Grand Theatre

Station Road,
Padiham, BB12 8EF

Unfavorite No one has favorited this theater yet

Map

View address on Google Maps

Additional Info

Nearby Theaters

No theaters found within 30 miles

Grand Theatre

In the small Lancashire town of Padiham, to the west of Burnley, the Grand Theatre opened in 1911. It is not listed in the 1914 Kinematograph Year Book, but the 1931 edition gives Padiham Amusements Ltd. as the owner. There was a café attached.

By the 1940 edition the owner is shown as New Empire (Burnley) Ltd. The stage was 30ft deep and there were two dressing rooms. That ownership continued into 1954, when new management took over.

The Grand Theatre stopped showing films in March 1961 and the building was converted into a bingo hall and then, in 1991, into a nightclub.

But this only lasted two years. The building then stood empty, until it was demolished in early-2003. An application to build flats on the site was approved; they went on sale in mid-2007.

Contributed by David Simpson

Recent comments (view all 1 comments)

mjh1947
mjh1947 on August 11, 2016 at 2:30 am

The Grand was advertised as being under new management in October 1954,closure was in March 1961 when it then went over to Bingo.

You must login before making a comment.

New Comment

Subscribe Want to be emailed when a new comment is posted about this theater?
Just login to your account and subscribe to this theater.