Alhambra Theatre, Manchester

Alhambra Theatre
Address Ashton Old Road, Higher Openshaw
Manchester
United Kingdom
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 building was demolished in 2009 to make way for a new Morrisons supermarket.[3]

References

Notes

  1. 1 2 "Alhambra (Manchester)", The Theatres Trust, retrieved 12 April 2011
  2. ↑ Rudyard & Wyke (1994), p. 26
  3. ↑ "Alhambra Theatre, Ashton Road, Openshaw, Manchester", arthurlloyd.co.uk, 12 February 2007, retrieved 3 April 2012

Bibliography

  • Rudyard, Nigel; Wyke, Terry (1994), Manchester Theatres, Bibliography of North West England, ISBN 978-0-947969-18-9 

Coordinates: 53°28′23″N 2°09′52″W / 53.4730°N 2.1644°W / 53.4730; -2.1644

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