Station, Mexboro’, L.N.E.R. Closed 21^st June 1948. Indoor market. Demolished 1970s for by-pass road.

ROYAL PICTURE PALACE / ROYAL ELECTRIC THEATRE Bank Street  Opened 28^th May 1911 – conversion of assembly rooms & police station. Lessees, Messrs. Allen & MacDonald, Wallsend. Architects: George White & Son, Mexboro’. Cap. 850. Stage, 3 dressing rooms. 1912 to Photoplays Ltd. Mgr. Thomas R. Knox. Closed 6^th October 1913. Altered & re-decorated. Leased to Mr. Dyson (ex-P-o-Wales). Mgr. T. W. Goodison, then W. H. Melton. 1922 – Prop., West Riding Electric Theatre, Ltd. Man., W. H. Meeton. Two shows nightly. Two changes weekly. Station, Mexboro’, G.C.R. 1928 cleaned/re-decorated. Re-opened 16^th July 1928. Prop. & mgr. Mr Goodacre. 550 seats. By 1941: (BTH) – Prop. & Man., George Goodacre. 550 seats. Booked at Hall. Continuous. Twice nightly, Sat. Prices 4d. to 1s. Phone  112. CinemaScope + Perspecta sound 24^th January 1955 – Knights of the Round Table. 1958/9 to P. H. Blake Ltd. Pat-time bingo August 191. Closed 2^nd June 1962 – Morgan the Pirate and Atlantis the Lost Continent. Bingo. Closed early 1980s. Empty. 1990 restaurant.

 

MIDDLEHAM Yorks

PICTURE HOUSE  Opened 1921. 1941: (AWH) – Prop. & Man., W. C. Sykes, Yoreview, Middleham. 350 seats. Booked at Hall. Once nightly. Dance Hall attached. Prices 6d. to 1s. 10d. Station, Leyburn, L.N.E.R. By 2007 guest house.

 

MIDDLESBROUGH Yorks

ABC / ELITE PICTURE THEATRE  Linthorpe Road/Borough Road  Opened July 1923. Architect: James Forbes. Prop., Walter Bentley. 1,900 seats. To ABC December 1935. By 1941: (WE) Props. , Elite Picture Theatre (Middlesbrough) Ltd. Controlled by Associated British Cinemas, Ltd., 30-31 Golden Square W1. 1,843 seats. Continuous. Daily Mat. Café and Dancing. Phone Middlesbrough 3,400. Station, Middlesbrough, L.N.E.R. Fitted ‘Ardente’ Deaf Aids. Closed June 1964. Internal reconstruction – re-opened as ABC 27^th November 1964 – Roustabout. Architect: C. J. Foster, site Peter Park. 1,203 seats. Mgr. C. S. Watson. Prices, 4s to 6s. Tripled 1974. Closed 26^th February 1983. Bingo.

Blacks former John St. chapel 1907 – The Squire’s Folly.

CINEWORLD / UGC Marton Road  11 screens. Re-named mid-2005.

CLEVELAND HALL / Liberal Clubs Rooms J. T. Atkinson  (1907) Opened as cinema 1908. Tommy Thompson’s first venue. To Thomas Ormiston circuit. 1922 – Prop., North of England Cinemas Ltd. Station, Middlesbrough, N.E.R. To G-B March 1928. Closed 1930. Demolished for ‘bus station 1936.

Co-operative Hall T. Clerk   (1907)

EMPIRE CINEMA / EMPIRE Architect: Ernest Runtz. Brill & Graydon  (1907) fl. 1942  William Bastiman

ESSOLDO / ROYAL / THEATRE ROYAL  Sussex Street (No 2) Opened 1900. Architect: Hope & Maxwell – replacement of Royal Albert. C. Imeson (1907) To Thomas Ormiston. To G-B March 1928. 1,450 seats. Opened as Royal Cinema 24^th November 1930. Bought by S. S. Blyth Kinemas pre-1934. By 1940: (BTP) – Prop., Sol. Sheckman. S.S. Blyth Kinemas, Ltd., Waterloo Chambers, Bath Lane, Newcastle-on-Tyne. 1,450 seats. Booked at H.O. Twice nightly. Prices 3d. to 1s. 6d. Stage. 28ft. deep and 7 dressing-rooms, Phone Middlesbrough 3415.  Station, Middlesbrough. L.N.E.R. Live theatre 1940-1953. 27^th April 1953 re-named Essoldo. Film. Closed 15^th July 1961. Re­opened as cinema 31^st December 1961. Closed 30^th June 1962. Bingo. Demolished.

Housing on site.

FORUM Normanby

GEM PICTURE HOUSE  High Street, North Ormesby  1922 – Prop., T. Watson Smith’s Peerless PIctures, Ltd. Res. Man., T. Watson Smith. One show nightly, two on Sat. Two changes weekly. Prices, 1d. to 1s. Station, Middles­brough, N.E.R. By 1941: (WE) – Prop., The Palladium (Hartlepools) Ltd., Palladium Buildings, Eastbourne Road, Middlesbrough. Phone Linthorpe 88156. 358 seats. Booked at H.O. Continuous nightly, Prices 4d. to 1s. Phone Middles­brough 2893. Station, Cargo Fleet, L.N.E.R.

GRAND ELECTRIC THEATRE  Newport Road  1922 – Lessee & Res. Man., J. Preston, Three shows  daily. Two changes weekly. Phone, Middlesbrough 389. Station, Middlesbrough, N.E.R. By 1941: (BTH) – Props., B. & M. R. Baker, Corporation Road (Phone Middlesbrough 3833). 800 seats. Booked at Hall by A. Osborne Thom. Continuous, Daily Mat, Prices 8d. to 1s. 2d. Proscenium width 20ft. Phone Middlesbrough 2389. Station, Middlesbrough

GAUMONT  / GAUMONT PALACE  / GRAND OPERA HOUSE Linthorpe Road/Southfield Road  Opened 1903. Architects: Hope & Maxwell. Robert Arthur  (1907) Converted to cinema. To G-B March 1928. Closed June 1930. Internal re-build inc. removal of upper tier. Architects: W. E. Trent & Ernest F. Tulley. Re-opened as G.P. March 1931. 1,700 seats. Name cut to Gaumont c.1937. By 1941: (BA) – Props., Denman Picture Houses, Ltd. 1,600 seats. Booked at H.O. Continuous from 5.30 p.m. Station, Middlesbrough. Closed 29^th February 1964. Demolished. Shops/offices.

