Stafford Operatic Society
A performance of Gilbert and Sullivan's comic opera, 'The Gondoliers'.
Stafford Picture House and Staff,
The Picture House opened on Bridge Street in February 1914.
This photograph is dated 1924 and was taken prior to a day trip organised for staff members and their guests.
Stafford Theatre Advertisement, Novelty Cat Act
Advertisement from the Staffordshire Advertiser 1836 .
‘The night for NOVELTY will take place on
THURSDAY DEC, 29, 1836
FOR THE BENNEFIT OF
Mr. USHER
Clown,
And the last night of his engagement.
When ...
Stafford Theatre Advertisement, Paganini Concert
Advertisement for a concert performed by Signor Paganini at Stafford Theatre, from the Staffordshire Advertiser 1834.
Paganini (1782 – 1840) was an Italian violinist, violist, guitarist, and composer. ...
Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy signed photograph
Stan and Ollie's theatre tour of Britain in 1952 was hugely popular, and 'the boys' were overwhelmed at their continuing popularity, long after their cinema heyday. This signed photograph originates ...
Starland Bingo Hall, Leek Road, Abbey Hulton
The Starland bingo hall on Leek Road opposite Abbots Road, was formerly a cinema. Since 2009 the building has been occupied by Campus City Breathe City Church. Formerly known as The Abbey Cinema, it opened ...
Sydney Barnes, Borough Hall, Stafford
Sydney Barnes is seated second from right. This photograph was taken on the occasion of an ITV broadcast of 'Home Town, Saturday Night' at the Borough Hall, Stafford. Seated, left to right, are Jane ...
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 auditorium of the Theatre Royal, Pall Mall, Hanley
Theatre Royal interior before it was destroyed by fire in 1949.
Hanley's Theatre Royal had a long and colourful history until its closure in 2000. In 1850 a disused Methodist Chapel on Brunswick Street ...
The Broadway Cinema, Meir
A view of the Broadway Cinema on Uttoxeter Road, Meir. Art-deco in style, the cinema opened in 1936. It could seat over 1000 filmgoers and was on the Broadway Roundabout on Sandon Road. The site was close ...
The Cinema and Horse Fair, Rugeley
The Picture House cinema and Horse Fair, looking towards the Globe Hotel. The poster outside the Picture House is advertising 'Dandy Dick', a comedy starring the music hall comedian Will Hay. An advert ...
The Dolphin Inn, Kidsgrove
The Dolphin was at 43 Heathcote Street. The licensee at this time was Jacob Stanier and it is his wife, Elizabeth, standing in the doorway. The poster in the window is advertising the screening of two ...
The Elite Cinema, High Street, Uttoxeter
The Elite Cinema with Hedley Reynolds changing the film title on the front. The film being advertised is probably Romeo and Juliet, starring Norma Shearer and Leslie Howard, and released in 1936.
The ...
The Elite Cinema, High Street, Uttoxeter
The Elite Cinema decorated with flags and banners to celebrate the Queen's coronation. The film showing is "A Queen is crowned".
The 900 seat cinema was built by Messr Ward and Godbehere for Mr F.P. ...
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 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 Focus Cinema, Market Street, Longton
A view north west along Market Street, formerly High Street, Longton. The Focus Cinema is in the centre of the photograph and to its left the premises of Hughes and Harber, printers and publishers. The ...
The Grand Cinema, Leek
The Grand Cinema and Hippodrome was built by Samuel Salt on High Street in 1908. It was altered, became purely a cinema in 1915 and was given this art deco facade in the 1930s. It closed in the mid ...