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Plaque commemorating the Crucible Theatre being built on the site of the former Adelphi Hotel.

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Plaque commemorating the Crucible Theatre being built on the site of the former Adelphi Hotel.
Sheffield_City_Centre
2022
2020-2039
Pete Evans
SCC

Plaque reads:

The Adelphi Hotel - The Crucible Theatre is built on the site formerly occupied by the Adelphi Hotel, which closed in May 1969.

At meetings held in the hotel, three celebrated sporting institutions were founded.

30 January 1854 Bramall Lane Cricket Ground (later to become the Home of Sheffield United Football Club).

8 January 1863 Yorkshire County Cricket Club.

4 September 1867 Sheffield Wednesday Football Club.

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