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Home » Theater Guide » Location » United Kingdom » England » Halifax, West Yorkshire » Astra 1 & 2 Cinemas
Also known as Picture House, Gaumont Theatre

Astra 1 & 2 Cinemas

Halifax, West Yorkshire, England
Wards End
, Halifax, West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom HX1 2AB
(map)
Status: Closed
Screens: Twin
Style: Baroque
Function: Nightclub
Seats: 1384
Chain: Unknown
Architect: Unknown
Firm: Unknown
Astra 1 & 2 Cinemas
Exterior view of the former Astra Cinemas
Photo courtesy of Ian Grundy
The Coliseum nightclub opened as the Picture House on Halifax's popular Wards End 20 October 1913. It was built for Provincial Cinematograph Theatres(PCT) but was quickly taken over by Associated Provincial Picture Houses(APPH), a division of Gaumont British Theatres.

A fire in 1947 kept it closed for nearly a year and on re-opening it was called the Gaumont. It was sold to Hutchinson Leisure in 1973, after a spell on bingo, who created two small cinemas of 200 seats Astra 1 & 2 in the former balcony whilst continuing with bingo on the ground floor. These closed in June 1968.

A few years later the entire building was transformed into a nightclub, apparently losing most of the cinema interior in the process.

The former Picture House is a Grade II Listed building.
Contributed by Ian Grundy

YOUR COMMENTS

 
Another exterior view here :-

http://flickr.com/photos/12494104@N00/331856852/
posted by Ian on Dec 25, 2006 at 1:34am
A vintage photograph of the Gaumont Theatre in September 1949:
http://www.mawgrim.sathosting.net/cavalcade/halifaxg.jpg
posted by KenRoe on Apr 18, 2007 at 10:12am
Two more exteriors from October 2007 here:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/12494104@N00/1477918182/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/12494104@N00/1477059309/
posted by Ian on Oct 4, 2007 at 5:24am
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