Albert Hall Cinema, Stafford,

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Date:25th of April 1959

Description:The Albert Cinema opened in May 1912 in a former rag and bone warehouse on Crabbery Street. It closed three years later.

In 1919 the building was converted into a repertory theatre and remained as such until 1932 when it reopened as a cinema, known locally as the 'Flea Pit'.

The Albert Cinema closed in 1952, and by 1963 the building had become the premises of the Stafford and Stone Co-operative Society.

The board outside the main entrance is advertising 'The Dark Light', a detective film starring Albert Lieven and David Greene.


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1830s
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1850s
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1880s
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1900s
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1920s
Albert Hall Theatre, Stafford,
Albert Hall Theatre, Stafford,

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1940s
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1970s
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Donor ref:P97.004.0007 (18/1040)

Source: Staffordshire Museum Service

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