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Former Lansdowne Picture Palace, junction of London Road and Boston Street showing (back) the construction of The Forge, Sheffield Hallam University student accommodation

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Former Lansdowne Picture Palace, junction of London Road and Boston Street showing (back) the construction of The Forge, Sheffield Hallam University student accommodation
Sheffield_Highfield
2007
2000-2019

Lansdowne Picture Palace opened 1914 closed following air raid damage in 1940. In 1947 building converted for use as a temporary Marks and Spencers Store; 1950s 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 (Sheffield Local Studies Library: 725.82 SQ). Also Sheffield Cinemas, by Clifford Shaw (Sheffield Local Studies Library: 725.82 S).

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