HIPPODROME Wilson Street 1912 Thompson took over from Signor Pepi as cinema. 1922 – Prop., North of England Cinema, Ltd. Res. Man., R. F. Parker. Three shows daily. Two changes weekly. Pricees, 4d. to 1s. 3d. Phone, Middleebrough 515. Station, Middlesbrough, N.E.R. To G-B March 1928. 2,296 seats.By 1941 (BAF) – Prop., Gaumont -British Picture Corporation, New Gallery House Regent Street, W.1. 2,296 seats. Booked at H.O. Continuous. Daily Mat, Two changes weekly. Prices 5d. to 1s. 2d. Proscenium width 40ft. Stage75ft. wide, 35ft. deep ; eight dressing rooms, Phone Mtiddlesbrough 341511. Station, Middlesbrough, L.N.E.R. Closed 1^st December 1956. Ballroom from 1959. Bingo. Closed by 1987. Re-opened as The Venue 1991.

MAJESTIC Longlands Road Opened 1946. Closed to film.

MARLBOROUGH CINEMA /  MARLBOROUGH GRAND CONCERT KINEMA / Marlborough Grand Concert Hall  Gilkes Street  (ex-chapel) – T. Watson Smith. 1922 – Prop., T. Watson Smith’s Peerless Pictures, Ltd. Res. Man., T. Watson Smith. Two shows nightly. Two changes weekly. Prices, 9d. to 2s. Phone 621, Station, Middlesbrough, N.E.R. By 1941: (BTP) – Prop., Marlborough (Middlesbrough) Ltd. 1,243 seats. Two changes weekly. Prices 5d. to 1s. 2d. Booked at Hall. Phone  2221. Station, Middlesbrough, L.N.E.R.

Oddfellows’ Hall  f., H. T. Tyerman   (1907)

ODEON THEATRE  Corporation Road Opened 25^th February 1939 – It’s In The Air. Architect: W. Calder Robinson and/or Basil Herring (Harry Weedon). By 1941: (BTH) – Props., Odeon (Middlesbrough) Ltd., Old County Cinema, Marlow, Bucks. Phone Marlow 695-9. Booked at Moor Hall, Cook­ham, Berks. 1,761 seats. Continuous. Prices 9d. to 1s. 10d. Phone Middlesbro’ 2888. Tripled 1974. 4^th screen added 1989. Refurbished c.1999. Closed 24^th June 2001. Jumpin’ Jaks nightclub. Derelict. To be demolished 2006.

Oxford Palace  Opened 1867. A. Graham  (1907) Closed. Converted to cinema? Destroyed by bomb 1941.

PALLADIUM Eastbourne Road, Linthorpe (WE) – Prop., Palladium (Middlesbrough) Ltd., 4, Palladium Buildings, Middlesbrough. Phone 88156. 780 seats. Booked at H.O. Continuous. Prices 6d. to 1s. Proscenium width 50ft. Phone Middlesbrough 8513. Station, Middlesbrough, L.N.E.R.

PARAGON PICTURE HALL Grangetown  1922 – Prop. & Res. Man., George France. One show nightly. Mat. Sat. Two changes weekly. Prices, 3d. to 8d. Station, Grangetown, N.E.R.

PAVILION Newport Road  Opened as theatre. Converted to cinema 1913. 1922 – Prop., North of England Cinemas, Ltd. Res. Man., R. Collins. Two shows nightly. Mat., Sat. Two changes weekly. Prices, 3d. to 9d. Phone, Mid­dlesbrough 971. Station, Middlesbrough, N.E.R. By 1941: (BA) – Prop., North of England Cinemas, Ltd. 797 seats. Booked at H.O. Two shows nightly. Prices 5d. to 8d. Proscenium width 22ft. 4 in, Phone Middlesbrough 397111. Station, Middles­brough, L.N.E.R. Closed to film 1957. Disco. Closed by fire1973. Restored 1991 as live venue.

PAVILION PICTURE HOUSE Gibson Street, North Ormesby  1922 – Res. Man., E. R. Brown. Continuous. Two changes weekly. Prices, 2d. to 6d. Phone, Middlesbrough 311. Station, Cargo Fleet, N.E.R. By 1941: (BTH) – Prop., North Ormesby Entertainment Co., Ltd. 600 seats. Booked at Hall. Continuous. Sat. twice nightly. Prices 5d. to 1s. 2d. Pros. width, 22ft. Two dressing-rooms. Phone Middlesbrough 2311. Station, Cargo Fleet, L.N.E.R.

REGENT

ROYAL ALBERT THEATRE Sussex Street  Opened 1866. Closed 1900. rebuilt as T.R.

SCALA CINEMA  Newport Road – (ex-chapel) Opened 17^th May 1920. Prop., Solly Levy, later Walter Bentley. 800 seats. 1922 – Prop., Scala, Ltd. Res. Man., R. M. Russell. Continuous. Two changes weekly. Prices, 1s. 3d. to 2s. 4d. Phone 1230. Station, Middlesbrough, N.E.R. To ABC December 1935. By 1941: (BA) Prop., Scala (Middlesbrough) Ltd. 1,000 seats. Continuous nightly. Two changes weekly. Prices 5d. to 1s. 3d. Proscenium width 21ft. 6 in. Phone 3230. Closed 22^nd April 1940. Re-opened by independent. Closed 1957. Demolished.

Temperance Hall f., W. Bainbridge  (1907)

THEATRE ROYAL (1)  Opened 1866. Architect: Blessley. Replaced by T.R.(2) 1900.

Town Hall f., J. M. Parnaby  (1907)

Victoria Hall  J. Hall  (1907)

 

MIDDLETON Lancs

Community Cheapside:  Seats: 1999                Closed 31st October 2003.

Co-operative Hall  Secretary  (1907)

EMPIRE THEATRE / PARDOE’S THEATRE / THEATRE ROYAL Corporation Street  On site of chapel. W. Pardoe (1907) ‘The Old Gaff’. To Empire Theatre Ltd. Altered & re-named 1911. Pictures & variety. Pros. 21ft, 26ft deep, 4 dressing rooms. By 1918 prop., Empire Theatre Ltd., mgr. Thomas Baker. 1919 to New Empire and Palace of Varieties (Middleton) Ltd. 1924 mgr. Harold Ride. Two changes weekly. Prices, 4d to 8d. To Victory Pictures Ltd. 1926 mgr. Mr Haslet. Talkies 1930. 1937: (BTP) Prop., H. D. Moorhouse Circuit            seats. Phone 2834. 1941: (BTP) – Props., Victory Pictures (Manchester) Ltd. Imperial Bldgs., Oxford Road, Manchester. Phone Ardwick 2226. 915 seats. Booked at H.O. Phone Middleton 2834. Station, Middleton. CinemaScope – pros. widened. Closed to film 1963. Bingo. Hippodrome nightclub, closed 1993.

GEM ELECTRIC THEATRE Manchester New Road  Opened c.1914 – 1^st purpose-built cinema. Prop., Empire Co. Gen. Mgr. W. Randall Key. Closed ?by fire c.1921.

