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Home » Theater Guide » Location » United Kingdom » England » Radcliffe, Greater Manchester » Odeon Radcliffe

Odeon Radcliffe

Radcliffe, Greater Manchester, England
Foundry Street
, Radcliffe, Greater Manchester, England, United Kingdom M26
(map)
Status: Closed/Demolished
Screens: Single Screen
Style: Art Deco
Function: Unknown
Seats: 1138
Chain: Unknown
Architect: W. Calder Robson, Harry W. Weedon
Firm: Harry W. Weedon Partnership
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The Odeon was built for and operated by Oscar Deutsch's Odeon Theatres Ltd chain and was opened on 14th August 1937 with Clark Gable in "San Francisco".

Designed in a simple but effective Art Deco style, seating was provided for 822 in the stalls and 316 in the balcony on a semi-stadium plan that had no overhanging balcony, just a separate raised section at the rear.

Radcliffe is located only two miles away from Bury where Odeon already had built an Odeon a year earlier. The Odeon Radcliffe was an early casualty due to the down-turn in cinema admissions when television was introduced.

It closed on 27th April 1957 with Victor Mature in "Zarak". The building was converted into retail use as a supermarket. It became a Tesco supermarket in 1968 and a Kwick Save supermarket from 1974 which closed on 20th March 2004. The building lay empty until November 2005 when it was demolished to make way for a new developement on the site.
Contributed by KenRoe

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Two views of the former Odeon Theatre when still open as a Kwik Save Supermarket:
http://www.bolton.org.uk/radks.jpg
http://www.bolton.org.uk/radksmh.jpg
posted by KenRoe on Jan 20, 2006 at 5:28am
Another photo of the Kwik-save former Odeon here:-

http://www.flickr.com/photos/12494104@N00/137513839/

The buildings entrance was originally on the far corner of the front of the building.
posted by Ian on Apr 30, 2006 at 10:21pm
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