Proposed “Wilton Theatre,” Cheetham Hill Road, Cheetham Hill

DRURY AND GOMERSALL PLAN NEW MANCHESTER CINEMA - Drury and Gomersall of Imperial Buildings, Oxford Street, Manchester, are to prepare plans for a large new cinema, to seat about 2,500 persons, which is to be erected on a site near the Half Way House, Cheetham Hill Road, Manchester. The site has been acquired by a local syndicate through the agency of William Stratham of Imperial Buildings, Oxford Street, Manchester. Provision will be made for a large restaurant and cafe and also for a covered car park. Talking picture apparatus will be installed. No contracts have yet been placed. [The Bioscope - Wednesday 10 April 1929 page 52]
 
Plans are under consideration for a new picture theatre to seat 2,500 persons, to be called the Wilton Theatre, which it is proposed to erect on a site at the corner of Seymour Road and Cheetham Hill Road, Manchester. The architects are Drury and Gomersall, Oxford Road, Manchester. This scheme was first mooted nearly two years ago. [The Bioscope 18 March 1931 page 60]


Reference    The Bioscope - Wednesday 10 April 1929 page 52
Reference    The Bioscope Wednesday 18 March 1931 Page 60