Alhambra Theatre, Manchester
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| Address | Ashton Old Road, Higher Openshaw Manchester United Kingdom |
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| Construction | |
| Opened | 1910 |
| Demolished | 2009 |
| Architect | H. A. Turner[1] |
The Alhambra Theatre in Higher Openshaw, Manchester, England, was opened in 1910, part of the H. D. Moorhouse Theatre Circuit, but it had been converted to a cinema by the outbreak of the First World War in 1914. The cinema was converted into a bingo hall in the early 1960s. The auditorium was finally used as a sporting club,[2] and what remained of the building was used as a restaurant, storage space and glass works.[1] The Alhambra was demolished in 2009 to make way for a new Morrisons supermarket.[3]
References
[edit]Citations
[edit]- ^ a b "Alhambra (Manchester)", The Theatres Trust, retrieved 12 April 2011
- ^ Rudyard & Wyke (1994), p. 26
- ^ "Alhambra Theatre, Ashton Road, Openshaw, Manchester", arthurlloyd.co.uk, 12 February 2007, retrieved 3 April 2012
Bibliography
[edit]- Rudyard, Nigel; Wyke, Terry (1994), Manchester Theatres, Bibliography of North West England, ISBN 978-0-947969-18-9