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Original Text (Annotation: EPW057287 / 701935)
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The Theatre Royal. A Theatre has stood on this site since 1789. At that time it was known as The Halifax Theatre. The original building was demolished in 1904 and replaced by the present building, the Theatre Royal, in 1905.
It became the Royal Cinema in 1933 and had a fine organ installed in 1937. In 1966 it became a bingo hall until 1992 and it has since been a nightclub. It finally closed in 2005.
There have been subsequent plans to re-develop the building as a hotel but the old building is still listed as 'For Sale' ( March 2014). '