The Plaza Cinema, Nelson Place, Newcastle-under-Lyme

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Date:1943

Description:The Plaza Cinema, Nelson Place, Newcastle-under-Lyme, showing 'Last of the Mohicans'. Before opening as a picture house in 1910 this building was the Newcastle and Pottery Theatre.Mr Beresford purchased the Cinema Theatre in 1930 and changed its name to The Plaza. It became The Roxy in 1946 and closed in 1957. T and was replaced by an office building. Watercolour signed by Gordon M. Forsythe and dated 1943.


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1890s
Theatre Royal, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Theatre Royal, Newcastle-under-Lyme

The Theatre Royal was built between 1787 and 1788. In 1910 the theatre became Newcastle's ...

1910s
Queen Victoria's Statue, Nelson Place, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Queen Victoria's Statue, Nelson Place, Newcastle-under-Lyme

Queen Victoria's statue is pictured here in its original position in Nelson Place. ...

1930s
Queen Victoria's Statue, Nelson Place, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Queen Victoria's Statue, Nelson Place, Newcastle-under-Lyme

This statue of Queen Victoria was presented to the town of Newcastle-under-Lyme ...

1950s
Nelson Place, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Nelson Place, Newcastle-under-Lyme

This painting by artist Alf Fallows depicts the view across Nelson Place, Newcastle-under-Lyme, ...

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Donor ref:PAC135-88 (22/22973)

Source: Brampton Museum and Art Gallery, Newcastle under Lyme

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