Chapeltown Picture Palace.
Chapeltown Picture Palace was purpose-built in the Moorish style, in red brick with a white stucco front, and opened on 23 December 1912. The capacity then was about 700. There were shows every evening at 6.30 p.m. and 8.30 p.m. with admission charges of 3d in the pit, 4d in the saloon and 6d in the stalls. There was a children’s matinee at 2.30pm on Saturdays. The opening programme included The Redemption of Ben Farland (a western) and Grandma’s Sleeping Draught (a comedy). Music was provided by a trio of piano, violin and double bass. The cinema went over to ‘talkies’ in 1931. A remarkable feature of the Picture Palace was that it had the same chief projectionist, Alfred Dawson, from the day it opened in 1912 until 1954! The final film programme was a double feature: Lone Star and King Solomon’s Mines on Saturday 16 March 1963. Three days later the hall re-opened as the Palace Casino with Star Bingo. It is currently (2015) used as a snooker club.
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| Archiving Reference Number | C&HGA/E/021/b/B |
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| Type | Photograph |
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| Contributor/s | A Lamb postcard copied by Alan Boulton Information from Clifford Shaw. |
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| Date Donated to the EDA | 1st October 2015 |
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