PALACE THEATRE Manchester Old Road  Opened 12^th October 1912. Prop., Middleton Picturedromes Ltd. Cap. 750. Post-WWI to Barnes & Leis, mgr. J. Barnes. One show nightly, mat. & two shows Saturday. Mat. Monday. Twice weekly. Prices, 3d to 9d (from about 1p to 4p). By 1927 to Middleton Cinemas Ltd. 1929 WE sound. 1937: (W.E.) Prop., Middleton Cinemas Ltd. 966 seats. Phone 2852. c.1939 to Reid, Snape & Ward circuit. 1941: (WE) – Prop., Middleton Cinemas, Ltd. 966 seats. Two shows nightly, Mon. and Sat., one rest of week. Mat. Mon., Tues., Thurs, and Sat. Prices 3d. to 9d. Phone Middleton 252, Station, Middleton, L.M.S. CinemaScope. Closed 1970s. Bingo/cinema split. Closed. Re-opened June 1985. To Face-Alpha. Closed 1993. Re-opened August – Cliffhanger to December 1993. Demolished 2001.

VICTORY PICTURE HOUSE / New Central Hall Wood Street  Opened c.1909 – converted 1870s chapel. Prop., Thomas Whiteley. Post-WWI lessee & mgr. Bart Phoenix. 1937 as VPH: (B.T.H.) Prop., H. D. Moorhouse Circuit    . 650 seats. Phone 2950. 1941: (BTH) – Prop., Victory Pictures (Manchester) Ltd., (H. D. Moorhouse Circuit) 7 Oxford Road, Manchester. 659 seats. Continuous, Prices 5d. and 9d Booked at H.O. Phone Middleton 2950. Station, Middleton. Closed 1960. Demolished – bank on site.

 

MIDDLETON-in-TEESDALE Co. Durham

COSY CINEMA Horse Market  1922: Middleton-in-Teesdale Kinema Co. Ltd., Horse mkt. 1937: (A.W.H.) Prop., Teesdale Cinematograph Co. Ltd. 200 seats. By 1941: (AWH) – Prop. Teesdale Cinemas, Ltd., Hippodrome, Bishop Auckland. Phone 121. 400 seats. Booked at H.O. Once nightly. Prices 8d. to 1s. 6d. Station, L.N.E.R.

 

MIDDLEWICH Cheshire

ALHAMBRA Wheelock Street  Opened 1920. 560 tip-up seats. 1922 - Prop., O. & C. Whitehead. Res. Man., C. Whitehead. Two changes weekly. Station, Middlewich, L.N.W.R. By 1941: (WE) – Prop., Sandbach Cinemas, Ltd., Palace, Sandbach, Phone Sandbach 103. Booked at H.O. Rd. Smith, mana­ger. Two shows nightly. Prices 7d. to 1s. 5d. Phone Middlewich 18. Station, Middlewich, L.M.S.

PALACE  1922 – Prop. & Res. Man., A. F. Sutcliffe. One show nightly, two on Sat. Two changes weekly. Prices, 4d. to 1s. Station, Middlewich, L.N.W.R.

STAR CINEMA  1922 – Prop., O. & C. Whitehead. Head office, Alhambra House, Middlewich. Res. Man., C. Whitehead. Prices, 4d. to 1s. Station, Middlewich, L.N.W.R., 166 miles. 1941 – Prop., C. Whitehead. Head Office, Alhambra House, Middlewich. Prices 4d. to 1s. Station, Middlewich. Listed as closed in 1937.

Town Hall  f., F. Woods-Johnson  (1907)

 

MIDHURST Sussex

CINEMA / ELECTRIC CINEMA North Street  1922 – Prop.,  &  Man., A. A. Scrase  &  J. P. White. Con­tinuous. Mat, Sat. Two changes weekly. Prices, 9d. to 1s. 10d. Phone 68. Station, Midhurst, L.B.S.C.R. By 1941: (AWH) – Prop., Moderne Cinema Properties, Ltd., North Street. 380 seats. Continuous, Prices 9d. to 1s. 10d. Proscenium width 35ft. Booked at H.O. Café attached. Phone 381. Station, Midhurst, S.R.

ORION / TOWN HALL CINEMA Redeveloped as supermarket.

Public Hall f., C. H. Bowyer  (1907)

 

MIDSOMER NORTON Somerset

Drill Hall  f., Colour-Sergt. W. Davidson  (1907)

PALLADIUM / EMPIRE  Opened 1913 – converted brewery vat house. Later billiard hall attached. 1922  - Prop. & Res. Man., D. W. Cattermole. One show nightly. Mat. Sat. Two changes weekly. Prices, 5d. to 1s. 3d. Phone, Norton 10. 1934 extended, billiard hall included, and hall turned round. 1937 as Pall: (Parmeko) Prop., W. Trueman Dicken. Phone 66. 1941: (BTH) – Props., Trueman Dicken Cinemas. Continuous. Prices 7d. to 1s. 6d. Phone 66. Station, Midsomer Norton, G.W.R. Films by Road Transport. Closed to film 1993. Empty. 2007 – poss. to be nightclub.

                                               

MILDENHALL Suffolk

COMET / REGAL North Terrace (BTP) opened as Regal c.1934/5. Bostock Circuit. Re-named. By 1941 – Props., Comet Cinema (Mildenhall) Ltd. 475 seats. Once nightly. Booked by D. F. Bostock, Ipswich. Double feature Programmes. Prices 8d. to 2s. Pros.width, 20ft. Phone 2242. Station, Mildenhall, L.N.E.R. Closed to film. Bingo.

Town Hall / ELECTRIC CINEMA / Town Hall  St. Andrew’s Street  KYB 1922 Part-time films 1920s. Lessee: Mr. Ripley, then Ralph Wolsey. Sound & balcony added. c.250 seats. Closed to film when Regal opened. Back to Town Hall. Stephen Peart

 

MILLLER’S DALE Derbys – see Tideswell

 

MILLBROOK Cornwall

 LYRIC  / Liberal Hall (Imperial)  Opened as part-time cinema early 1930s. Prop., Strutt, Regal Torpoint. To Ernest Levi Honour. sound. Proscenium width 30’. 229 seats. 1940 – Travelling show Wed. and Sat. – William John Hocking. CinemaScope – pros. 30’, screen 20’ by 9’. Re-named Lyric. Closed to film late 1950s. Demolished 1990.

 

MILLOM Cumb

Co-operative Hall  f., J. Jackson Cain (1907)

County Hall E. Brown  (1907)

PALACE CINEMA / CINEMA / ELECTRIC PICTURE PALACE Market Square  Poss. opened as Pic Pal c.1913. 1922 as C – Res. Man., Mr. Stainforth. 1922 – Prop., Palace Cinema Co. Station, Millom, F.R.

