KIngs Hall, Whalley Road, Accrington

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340168

Reference identifier

DDX 3746-2-412

Title

KIngs Hall, Whalley Road, Accrington

Place

Accrington

General notes

Located on Whalley Road in Accrington, Lancashire. The building was opened as a Primitive Methodist Chapel around 1859. It was converted by the Weisker Brothers of Liverpool into the Picturedrome in 1912. It had a 17 feet wide proscenium, and there was a billiards hall in the basement. In 1915 it was re-named Kings Hall. In 1931 it was equipped with a Morrison sound system. Around 1945 this was replaced by a GB sound system.
The Kings Hall had closed by 1961

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Negative

Colour

Monochrome

Year of image

1960

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Subjects

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