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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 ...

The Palladium, Bore Street, Lichfield

The Palladium Cinema was open between 1912 and 1937, and the site has undergone many changes. In 1790 a theatre was built on the site, and was known as the Theatre Royal by 1859. This building was demolisehd ...

The Picture House, Stafford

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 ...

The Picture House, Willenhall

The view is taken from Wolverhampton street. The banner on the front of the Picture House advertises 'Patria'. This was a fifteen-part serial film released in 1917, funded by William Randolph Hearst ...

Theatre Royal, Newcastle-under-Lyme

The Theatre Royal was built between 1787 and 1788. In 1910 the theatre became Newcastle's first electric cinema, originally known as the Newcastle Cinema Theatre. The medallion of Shakespeare can be seen ...

Theatre Royal, Pall Mall, Hanley

The Theatre Royal frontage pictured before it was destroyed by fire in June 1949. Hanley's Theatre Royal had a long and colourful history until its closure in 2000. In 1840 a disused Methodist Chapel ...

Tower and Clouds, Blackpool. Photographed by William Blake.

Seafront with a view of Blackpool Tower, Lancashire.

VE Day Celebrations, Hall Street, Audley, Newcastle-under-Lyme

A group of children standing on the steps of the Coronation Cinema celebrating VE day.

Veronica Hurst and Humphrey Lestocq at the Borough Hall, Stafford

Film stars Veronica Hurst and Humphrey Lestocq are pictured during the Hawaiian Press Ball charity fundraising dance held at the Borough Hall, Stafford. It was reported in the Staffordshire Advertiser ...

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 ...

View of Bridge Street, Stafford

On the far right is Burgess' agricultural engineers, now replaced by Allied Carpets. The clock tower belongs to the Royal Brine Baths, built in 1892. The open-sided tower was used by the fire brigade ...