PALLADIUM CINEMA and THEATRE / PUBLIC HALL St. George’s Road  Built 1911. 1922 - Prop., Cumberland & Westmore­land Amusements, Ltd. Res. Man., R. S. Roberts. Two shows, Mon. & Sat.; one show Tues., Wed., Thurs., Fri. Two changes weekly. Prices, 4d. to 1s. Phone, Millom 10. Station, Millom, Furness R. New projection box 1927. ?Opened as Maj. Then. 1937: (W.E.) Prop., M.B.C. Cinemas Ltd. 727 seats. Phone 53. 1941: (WE) – Prop., M.B.C. Cinemas, Ltd., Hippodrome, Workington. Phone 194. 666 seats. Booked at H.O. by Morris Maud. Twice nightly. Prices 6d. to 1s. 3d. Stage 25ft. deep; two dressing-rooms. Ballroom attached. Phone Millom 253. Station, Millom, L.M.S. Still open 1967. Derelict by 1996. Various re-opening plans. 2004 still stands empty.

 

MILNROW Lancs

EMPIRE Picture House Dale Street/Station Road  Opened March 1913. 600-seats. 1937: (WE) Prop., Marks Circuit . 659 seats. Phone 3308. 1941: (WE) – Prop., Marks Circuit Cinemas, 6 St. Mary’s Gate, Manchester. Phone Blackfriars 4078. 630 seats. Booked at H.O. Continuous evenings. Three shows on Sat. Pictures and Variety. Proscenium width 19ft. Stage4ft. deep; two dressing rooms. Prices 3d. to 1s. Phone Milnrow 5308. Station, Milnrow, L.M.S. Films by Road Transport. Closed to film ?early 1960s. Kwik-Save store. Demolished 1970.

 

MILNSBRIDGE Yorks

PICTURE PALACE  Savile Street   KYB14 as New Picture Theatre – Prop. Milnsbridge  Picture Palace Co. 1922 as Pic Pal  - Prop., Milnsbridge Picture Palace, Ltd. Res. Man., H. Whiteley. One show nightly, three on Sat. Two changes weekly. Prices, 4d. to 1s. Station, Longwood, L.N.W.R. By 1941: (BTH) – Prop., Milnsbridge Picture Palace, Ltd. 650 seats. Booked at Leeds. Twice nightly. Prices 4d. to 1s. Phone 217. Station, Longwood, L.M.S.

 

MILNTHORPE 

MILNTHORPE CINEMA / Memorial Institute  1930 – 1960 cinema operation which led to the deterioration of the once excellent sprung dance floor. Post-WWII – W. P. Dobson. Closed. Unused and dilapidated for many years. Royal British Legion club.

 

MILTON  Staffs

CINEMA Leek Road  Opened 1927 – former chapel schoolroom. Lessees Wm. Locker & Mason. Imperial sound 1931. Prices, 5d. to 1s. Closed 1936. Reverted to chapel use. Demolished. Bank on site. (Brian Hornsey)

 

MILTON KEYNES Bucks

CINEWORLD 16 screens / 3,450 seats

ODEON / EASYCINEMA / THE POINT Midsummer Boulevard Britain’s 1^st multiplex 1985. Seats: 1: 156 2: 169 3: 248 4: 220 5: 220 6: 220 7: 220: 8: 248 9: 169 10: 156 EasyCinema to May 2006. Reverted to owner UCI & thus Odeon. Re-opened 19^th May.

 

MINEHEAD Somerset

ABC / ODEON Butlin’s Holiday Camp Now 2 screens.

ARCADIA

COSY CINEMA / CENTRAL PAVILION Bancks Street  Opened c.1912. 360 seats. Re-opened as Cosy 2^nd August (Bank holiday) 1920. 1922 as CC – Prop., Minehead Cinemas, Ltd. Res. Man., Frank Stanley. One show nightly. Mat. Sat, Two shows nightly in winter. Two changes weekly. Prices, 9d. to 1s. 6d. Station, Minehead, G.W.R.  Closed 30^th September 1930.

Public Hall R. E. Sticklan  (1907)

QUEEN’S HALL The Strand, Sea Front (Closed Winter)  Opened 1^st June 1914. Architect: W. J. Tamlyn. Props., J. B. & S. B. Marley. Mgr Sam Marley. 800 seats. Prosc. 28’, 18’ deep, 46’ wide. c.1918 props., E. J. White & F. Stanley. 1922 – Prop., Minehead Cinemas, Ltd. Res. Man., Frank Stanley. Occasional shows. Prices, 1s. 3d. to 4s. 9d. Station, Minehead, G.W.R. WE installed 28^th October 1930. By 1941: Props., Minehead Entertainments, Ltd., 62, Oxford Street, W.1. 750 seats. Booked at H.O. Occasional Plays. Prices 9d. to 2s. Stage and six dressing-rooms. Phone 211. Station, Minehead. SG46: Prop.: Minehead Entertainments, Ltd., Regal, Minehead. Agent: A. Freedman, 110, Bickenhall Mansions, Baker Street, London,W.1. Cap.: Stalls 510, circle 200, boxes 4. Once nightly 7.30. Matinées Wednesday and Saturday. Plays of best class. Stage: Prosc. 28ft. x 20ft., min. depth 16ft., Stage to grid 30ft., ten hemp lines. Elec. equip.: Voltage 230 A.C. Foot­lights, two circuits. Battens two, with three circuits. Two spots on stage. One f-o-h following lime. Dressing rooms: Two and two chorus. Orchestra: Acc. eight, usually resident.   During WWII used for troop concerts & canteen. Closed soon after. Amusement arcade. Pub by 2006.

REGAL  The Avenue (WE) Opened 2^nd July 1934 – Evergreen. Architect Andrew Mather. Props., Minehead Entertainments, Ltd., (A. Freedman) 62 Oxford Street, W.1. Phone Museum 5189. 1,250 seats. Booked at H.O. Occasional Variety. Prices 1s. to 1s.10d. Continuous, from 2.30p.m. Stage27ft. deep. Café and Ballroom attached. Phone 439. Station, Minehead. Now theatre above supermarket.

SEAFRONT CINEMA Opened 1910. Prop. E. H. Claridge. Wooden structure as cinema. Closed c.1913.

 

MIRFIELD Yorks

REGENT / TOWN HALL PICTURES / Town Hall  Dewsbury Road  f., J. Parkinson  (1907) 1922 – Prop., T. H. Kaye. Res. Man., S. Crawshaw. One show nightly, three on Sat. Two changes weekly. Phone, Mirfield 153. Station, Mirfield, L. & Y.R. By 1941: (BTH) – Lessee, G. Andsley, 539 Leeds Road Dewsbury. Continuous. Mon., to Fri. Twice nightly Sat. Phone Mirfield 210. Station, Mirfield, L.M.S.

