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Parliament Row, Hanley.

This scene shows a billposter outside Woolworth & Co. Ltd around the late fifties or early sixties. The poster advertises the play 'Subway in the Sky', which was showing at the Odeon cinema where Frederick ...

Queen's Cinema Palace, Jupiter Street. Smallthorne, Stoke-on-Trent

This cinema was on the north side of Jupiter Street (formerly King Street South) near the corner of Mars Street, just off Ford Green Road. Around the time this photograph was taken, the Palace became ...

Queen's Hall, Burslem

The front of Queen's Hall on Wedgwood Street in Burslem. This grade II listed building has been both a Town Hall and theatre. Built in 1911 with three entrance doors, Corinthian columns, and an elaborate ...

Queen's Theatre, Wedgwood Place, Burslem

The Queen's Theatre in Burslem was constructed between 1900 and 1924. It is a three storey building, four rooms wide by eight rooms deep. The front of the roof is obscured by a large decorative stone ...

Queen's Theatre, Wedgwood Place, Burslem.

The open space was the site of the former meat market in Burslem. Situated next to the town hall the meat market was built around 1850 for the sale of fresh meat. Behind the market was the Police station, ...

Salvation Army Citadel, Tunstall

The Salvation Army Citadel stood on the corner of Ladywell Road (formerly Sneyd Street) and Harewood Street. The building was originally Tunstall's first theatre (The Prince of Wales), opened in 1865. ...

The Alhambra Picture House, Normacot

The Alhambra picture house stood on Upper Normacot Road, closed in 1977, and stood derelict until it was demolished in 1994.

The Empire Theatre, Longton

The Chancery Lane side of the building. Built as the Queen's Theatre in 1896 after a fire had destroyed the previous building, the Empire was a theatre until 1921, when it was converted into a cinema. ...

The Hippodrome Variety Theatre, Stoke.

The Hippodrome was built in Kingsway, Stoke in 1919. It instantly became a popular venue and also served as the Gordon Theatre & Opera House. Upon its closure in January 1961 it was the Gaumont cinema. ...

The Odeon Cinema, Trinity Street, Hanley.

The Odeon Cinema in Trinity Street, Hanley, taken in the late 1950s. The film being advertised is 'South Pacific' which was released in 1958.

The Palace Picture House, Tunstall

The art deco Palace Picture House (or Palace CInema) was on The Boulevard opposite the Memorial Gardens. Opened in 1909 on what was then known as Station Road, the Palace Picture House was the first purpose ...

Tower and Clouds, Blackpool. Photographed by William Blake.

Seafront with a view of Blackpool Tower, Lancashire.

Victoria Theatre, Hartshill Road, Hartshill

This two-storey building was constructed between 1900 and 1924. It has a cellar and a later large extension attached to the right side of the building. There have been extensive modifications to the building....

Victoria Theatre, Hartshill, Stoke-on-Trent

This is the "old" Victoria Theatre on the corner of Hartshill Road and Victoria Street in Hartshill. The theatre moved to a purpose built site on Etruria Road, becoming the New Vic Theatre, in 1986. The ...

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