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The Bordesley Palace was situated on the corner of High St and Clyde St. Bordesley built in 1899 at a cost of £25,000 and built out of red brick, named “The Imperial” it held 2000 people and had three levels. Richly decorated with walls of marble and mosaic floors
The main entrance was in High St and on entering you went straight up stairs to the top floor, the entrance in Clyde St. led down to the pits and gallery.
It was sold in 1903 and converted into a Music Hall by Moss Empires and renamed
Palace ……variety continued till 1908 then it switched to plays and dramas.
Prices were threepence, sixpence and one shilling
After the Great War it changed again and plays were replaced by revues such as “Spicy Bits” and “Mademoiselle Parlez Vous” and catered for the returning soldiers
When the Talking Pictures came out it could not compete so it became a picture house too and closed on the eve of WW2. The Ministry of Supply commandeered it as a Food Warehouse when war broke out. It was demolished in 1957 and Fisher and Ludlow built a factory there which changed hands a few times
The last picture card shows the Imperial in the middle of the pic
The main entrance was in High St and on entering you went straight up stairs to the top floor, the entrance in Clyde St. led down to the pits and gallery.
It was sold in 1903 and converted into a Music Hall by Moss Empires and renamed
Palace ……variety continued till 1908 then it switched to plays and dramas.
Prices were threepence, sixpence and one shilling
After the Great War it changed again and plays were replaced by revues such as “Spicy Bits” and “Mademoiselle Parlez Vous” and catered for the returning soldiers
When the Talking Pictures came out it could not compete so it became a picture house too and closed on the eve of WW2. The Ministry of Supply commandeered it as a Food Warehouse when war broke out. It was demolished in 1957 and Fisher and Ludlow built a factory there which changed hands a few times
The last picture card shows the Imperial in the middle of the pic
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