Derby Grand Theatre 111
The Grand Theatre in Babington Lane.
Oliver Essex built The Grand Theatre Derby in 1886.
Frank Matcham altered the auditorium and the main entrance in 1889.
The Theatre had electricity installed in 1897.
The auditorium was again reconstructed by Frank Matcham in 1900 and by 1908 the capacity is known to have been around 2,500.
The Grand closed as a live Theatre on December 9th.1950 and in 1959 the building was converted into a Dance Hall.
From 1948 until its closure I went every week to this theatre we received a free weekly ticket for advertising the theatre on our shop front. Acts that I can remember seeing: Old Mother Riley, Norman Evans, Max Miller, Max Wall, Vic Oliver, Arthur Askey, Tommy Handley, The Crazy Gang, Jimmy James, Roy Castle, Eli Wood, Rob Wilton, Hutch, Gracie Fields, Tommy Trinder
Oliver Essex built The Grand Theatre Derby in 1886.
Frank Matcham altered the auditorium and the main entrance in 1889.
The Theatre had electricity installed in 1897.
The auditorium was again reconstructed by Frank Matcham in 1900 and by 1908 the capacity is known to have been around 2,500.
The Grand closed as a live Theatre on December 9th.1950 and in 1959 the building was converted into a Dance Hall.
From 1948 until its closure I went every week to this theatre we received a free weekly ticket for advertising the theatre on our shop front. Acts that I can remember seeing: Old Mother Riley, Norman Evans, Max Miller, Max Wall, Vic Oliver, Arthur Askey, Tommy Handley, The Crazy Gang, Jimmy James, Roy Castle, Eli Wood, Rob Wilton, Hutch, Gracie Fields, Tommy Trinder
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By wayne bradshaw: while moving some of my fathers belongings,i recently came across an old wallet containing two programmes for the grand theatre,derby,from 1946