Palace Theatre
Sandylands Promenade,
Morecambe,
LA3 1HQ
Sandylands Promenade,
Morecambe,
LA3 1HQ
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The Palace Theatre, Morecambe, Lancashire was principally a sea-side live theatre which opened in 1910. It was a very plain building which on the exterior had a plain facade with a canopy supported by iron columns. There was also no decoration in the auditorium which had a straight fronted balcony. There was a stage, but no fly-tower. It was also used as an exhibition hall and showed films. It went over to cinema use on Sundays and during the winter/out-of-season months. Around 1929 it was equipped with a Western Electric(WE) sound system.
Its first listing in the Kinematograph Year Book is in 1937; and is merely the name (Palace) and the sound system (Western Electric). KYB entries for 1942 continued into 1947, although it had gone over the live theatre use in 1946. The KYB for 1950 carries the 1937 information plus “John W. Carleton” as the proprietor and the seating as 1,028. In KYB 1954 it is the executors of John W. Carleton who are running the theatre. By 1969 it was operated by Mrs. C.S. Sheldon. Closed in the 1970’s, it became a nightclub named Porky’s. It was demolished in 1989 and flats were built on the site.
An apartment building, Marine Court, now stands on the site.
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After closure as a cinema/theatre, the premises became a nightclub, last known as Porky’s. The nightclub closed in 1989 and demolition came shortly afterwards that same year.