Palace Theatre, Appletongate, Newark, Notts.
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Palace Theatre, Appletongate, Newark, Notts.
Image: © David Hallam-Jones Taken: 1 Feb 2015
Looking in a southerly direction towards Carter Gate. The Grade II-listed Palace Theatre was built in 1920 for Miss Emily Blagg. It was altered in the mid-C20th and then altered again and restored in 1988. Emily Bragg came to live in Newark in 1887 when she was 20 years old. She has been described as a confident and enterprising businesswoman who initially sold silks and textiles. She became a Clerk of Works, a quantity surveyor and the owner of her own brick manufacturing business. She built a number of houses and ultimately realised her dream of building a theatre. The theatre has seen several changes of ownership since Emily Bragg died in 1935. In 1972 Star Cinemas relinquished ownership of The Palace to Newark and District Arts and Leisure Association who in turn handed over responsibility for it to Newark & Sherwood District Council in conjunction with Newark Town Council. Beyond it, a building that has seen service as Council Offices and a museum is currently being converted into a National Civil War Centre for the Newark Museum.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.076788
Longitude
-0.806382