RINK ELECTRIC PICTURE PALACE Huddersfield Road, Battyeford  1922 – Prop., J. T. Marsden. Res. Man., H. Marsden. One show nightly. Two changes weekly. Prices, 3d. to 9d. Station, Battyeford, L.N.W.R.

VALE CINEMA 51 Huddersfield Road  Opened 23^rd October 1939 – There Goes My Heart. Architect: W. Poppleton (Fairhurst & Poppleton). 1,000 seats. Café attached. Closed early 1960s. Bingo. Balcony twinned for film 1972. 98/96 seats. 1980s – bingo to ex-café, snooker in stalls. Closed to film February 1994. By 2007 – gym. Projectors for sale.

 

MITCHAM Surrey

MAJESTIC THEATRE Upper Green (WE)  Opened 1933. Architect: S. B. Pritlove. 1941 – Prop., Associated British Cinemas, Ltd., 30-31 Golden Square W1. 1,511 seats. Booked at H.O. Continuous. Proscenium width 42ft. Stage16ft. deep. Two dressing-rooms. Café attached. Phone Mitcham 2719. Station, Mitcham, S.R. Fitted ‘Ardente’ Deaf Aids. Closed for Bingo 1961, demolished.

Vestry Hall f., R. M. Chart  (1907)

 

MONKSEATON Northumb

ABC / CANNON / CLASSIC / ESSOLDO / The REGAL Cauldwell Lane West Monkseaton  Opened 4^th November 1936. Architects: Dixon & Bell. 1937: (B.T.H.) Prop., Regal (Monkseaton) Ltd. 1,014 seats. 1941: Prop., Playhouse (Whitley Bay) Ltd. 1,014 seats. To Essoldo August 1949. Closed 11^th August 1964. Bingo. Renovated 23^rd January 1972. To Classic 2^nd April 1972. Circle twinned 18^th July 1977. To Cannon. To ABC. Closed 15^th April 1999. Demolished August 2000. Housing.

 

MONMOUTH Mon

HIPPODROME / ALEXANDRA THEATRE  Old Dixton Road  Re-named Hipp. during WWI. Films and shows. Demolished.

PALACE / ?SCALA / The CINEMA / RINKERIES PICTURE PALACE / Bell Skating Rink / Corn Exchange / THEATRE ROYAL or NEW THEATRE / Bell Assembly Rooms / Oddfellows Hall / Flannel Exchange Assembly Rooms Priory Lane or Bell Lane, later entrance Church Street  Built 1832 as Flannel Exchange & Assembly Rooms. Bell Ass Rooms 1849. 1850 TR or NT. 1865 Corn Ex. 1909 Bell Skating Rink. Converted to Rinkeries Pic Pal 1910. By 1914 The Cinema – Motion Picture Co. Ltd.: man. dir. Colin Knight. Improved & new entrance through existing Georgian building to Church Street 1917. ?Architect:  John Smith. Capacity c.400.  1920 1922 as Pal – Prop. & Res. Man. J. Smith. One show nightly, two on Sat. Two changes weekly. Prices, 6d. to 1s. 7d Post WWI Scala, c.1923 Palace. c.1927 sold to Albany Ward circuit. Closed. To PCT September 1927. Audi­torium demolished for Pic Hse.

Rolls Hall Commercial Street  Opened 1887. Donated by John Allan Rolls. Architect: F. A. Powell, FRIBA. Public multi-purpose venue. f., C. Morgan. (1907)  Films from 1909. To J. Saunders c.1927 to c.1939. Pros. arch widened. Closed to film. Now Library.

SAVOY THEATRE / REGAL / New PICTURE HOUSE 18 Church Street   Opened 5^th March 1928. Prop. PCT (Albany Ward division). Projection box under balcony. To G-B with circuit February 1929. 1937 as Pic Hse: (Cineph.) Prop., Albany Ward Theatres Ltd. 569 seats. 1941: (Cinephone) – Props., Pro­vincial Cinematograph Theatres, Ltd., New Gallery House, 123 Regent Street, London W.1. 600 seats. Booked at H.O. Con­tinuous evenings, Mat., Sat. Prices 8d. to 2s. 6d. Stage 18ft. deep; five dressing-rooms. Phone Monmouth 146. Station, Mayhill (Mon) G.W.R. Post WWII Gaumont Kalee 20 projectors installed. CinemaScope. 500+ seats. 5^th January 1958 to Bernard T. Davis, Lombard House, Great Charles Street, Birmingham – Monmouth Picture House Ltd.  Renamed Regal 4^th April 1971. Closed 4^th July 1981 – The Postman Always Rings Twice.  Lessee Ray Lambert, prop. Geoffrey Mason. 1987 reopened as Magic Lantern Theatre & some film. 124 seats. Closed. 1990 Grade II listed. c.1990 lease to Buccaneer Leisure, Taunton. Re-decorated / refurbished. Closed by January 1994. Lease to Michael Blakemore July 1995.  Renamed Savoy Th, reopened 28^th July 1995 – The Fox and the Hound.  450 seats. Films & live shows. Stage 15′ deep, 5 dressing rooms, orchestra pit.

THEATRE  Opened by 1792. Closed. Later demolished OR re-built as Flannel Exchange.

 

MOORTHORPE nr South Emsall Yorks

EMPIRE  Opened c.12^th December 1912. Prop. Empire (Moorthorpe) Ltd. Man. dir. J. T. Issott. 600 seats. 1916 lessee Frederick Walker & co. Ltd. 1919: closed, rebuilt re-opened October as New Empire. Prosc. 28’, 20’ depth, full width fly tower, safety curtain, 7 dressing rooms. 1,060 seats. 1920: Prop. Walter Issott & Co. Ltd. Res. man. A. Rayner. Twice nightly Mon. & Sat. Continuous rest. Two changes weekly. Prices 5d. to 9d. 950 seats. Licensed for music & dancing. Voltage 75. 1922: Prop. (?lessee) Twice nightly. Two changes weekly. 3d to 1s. 1930: Prop., Walker, Issott & Co., man. dir. A. Rayner. Pictures & varieties. Booked at hall. Once nightly, two on Sat. 5d to 1s. ?Sound-on-disc. 1931, renovated, redecorated with scantily-dressed chorus girls, Kalee 8 rear-shutter machines & WE sound-on-film/non-synch. By 1941: (WE)  - Prop., Walker, Issott & Co., Ltd. 940 seats. Booked at Hall. Continuous. Two shows on Sat. Prices 6d. to 1s. Proscenium width, 28ft. Stage26ft. deep. Full-height, full-width fly tower (c.50’ to grid). Six dressing-rooms. Phone South Elmsall 71. Station, South Elmsall, L.N.E.R. CinemaScope 1957. 830 seats. Closed to film 15^th October 1968. Bingo. Closed 2003. Partially demolished 2003 – housing. Altered façade stands

