The Picture House, Stafford

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Date:1914

Description:This postcard view shows the Picture House which opened on Bridge Street, Stafford on 23 February 1914. Between the front doors and the windows on the left there is a sign with a hand pointing to the 3d seats at the side entrance.

The Picture House closed in 1995 and was converted into a J.D. Wetherspoon's public house which opened on 6 March 1997. The building remains (June 2021) and contains many of the original and ornate cinema features.

This postcard was franked on 27 March 1914 in Stafford and it was sent to an address in Bakewell, Derbyshire.

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Image courtesy of: The Arthur Lloyd Collection

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