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Gallery: The Palace Theatre of Varieties, Manchester, c. 1900s

Palace Theatre of Varieties, Manchester, c. 1900s

@iamtimbo / 9 years ago / 634 views / comments

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The Palace Theatre of Varieties viewed from the junction of Oxford Street and Whitworth Street. The Palace Theatre was built as the Manchester Palace of Varieties by Alfred Darbyshire & F B Smith in 1891. When it opened in the early years of the twentieth century there was a problem getting a liquor licence for the bars for a number of years and it was a dry variety theatre. This affected the business quite a bit until a licence was eventually obtained. The theatre was refaced in 1953.

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