Alhambra Cinema, Longton
Built in 1914 by T C Wild, a Longton pottery owner and future Lord Mayor of Stoke-on-Trent, the Alhambra picture house stood on Upper Normacot Road at the corner of Herbert Road (off to the right). Spring ...
Barber's Picture Palace in Hose Street, Tunstall.
Looking along Hose Street towards Roundwell Street with George Barber's cinema on the right hand side. Barber opened the first cinema in the Potteries in Station Road in 1909 and this, "The Regent", in ...
Broadway Cinema, Meir
Photograph taken looking south-west. The Broadway cinema was opened on the 14th of December 1936. Built in the Art Deco style, it had an angular design, rounded corners, a "grand staircase" entrance ...
Broadway cinema, Meir. Photographed by William Blake
The Broadway cinema was opened on the 14th of December 1936. Built in the Art Deco style, it had an angular design, rounded corners, a "grand staircase" entrance and seating for 1,000 people. It also ...
Buildings adjacent to Matthew Wardhaugh's theatre, Longton.
Buildings being demolished in The Strand, Longton.
Matthew Wardhaugh (1813-188) was born in Whitechapel, London. He was first employed as a call boy at Drury Lane Theatre, then made a living by reciting ...
Capitol Cinema, Goodson Street, Hanley.
Originally the Royal Alexandra Music Hall, then the Kings Palace Theatre, later Moore and Kennedy's Picture Hall, the Capitol Cinema stood in Goodson Street (formerly New Street) in Hanley. Built in 1892 ...
Clough Street, Hanley
The view along Clough Street towards the centre of Hanley. On the right hand edge is the greyhound racing stadium and next along, the tall chimney and three bottle ovens of George Ashworth's Broad Street ...
Commerce Street, Longton
Photograph taken looking south-west. The Empire Cinema and Theatre is on the right.
Commerce Street, Longton
Commerce Street in Longton in 1962. The Empire Theatre is in the centre on the corner of Chancery Lane with, on this side, the Commerce Works of Herbert Aynsley & Co. Next door to Aynsley's is John Tam's ...
Empire Theatre, Longton
Photograph taken from the Chancery Lane side. 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 ...
Essoldo Cinema, Burslem
The art deco Essoldo Cinema was on the corner of Bournes Bank and Cleveland Street in Burslem. Originally opened in 1911 as the Burslem Picture Palace it was rebuilt in 1936 after the roof collapsed. ...
Essoldo Picture House, Cleveland Street, Burslem.
On the corner of Cleveland Street and Bournes Bank, The Essoldo was the first cinema in Burslem (opened in 1911) and started life as the Burslem Picture Palace. It was rebuilt as The New Palace in 1936, ...
Hartshill Institute, Hartshill Road, Stoke
This plan is of the Hartshill Institute.
An article in The Staffordshire Sentinel and Midlands Counties Advertiser of Saturday, January 15, 1859 reports on the official opening of the building.
Its ...
Malpass Street, Tunstall
Looking north along Malpass Street (known as Hall Street until the 1950s) from The Boulevard (formerly Station Road) in Tunstall. This view has completely disappeared with the extension and widening of ...
Mitchell Memorial Theatre and Youth Centre, Broad Street, Hanley
The Reginald Mitchell Memorial Theatre and Youth Centre is on Broad Street in Hanley. This photograph was taken from the corner of Crown Street with wall of the ABC Cinebowl (closed in 2000) to the right ...
Mitchell Memorial Theatre, Broad Street, Hanley
Erected in tribute to the designer of the Spitfire, the Mitchell Memorial Theatre and Youth Centre stands at the north end of Broad Street in Hanley. The foundation stone was laid in 1955 and the theatre ...
Odeon Cinema, Trinity Street, Hanley
This photograph was taken from the entrance to Piccadilly Arcade looking west along Trinity Street. The Art Deco style Odeon Cinema stood on the corner of Lower Foundry Street. Opened in 1938, this was ...
Old Theatre Royal in Pall Mall, Hanley
The old Theatre Royal was in Pall Mall. The camera is looking northwest along Pall Mall towards Marsh Street. The large building is the YMCA on the corner of Marsh Street and Clough Street. This became ...