Looking down from the circle towards the stage in the auditorium in the Tameside Hippodrome

Date:
1996
Location:
Tameside Hippodrome, Oldham Road, Ashton-under-Lyne, Tameside
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Empire Hippodrome, Oldham Road, Ashton-under-Lyne, Tameside
ABC Cinema, Oldham Road, Ashton-under-Lyne, Tameside
Reference:
NWC01/01/2677
Type:
Photograph (35mm Slide)
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Description

The Empire Hippodrome opened in 1904. The auditorium was substantially reconstructed and refurbished by Drury and Gomersall in 1933. The gallery and boxes were replaced by a circle. It was reopened as the New Empire in 1933, and became the ABC Cinema in 1963. The building became a live theatre called Tameside Theatre or Tameside Hippodrome in 1976.

Content

This is part of the Series: NWC01/01 Norman Walley: Series of slides; within the Collection: NWC01 Norman Walley Cinema Collection

Rights

© Historic England Archive

People & Organisations

Photographer: Walley, Norman: Drury And Gomersall

Keywords

Auditorium, Proscenium Arch, Early 20th Century Theatre, 20th Century Cinema, Leisure And Recreation