Sheffield: the Adelphi cinema, Attercliffe
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Sheffield: the Adelphi cinema, Attercliffe
Image: © Chris Downer Taken: 13 Mar 2011
This cinema was opened on 18 October 1920 and its last film was shown on 28 October 1976. It was later reused as a bingo hall and then as a nightclub/music venue, but has been unused and unloved since the summer of 2006 to become the sorry sight we see before us now.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.3962
Longitude
-1.430002