MOVING pictures had already been entertaining audiences for more than two decades when the Abbeydale Picture House first opened its doors as Sheffield’s grandest and biggest movie palace.
With its huge screen, seating for more than 1,500, full-size stage for combined cinema and variety shows, and an orchestra renowned for the quality of its music, it was cinema-going at its most luxurious.
Fast forward 100 years and the Abbeydale has been lucky to survive – but is now looking forward to its second century, still doing what it was built for.