Grand Theatre
High Street,
Leek,
ST13
High Street,
Leek,
ST13
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Thanks for amending info in your description
I was chief projectionist at the Grand from 1984 to 86 and showed the final film “Santa Claus the movie”. Just thought I`d correct a couple of things; 1. Conversion to three screens; screen one was in the circle and two and three in the stalls. 2.Screen 1 (old circle) was converted to bingo 1983/4 leaving two screens in the old stalls
Shaun Green on 1987 I took this photo of the Grand Cinema about 12 months after it closed for good.
Buxton High peak also owned “The Regal” which was near by.. That had 621 seats Screen 21' wide. I visited Regal when the Bingowas stripped out.
Correction Seating capacity was 662 when a single screen.. Before Hutchinson owning the Grand it was Buxton High Peak Entertainments Ltd., Converted to a Triple by Modernisation Ltd.,
grainy bw photo i took shortly after closure
http://www.flickr.com/photos/woody1969/731116912/
Originally opened in 1909 as the Grand Theatre & Hippodrome it became the Hippodrome Theatre in 1915. In 1931 it was re-modelled and began cinema use re-named the New Grand Theatre with a seating capacity of 1,758.
The theatre/cinema has now been demolished to make way for housing on the site.
R Martin. Leek