“THE discovery of concealed entrances, blocked-in shafts and hidden cavities have all made possible a complete transformation in the interior of the Opera House,” the Evening Post reported on Wednesday 18 February 1959.
Sixty-six years ago, the historic venue was also undergoing refurbishment but on this occasion it was being turned back into a theatre after its time as a cinema.
The last film showing had taken place on 20 December and, in the six weeks since, new owner Tommy Swanson had, in the words of the EP, “supervised alterations which many considered impracticable”…
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