Catalogue description ALHAMBRA THEATRE, ATTERCLIFFE

This record is held by Sheffield City Archives

Details of SY/197/B
Reference: SY/197/B
Title: ALHAMBRA THEATRE, ATTERCLIFFE
Description:

Records of the Alhambra Theatre (Attercliffe) Sheffield Limited, (company records only)

Date: 1897-1961
Held by: Sheffield City Archives, not available at The National Archives
Language: English
Creator:

Alhambra Theatre, Attercliffe, Sheffield

Access conditions:

Records are open for consultation unless otherwise indicated

Immediate source of acquisition:

On abolition of South Yorkshire County Council on 31 March 1986, the records passed from South Yorkshire County Record Office, by agreement of the four South Yorkshire District Councils, to the custody of Sheffield Archives as lead authority

Subjects:
  • Attercliffe, Sheffield, West Riding of Yorkshire
Administrative / biographical background:

The company was formed in 1897 to build and run the Alhambra Theatre, Attercliffe Road. The company offices were at 21 York St., Sheffield. In 1921 the shares were purchased by the lessees of the theatre, A.R. Walker and O.M. Bennett. The name of the theatre was changed to the Palace and a new company, Palace Theatre Attercliffe Ltd. formed to lease the theatre from the Alhambra company. In 1957 the theatre site and the Alhambra company were bought by Brook Shaw Ltd

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