The Grosvenor Picture Palace now Footage
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The Grosvenor Picture Palace now Footage
Image: © Gerald England Taken: 13 May 2017
Former Cinema at the corner of Oxford Road and Grosvenor Street. The Grade II listed building https://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101218431-former-grosvenor-picture-palace-ardwick-ward first opened in May 1915 and thrived until the 1960s, closing in May 1968. It was a bingo hall and a snooker club for a while before being boarded up for several years. In 1990, the building became a Firkin Brewery pub called the Flea and Firkin with brewery on site. It was renamed to the Footage and Firkin before the site was sold and became a Scream pub called the Footage https://www.social-squirrel.com/thefootagemanchester It was refurbished by owners Stonegate Pub Company at a cost of £360,000, and was relaunched on 13 September 2014. Image Image
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Image Location
Latitude
53.47004
Longitude
-2.236926