 

MORCHARD BISHOP Devon

B. B. CINEMA     1937: (Morrison)

 

MORDEN Surrey

ODEON THEATRE / KINEMA London Road (WE) – Prop., Odeon Theatres, Ltd., Old County Cinema, Marlow, Bucks. Phone Marlow 695-9. Booked at Moor Hall, Cookham, Berks. Prices 9d. to 2s. 4d. Continuous from 1.30p.m. Stage. Two dressing-rooms. Café. Phone Mitcham 2900. Fitted ‘Ardente’ Deaf Aids & Stage Amplification

 

MORECAMBE Lancs

Albert Hall   T. Baxter (1907) Showed pics from 1909 – Harry Hargreaves, who also had Lyric

ASTORIA SUPER CINEMA / ALHAMBRA PALACE Promenade, Marine Road West  Opened 1901. Architect: H. Howarth. 1^st-floor hall. Prop., Ald. John Gardner. To cinema. 1922: Alhambra (Morecambe) Ltd. Res. mgr. G. W. Cole. Converted to Astoria 1930. (BA) Architect: unknown. Pros. 29’, 30’ deep, 14 dressing rooms. Pictures & occasional variety.   1937: (B.A.) Prop., Morecambe Amusements Ltd. 2,000 seats. Phone 248.  Closed during WWII. Terence Byron summer season 1946. Interior gutted by fire 1970. Now disco/club.

APOLLO 4  Central Drive  Opened Good Friday, 5^th April 1996. 4 screens

ARCADIA Promenade  (RCA)  Opened c.1938. Proscenium 27’ wide. 935 seats. Converted to cinema 16^th February 1940. 1,000 seats. Screen 15’ 8” x 12’. Modernised 1970. Summer season films. To Granada 18^th June 1979. Closed autumn 1982. Storage. Demolished 2003.

Central Pier Pavilion  Opened 1897. E. Hill (1907) Anthony Brown c.1909. Pictures in season. Burned down 1933.

CLASSIC / ODEON THEATRE Euston Road/Thornton Road (BTH)  Opened 2^nd September 1937 – It’s A Grand Old World. Architect: W. Calder Robson (Harry Weedon). Mgr. E. H. Whittell. 1,560 seats. Phone 1104. By 1941 – Prop., Odeon (Morecambe) Ltd., Old County Cinema, Marlow, Bucks. Phone Marlow 695-9. Booked at Moor Hall, Cookham, Berks. Prices 9d. to 1s. 10d. Continuous. Mats., daily. Phone Morecombe 1104. To Classic 10^th December 1967. Closed 28^th February 1976 – Carry On Behind. DIY shop.

CLASSIC Victoria Street

Devonshire Hall  J. H. Walker (1907) Early picture shows.

EMPIRE  The Promenade  Opened July 1938 as theatre. 1,500 seats. Films opened September 1938. Films & shows. closed Twinned. Opened 14^th June 1970. Tripled 1972. Quadded 1975. Sold 18^th June 1979. Closed 24^th September 1983. Demolished.

GAUMONT / MORECAMBE TOWER Promenade East  Opened 1909 – part of entertainment park. To G-B 1^st October 1928 by Denman/Gaumont, 2,000 seats. New projection box. BA Sound. Summer season shows, films winter. 1937 as Tower: (B.A.) Prop., Denman Picture Houses Ltd.             2,100 seats. Phone 116. 1941: (BA) – Prop., Denman Picture Houses, Ltd., New Gallery House Regent Street, London W.1. 2,000 seats. Pictures, Musical Comedies and Variety. Booked at H.O. Open Sunday Evenings. Phone Morecambe 116. Café and Dance Hall attached. Station, Morecambe (Euston Road) L.M.S. Closed 19^th April 1949. ‘Extensive alterations’. Re-opened as Gaumont  6^th June 1949. 1,800 seats. Closed briefly 1955 – reseated & gal­lery closed. 1200 seats. Closed 30^th November 1957. Re­opened 1958 for summer season. Closed 13.9.58. Re-opened summer 1959 with musi­cal show only. Closed late 1959. Sold October 1960. Demolished c.August 1963. Bowling alley /cabaret use, Closed by flood 1982. Re-opened as bingo 1985.

LYRIC / THEATRE ROYAL / ALEXANDER MUSIC HALL / Public Room  Morecambe Street  Opened c.1869. T.R. 1870s. Lyric by 1891. Harry Hargreaves c.1909. Early picture shows. Became roller skating rink.

NEW PLAZA CINEMA / QUEEN’S CINEMA New Queen Street  Opened 5^th September 1921 – The Breed of the Treshams. 1^st talkie October 1929 – Modern Boy. 1937: (WE) Prop., Morecambe Amusements Ltd. 922 seats. Phone 408. 1941 (WE) – Lessee, W. Shaw, Senr., for Morecambe Amusements Co., Ltd., Astoria Cinema, Morecambe. Phone Morecambe 248. 922 seats. Continuous in summer season. Oct. to June, once nightly. Mat., Mon., Wed., and Sat. Prices 9d. to 1s. 10d. Booked at Manchester and Liverpool. Proscenium width 21ft. Phone Morecambe 408. Station, Morecambe L.M.S. 1954 1^st CinemaScope & 4-track magnetic – The Robe. Closed. Amusement arcade, then gutted shopping arcade. 2007 – application to demolish.

PALACE THEATRE Sandylands Promenade  Opened 1910. (WE) Demolished 1989. Flats on site.

PALLADIUM Victoria Street/ Palladium, New Queen Street   Opened 4^th August 1914 – Vivette. Mgr. H. Hagman. One show nightly. Two changes weekly. Prices, 5d. 8d, 10d, 1/3d. 1937: (B.T.H.) Prop., J. Brennan. 1,000 seats. Phone 108. 1941: (BTH) – Prop., Palladium (Morecambe) Ltd. 1,047 seats. Booked at Hall. One show nightly in winter. Continuous in summer. Prices 7d. to 1s. 6d. Phone Morecambe 108. Station, Morecambe, L.M.S. Closed. Squash club.

