Alhambra Theatre
7 North Street,
Nelson,
BB9 7NF
7 North Street,
Nelson,
BB9 7NF
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Previous Names: Alhambra Picture Palace
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Located in the centre of Nelson, Lancashire. The Alhambra Picture Palace was opened prior to 1934. By 1937, it had been re-named Alhambra Theatre. The proscenium was 20 feet wide and the stage was 14 feet deep. There were five dressing rooms.
The Alhambra Theatre was closed on 5th May 1957.
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Mercia Cinema Society’s “Chronicles of Pendle’s Picture Palaces” gives the last show as 5 May 1957; showing Burt Lancaster in ‘Ten Tall Men’. The article has: “The Alhambra seated 600 at the time of closure. The bath was still there under the wooden floor. It … became a leather goods works.”