Theatre Royal Remembered

Theatre Royal RememberedThis documentary captures the magic of the Potteries' greatest variety theatre. Designed by the great theatre architect Frank Matcham, the Theatre Royal brought entertainment and star names. This is a compilation of archive films and videos where the theatre was captured on camera from its theatre days, its time as a Bingo Hall, various re openings and the final demolition of its wonderful interior and auditorium to create new nightclubs.

This two-hour DVD is the official Video Record of the event

the massive reclamation reclamation works on the site

This was a period of great change for the Potteries

DAVID MALKIN on how the site was saved from demolition in the nick of time in 1973

Britain was still building 50% of the world’s merchant ships

and here you can discover and visit many of the key and iconic buildings along our

Other buildings were the usual classrooms

re-enactments of Bennett passages selected by Arnold Bennett Society members

Also featured in the programme is original footage of the Biddulph Grange gardens in a state of decline before it was reclaimed by the National Trust in 1988

Walyter Lord - author of the book A Night to Remember - recalls some of the many stories which survivors related to him personally

He looks back on his life and comments both on the changing times and his own career

Leek Agricultural Show 1994