REX Knaresborough Rd

ROYALTY THEATRE & Opera House  Market Street  Opened 1898. Architect: Frank Matcham. Julian Malvern (1907) 1908 Anthony Brown. Pictures off-season. By 1913 props. M. F. & E. Burgess. Closed. 1914 to C. Hamilton-Baines, Cardiff. Re-opened Easter 1914. 1937: () Prop., Joseph Ward. 1,000 seats. (Legit.) Phone 109. SG46: Prop. : Morecambe Royalty Theatre Co., Ltd., Market Street. Cap.: Stalls 155, P. stalls 217, D. circle 166, U. circle 110, gallery 200. Once nightly 7. Matinées Wednesday. Repertory. Stage: Pros. 24ft., height 32ft., min. depth from setting line 17ft., height under fly galleries 20ft., width between fly galleries 31ft., height of grid from stage 42ft. No counterweight equipment. r. 33 hemp lines. Revolving stage. Elec. equip.: 230 v. A.C., 50 cycles. Footlights, three circuits with ind. dimmers. Four battens with three circuits with ind. dimmers. Spot bar with two spots each ind. dimmer controlled. Two spots on stands. Two floods on stands. Dressing rooms: Six single, two chorus. Band room. Orchestra : Acc. 12. Resi­dent five. Closed to theatre 1961. Bingo 1962. Films. Closed & demolished 1967.

West End Pier Pavilion  Opened 1893. J. Porter (1907)  Closed 1915. Destroyed by fire 1917.

WHITEHALL PICTURE HOUSE / Whitehall Dance Hall & Rink / Warwick’s Tower Pavilion Marine Road  Opened 1902. Balcony inserted and equipped as cinema August Bank Holiday 1913. Floor 500, balcony 168. 1937 as WPH: (B.T.H.) Prop., Morecambe Bay Cinemas Ltd.  1,000 seats. Phone 224. 1941: (BTH) – Prop., Morecambe Bay Cinemas, Ltd. 916 seats. Booked at Manchester and Liver­pool. Continuous, summer. Once nightly rest of year. Prices 7d. to 1s. 10d. Pro­scenium width 20ft. Phone Morecambe 224. Stations, Morecambe (Euston Road & Promenade) L.M.S. & Film Transport Auto. Closed 1939. Re-opened c.1946. 887 seats. Films & shows. Closed 22^nd October 1955 – The Face That Launched a Thousand Ships. Bingo. Demolished c.1960. Waxworks. Laser games.

WINTER GARDENS THEATRE / KING’S PAVILION / VICTORIA PAVILION / PEOPLE’S PALACE & AQUARIUM Opened 1878. 1896 sold by W. Morgan to T. Baxter & R.B. Abbot – West End Pier Co. Rebuilt as Vic Pav. 1897. Architect: Mangnall & Littlewood, consultant Frank Matcham. Lessee: W. Holland (1907). March 1909 to William Henry Broadhead. Enlarged to 3,000 as K’s Pav. Post-1918, pictures winter, variety Summer. 1933 sold. Chairman Harry Smirk. Re-opened 26^th March 1934. 1937 as WGT: (P.T.A.) Prop., Winter Gardens Ltd. 3,000 seats. Phone 8. 1941: (PTA) – 3,000 seats. Once nightly. Prices 6d. to 2s.6d. Phone Morecambe 8. Stations, Euston Road & Promenade, L.M.S. To Moss’ Empires 1953 (£146,000). Leased to Trust House Forte (Leisure). Closed September 1977. 1987 listed Grade II. 1990 to Fred Edmondson.1992 listing upgraded. October 1996 restoration begun. 1998: exterior restoration work completed. 2003: To Barnfield Construction, Nelson.

 

MORETON Cheshire

Mann Institute Miss R. Horne (1907)

PICTURE HOUSE Pasture Road Opened 30^th April 1925. Architect A. Ernest Shennan. To Luxor Cinemas (Southan Morris) 1937. By 1941 (BTH) – Prop., S.M. Super Cinemas, Ltd., 37/38, Golden Square W1. 800 seats. Booked at H.O. Continuous. Prices 6d. to 1s. 3d. Phone Upton 22. Station, Moreton, L.M.S. To Essoldo 26^th August 1954. Closed to film 28^th March 1964. Bingo.

Redesdale Hall f., J. Kennedy (1907) 

Swan As­sembly Rooms F. Baguley (1907)

 

MORETON-in-MARSH Glos

PLAYHOUSE Church Street  To A. W. Harris 1935. 1937: A.W.H. Playhouse (Moreton-in-Marsh), Ltd. 400 seats. Phone 73. 1941: (AWH) Prop., Playhouse (Moreton-in Marsh) Ltd. Pictures and occasional Variety. Films booked at Plaza, Amesbury. Phone Amesbury 354. Continuous nightly. Prices 6d. to 1s. 6d. Stage 12ft. deep. Two dressing-rooms. Phone 73. Station, Moreton-in-Marsh, G.W.R. Closed 1961 – still AWH Co.

 

MORETONHAMPSTED Devon

REX  Wartime adaptation?  Galvanised corrugated iron.

CAMP CINEMA R.A.F. Harrowbeer

 

MORLEY Yorks

ALEXANDRA / EMPRESS MUSIC HALL / Alexander Hall  (1907)  Albion Street, Morley (formerly the, built 1908) 20/11/09 — Cinema shows begin 28/02/14 — Cinema shows cease

Co-operative Hall  f., Secretary (1907) 

King’s Hall (1907)

PAVILION / NEW PAVILION / NEW PAVILION THEATRE  South Queen Street Opened 1911. 17^th March 1913 — Cinema shows during stage renovation after fire. 1922 as NP – Prop., Coronation Pavilion Co., Ltd. Res. Man., F. Brown. Three shows daily. Two changes weekly. Phone, Morley 218. Station, Morley, G.N.R. By 1941: (WE) – Prop., Picture House (Morley) Ltd. Phone 232. 800 seats. Booked at Sec’s Office, G. Hylton, A.C.A., 10 East Parade, Leeds. Continuous. Twice nightly Sats. Prices 8d. and 1s. Stage and four dressing-rooms. Phone 218. Station, Morley, L.N.E.R. 777 seats. Closed to film 27^th July 1968 — Beach Red and Operation Kid Brother. Bingo. Empty. Converted to Café / Restaurant.

ODEON THEATRE – Props., Odeon Theatres, Ltd., Old County Cinema, Marlow, Bucks (under Construction). Scheme not proceeded with.

PICTURE HOUSE  Queen Street  Opened 2^nd February 1914 — Dante’s Inferno.  1922 – Prop., Picture House (Morley), Ltd. Res. Man., E. S. Hoskins. Continuous. Daily mat. Two changes weekly. Prices, 6s. to 1s. Phone, Morly 232. Station, Morley, G.N.R. By 1941: (BTH) – Prop., Picture House (Morley) Ltd. 998 seats. Booked at Sec’s Office, G. Hylton, ACA., 10 East Parade, Leeds. Continuous. Sats. twice nightly. Prices 8d. and 1s. Phone Morley 232. Station, Morley, L.N.E.R. 959 seats. Closed 6^th February 1960 — The Siege of Pinchgut.

