Adelphi Cinema
112 Kenyon Lane,
Manchester,
M40 9DH
112 Kenyon Lane,
Manchester,
M40 9DH
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Additional Info
Previously operated by: H.D. Moorhouse Circuit
Architects: Herbert Aloysius Yearsley
Styles: Art Deco
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Located in the north-east Manchester suburb of Moston. Built on the site of the Empress Picture House, which was basically a tin hut that had opened as a cinema in 1914 with seating provided for 700. The Adelphi Cinema was built and opened by the H.D. Moorhouse chain in November 1937 with Anton Walbrook in “Michael Strogoff”.
Seating was provided for 1,312 in a stadium plan, with a raised stepped section at the rear.
The Adelphi Cinema was closed in 1962 with a double bill programme “Winchester 73” and “Sword of Ali Baba”. It was converted into a bingo club. This was later closed and the empty building was partially damaged by a fire.
It was taken over by a family operated firm as a hardware store, which operated from the building as Deanway Hardware until the late-2010’s. It was demolished in summer of 2023.
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Ken Roe
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The outside of the cinema looks the same as the Leicester Colosseum http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/33765/photos
Boarded up, no longer functioning as anything.
Sadly now has been demolished