THE Regal in Manchester Road, Altrincham, could seat 2,000, and was regarded as one of the Manchester area's finest cinemas. Opened by Lord Stamford in 1931, it was destroyed by fire in 1956.
The Hippodrome in Stamford Street was a latecomer to the music hall and variety circuit, opening just before the First World War and eventually closing in 1986.
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