Dave Ewing's Back 'eader said:
fbloke said:
Did you know that opposite the Apollo used to be the Ardwick Empire?
It was demolished in '64
<a class="postlink" href="http://manchesterhistory.net/manchester/gone/empire.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://manchesterhistory.net/manchester ... mpire.html</a>
So it wouldnt be beyond belief if they thought that getting rid of the Apollo was deemed necessary for the wider good.
Thought that was the Ardwick Hippodrome!
Interesting that - I always knew it as the Ardwick Hippodrome. Lived in Longsight and every Christmas my family took me to the pantomime -late 40's early 50's. or alternately to the Circus at Belle Vue on Boxing Day.
In those days the Apollo was an ABC cinema seating about 2,000. - as big as the Odeon on Oxford Street. Happy days.