Garden St, St Annes on Sea

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231388

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NST09072010009

Title

Garden St, St Annes on Sea

Place

St Annes on Sea

General notes

This image shows Garden St looking towards St Annes Rd West. J R Taylor's department store is on the top right of the picture.

The central building in the picture was formerly the public hall and subsequently became a cinema.

"In 1906 the Public Hall was taken over by Thomas Bannister and renamed the Public Hall Picturedrome. It was resold in 1921 and in 1925 bought by the Blackpool Tower Company and became the Palace Cinema and Restaurant. It continued as a cinema until 1959 when ti was sold to Lytham St Annes Freemasons. The lower storey is now the St Anne's Market and St George's emporium."

From "St Anne's on the Sea: a History" (2008) by Peter Shakeshaft (p.243)

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