Greater Manchester theatre, nightclub and snooker hall where The Beatles played could be demolished
The unlisted red brick building in the heart of Oldham, was previously Riley’s Snooker Hall but has been standing empty for several years.
The club said the owner of the building had been in talks with Oldham council to buy the venue. But this did not go ahead, and it was sold in May last year for £825k, according to the Land Registry.Originally built in 1908, it was named the Grand Theatre and designed by architects Thomas Taylor and Ernest Simister who also designed the Chadderton Town Hall.
The theatre was radically altered in 1937 by Gaumont Super Cinemas when the auditorium was gutted and transformed into a much simpler space of just stalls and one circle seating totalling 1,842 for a 1930s cinema. After closing as a cinema in 1961 it was later used as a concert hall called The Astoria Ballroom and the Beatles performed there in their only Oldham gig in 1963.
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