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Aberdeen Theatres: The Palace Theatre building

Historic Photographs
David Oswald
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The former Palace Theatre as seen on 14th July 2018 from outside the Royal Hotel on Bath Street. The building was designed by John Rust and opened in 1898. It was on the site of an earlier music hall, the People's Palace, which had burned down two years before. The building has seen much development and varied use over the years.

It showed variety and "legitimate" theatre at different points during the earlier 20th century. It was rebuilt and opened as a cinema in 1929 and was substantially extended in 1931.

The cinema closed down in 1959 and it was converted into a dance hall and later a nightclub.
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