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Palais, London Road, junction with Boston Street, (formerly The Lansdowne Picture Palace)

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Ref No:	s21331
Title:	Palais, London Road, junction with Boston Street, (formerly The Lansdowne Picture Palace)
Location:	Sheffield_Highfield
Date:	22/08/1990
Date Period:	1980-1999
Photographer:	Sheffield Newspapers Ltd
Copyright::	Sheffield Newspapers Ltd
Notes:	Lansdowne Picture Palace opened 1914 closed following air raids on the night of 12 December 1940 although damage was apparently negligible. In 1947 the building was converted for use as a temporary Marks and Spencers Store; 1950's became a Mecca Dance Hall, Locarno and later Tiffany's nightclub then reverted back to Locarno. For more information see 'In Memory of Sheffield's Cinemas', by R. Ward, Cat. No. 725.82 SQ. Also 'Sheffield Cinemas', by Clifford Shaw for the Sheffield Cinema Society, Ref: 725.82 S.
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