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Home » Theater Guide » Location » United Kingdom » England » Salford, Greater Manchester » ABC Broughton
Also known as New Rialto Cinema, Rialto Super Cinema

ABC Broughton

Salford, Greater Manchester, England
317 Bury New Road, Higher Broughton
, Salford, Greater Manchester, England, United Kingdom M7 2YN
(map)
Status: Closed/Demolished
Screens: Single Screen
Style: Art Deco
Function: Unknown
Seats: 1400
Chain: Unknown
Architect: Edwin Sheridan Gray
Firm: Gray & Evans
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The New Rialto Cinema was built in 1926. A large building on a commanding corner site, it contained a 1,400-seat cinema, nine shops, a billiard hall and a dance hall. It could be said to have been one of the earliest examples of an entertainment centre.

The front was clad in cream terra-cotta tiles. An interesting architectural feature was two cherubs and a cello carved in red terra cotta above one of the exit doors.

Officially opened on Monday November 7, 1927, the Rialto continued with film and stage shows until the outbreak of World War Two when it closed for a short period.

Like most cinemas it reopened quite quickly as it was felt by the authorities that it was a good way to keep people off the streets during the black-outs.

The cinema was taken over by the ABC chain and remained a movie house until 1973 when it was converted into the inevitable bingo hall.

The bingo ceased in around 1999, and there was talk of opening it up as a dance hall.

The building was bought in preparation for this but there was found to be a major drainage and sewage problem that was going to cost a lot of money to put right.

One day the building mysteriously burned down. A McDonald's restaurant and drive-thru now occupies the site.
Contributed by Steve Lynch

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Photo of the Rialto here:-

http://www.flickr.com/photos/12494104@N00/364937173/
posted by Ian on Feb 1, 2008 at 10:56am
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