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Home » Theater Guide » Location » United Kingdom » Wales » Mountain Ash, Mid-Glamorgan » Workmen's Hall
Also known as Nixon's Workmens' Hall and Institute, New Theatre

Workmen's Hall

Mountain Ash, Mid-Glamorgan, Wales
Oxford Street
, Mountain Ash, Mid-Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom CF45
(map)
Status: Closed/Demolished
Screens: Single Screen
Style: Unknown
Function: Unknown
Seats: 1050
Chain: Unknown
Architect: Unknown
Firm: Unknown
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This building was erected at a cost of 8,000 pounds in 1899. The funding came from subscriptions paid by the miners who worked at the nearby Nixon's Colliery in Mountain Ash. It was the largest of all the miner's institutes built in South Wales with a theatre seating capacity of over 1,500 in its early years plus a library and meeting rooms. The building was constructed in the typical Welsh welfare hall style of the 1890's using local stone and boasting some very attractive arched, Gothic style windows.

By 1937, it was known as the New Theatre and had been fitted with a British Acoustic sound system. Just after World War II, in around 1946, it was re-named Workmen's Hall.

In the mid-1950's, it was fitted with a GB-Kalee sound system. The proscenium was 30 feet wide for Cinemascope, and the building was listed as having a cafe & dancehall attached. Still listed as open in 1966, closing soon after.
Contributed by Editha Pearce

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A photo of the splendid theatre is here:-

http://www.flickr.com/photos/stagedoor/2134741569/
posted by Ian on Nov 6, 2009 at 12:09pm
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