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Sunderland Theatres and Halls

Theatre Royal, Sunderland

The Theatre Royal, Sunderland was built 1855 by G. A. Middlemiss and converted to a boxing stadium in 1933. In 1940 it was converted again, this time to a Cinema and demolished 1994 after a fire.

Right - Poster for Fred Lloyd, better known as Horatio Lloyd, and his wife Eliza Newton, better known as Eliza Hornecastle, at the Theatre Royal, Sunderland May 14th 1858 - Click to Enlarge.

The poster right is from a large collection of original Lloyd Posters collected since the mid 1800s by members of the family and found recently after being lost for 50 years. To see all these posters click the Poster Index here...

People's Palace, High Street West, Sunderland

Right - Poster for Arthur Lloyd and his son Harry King Lloyd at the People's Palace, Sunderland September 3rd 1900 - Click to Enlarge.

The poster right is from a large collection of original Lloyd Posters collected since the mid 1800s by members of the family and found recently after being lost for 50 years. To see all these posters click the Poster Index here...