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Palace Theatre, Bradford, West Yorkshire

Formerly the Star Theatre

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Above - Victoria Square, Bradford from a Postcard. To the right is the Prince's Theatre, below which was the Palace Theatre. And to the left is the Alhambra Theatre.

The Palace Theatre, Bradford was built in 1875 by Jackson and Langley and was actually situated underneath the slightly later Prince's Theatre, which was built by the same builders in 1876.

There was a pass door just inside the stage door of the Prince's, which was at street level, and this led into the back of the circle of the Palace. The Palace Theatre closed in 1938, many years before the Prince's Theatre but a lot of old equipment was still left inside including the dimmer mechanism. All the seats in the auditorium had gone however, and there was just the occasional safety light to see by.

Right - The Auditorium of the Bradford Palace - Courtesy Michael Sherrington.

Above - Harry Firth Presents 'Oh! So Dainty' - Harry Firth is known to have performed at the Bradford Palace in 1920 and was an apprentice to Pavioni - Postcard Courtesy Michael Sherrington whose Grandmother is second from the left on the back row, and whose Grandfather was the boxer Joe Durham who fought at the Bradford Palace in 1910. Harry Firth is probably the bespectacled individual centre stage.'

Above - Harry Firth's Eight Dainty Maids - Courtesy Michael Sherrington.

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