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SJ8398 : Opera House, Manchester

taken 8 years ago, near to Rusholme, Manchester, England

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Opera House, Manchester
Opera House, Manchester

The Grade II listed LinkExternal link Opera House is a 1920 seat theatre which opened in 1912 as The New Theatre. It was renamed the Opera House in 1920 in honour of Sir Thomas Beecham. It closed in 1979 and for five years was a bingo hall. The Palace Trust acquired it in 1984 and returned it to a theatre. In 1990 it was acquired by Apollo Leisure. It was refurbished in 2003 and is currently owned by the Ambassador Theatre Group LinkExternal link

For more information and historic images see the Music Hall and Theatre History site: LinkExternal link

Creative Commons Licence [Some Rights Reserved]   © Copyright Gerald England and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence.
Geographical Context: Sport, Leisure Date: 1912 1920 1979 1984 1990 2003 Person: Thomas Beecham Former: Bingo Hall other tags: Grade II Listed Theatre Opera House Ambassador Theatre Group Click a tag, to view other nearby images.
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Manchester [1646] · Grade II Listed [455] · Town Hall [328] · Chetham's School of Music [147] ·
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SJ8398, 3331 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Gerald England   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Thursday, 15 June, 2017   (more nearby)
Submitted
Monday, 11 December, 2017
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SJ 8340 9803 [10m precision]
WGS84: 53:28.7238N 2:15.0954W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SJ 8335 9802
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East-northeast (about 67 degrees)
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