Temperance Hall  S. Rhodes (1907) 

 

MORPETH Northumb

AVENUE THEATRE  1922 – Prop., Chas. Grey. Res. Man., F. Milburn. Continuous. Three changes weekly. Prices, 4d. to 9d. Station, Morpeth, N.E.R.

CINEMA Seahouses  1941: (AWH) – 400 seats

Circus Pitch Borough Surveyor (1907)

COLISEUM THEATRE Newmarket, North Road  Opened 1926. 1937: (WE) Prop., S. Rogers Cinemas Ltd. 1,089 seats. Phone 192. 1941: (WE) – Prop., Stanley Rogers Cinemas, Ltd., 147/9, Northumberland Street, Newcastle-on-Tyne. Phone Newcastle 20317. 1,100 seats. Booked at H.O. Continuous. Prices 6d. to 1s. 6d. Proscenium width 26ft. Stage 23ft. deep; eight dressing rooms. Café. Phone Morpeth 192. Station, Morpeth. Bingo for a time. Now ‘M2’ nightclub.

JUBILEE HALL  Rothbury

Masonic Hall  f., J. J. James (1907) 

MINERS HALL Station Road Pegswood (AWH) -Props., Pegswood Miners Welfare Committee. 450 seats. One show nightly. Booked at Hall. Proscenium width 20ft. Prices 6d. and 9d. Station, Pegswood. Film Transport.

Miner’s Welfare Institute Linton

PI.AYHOUSE Market Place  1937: (WE) Prop., Wallaw Pictures Ltd.  964  seats. Phone 124. 1941: (WE) – Booked at Wallaw Buildings, Ashington, Northumberland. Prices 6d. to 1s. 6d. Phone Morpeth 124. Station, Morpeth. Closed 1961, supermarket.

RED ROW PICTURE HALL  (AWH) – Props., Thos. Gibson & John W. Young. 417 seats. Prices 8d. and 10d. Continuous. Tues. to Fri., two shows Mon. and Sat; one show Sun. Booked at Newcastle-on-Tyne. Phone Amble 34. Station, Acklington.

Town Hall  G. Bowmaker (1907)

 

MORTON Ches

PICTURE HOUSE  1922 – Prop., Cheshire Picture Halls Ltd. Head office, 56 Hamilton Square, Birkenhead. Res. Man., W. Wain-Wright. Twice weekly. Prices., 1s. to 1s. 7d. Station, Morton, Wirral Railway, G.C.R.

 

MORTON  Derbys

Morton ELECTRA PICTURE HALL  1922 – Prop., Porter, Williams & Porter. Res. Man., S. Porter. One show nightly, Two changes weekly. Prices, 3d. to 9d. Station, Doe Hill, M.R.

 

MOSSLEY Lancs

Co-operative Hall  Secretary (1907)

EMPIRE CINEMA Apsley Gar­dens  1937: (Pic’tone) Prop., Wilkinson & Plumer. 600 seats. Phone 78. 1941: (Picturetone) – Lessees, C. A. Wilkinson & R. Plummer. 600 seats. Once nightly. Twice nightly Sat. Mat., Mon. and Sat. Booked at Manchester. Two changes weekly. Prices 5d. to 1s. Phone Mossley 78. Station, Mossley L.M.S.

Liberal Hall  James Park (1907) 

Mechanics’ Institute  E. Thompson (1907) 

ROYAL PAVILION Dean Street  1937: (Pic’tone) Prop., Wilkinson & Downs. 830 seats. Phone 113. 1941: (Picturetone) – Lessees, C. A. Wilkinson & Downs, Apsley House, Mossley. 600 seats. Booked at Manchester. One show nightly. Mats., Tues. and Sat. Two changes weekly. Prices 5d. to 1s. Station, Mossley.

 

MOTTRAM Cheshire

SAVOY THEATRE (AWH)  1937 prop. C. Seymour. 450 seats. 1941 – Lessee/Prop., Wilbraham G. Stansfield. 500 seats. Booked at Hall. Once nightly. Twice Sat. Prices 4d. to 1s. Phone Mottram 356. Station, Broadhottom.

 

MOUNTSORREL Leics

CASTLE PICTUREDROME   Tin & corrugated iron building pre-dating Rock. 1916 KYB.

ROCK CINEMA & Dance Hall  Leicester Road  Opened 1928. Prop., G. G. Baum. 1937: (Gy’tone) Prop., G. G. Baum & J. Fisher. Cap. 350 Phone Rothley 164. 1941: (Gyrotone) – Props., G. G. Baum & J. Fisher. 290 seats. Booked at Hall. Once nightly, Mon., Tues., Thurs. and Sat. Prices 5d. to 1s. Proscenium width 30ft. Phone Rothley 164. Station, Sileby, L.M.S. Later Imperial sound. 1950s – seats cleared two nights/week as dance hall. Closed August 1958. To Blakesley Reid Engineers. Now printing works.

 

MUCH WENLOCK Salop

Corn Ex­change f., A. Owen (1907)

MEMORIAL HALL  - Prop., F. Taylor, 1, High Street 200 seats. Three performances two nights weekly. Booked at 1 High Street. Prices 5d. to 1s. 6d. Phone Much Wenlock 260. Station, Much Wenlock, G.W.R. Once a cinema, now a museum.

 

MUNDESLEY Norfolk

CINEMA               KYB 1922

 

MURTON COLLIERY Co. Durham

EMPIRE Woods Terrace  Opened 22^nd November 1912. 1922 - Prop., Murton Empire Pictures Co., Ltd. Res. Man., S. C. Chicken. Two shows nightly. Two changes weekly. Prices, 4d. to 9d. Station, Murton Junction, N.E.R. 1929: Sydney Chicken, manager & sec. 1937: (W.E.) Prop., Murton Empire Picture Co. Ltd. 620 seats. Phone 11.   By 1941: (WE) – Prop., Murton Empire Picture Co., Ltd. 620 seats. Booked at Newcastle­-on-Tyne. Two shows nightly. Prices 6d. and 9d. Phone 11.

OLYMPIA off Church Street  Opened September 1910. Licensed for pictures & variety. Prop., J. Gibb. By 1941:  (AWH) – Prop., Murton Empire Pic­ture Co., Ltd. 1929: Sydney Chicken, sec. 400 seats. Booked at New­castle-on-Tyne. Twice nightly, Mon. and Sat Once nightly rest of week. Prices 6d. and 9d. Phone 11. Station, Morton Junction L.N.E.R. 1937: A.W.H.) Prop., Prop., Murton Empire Picture Co. Ltd. 400 seats.     

REX Knaresborough Rd

 

MYTHOLMROYD

Oddfellows’ Hall G. Sainsbury (1907)