Ardwick Empire, Hyde Road

Opened 18 July 1904. Capacity around 3,000 (1904). Decorations by De Jong, London. Built for Oswald Stoll and Moss Empires as a variety theatre. It became a cinema in 1930. In April 1935 it was renamed the New Manchester Hippodrome. Demolished August November 1964. Era, 16 July 1904, reported that “over 1,000 tip-up chairs have been supplied. by the firm of Messrs Lazurus and Co., London. There are few, if any, theatres throughout the county that contain so many.”

Reference           Manchester Guardian 16 July 1904 page 5 – display advert