Adelphi Cinema, Sheffield: Historic Yorkshire cinema that survived bomb damage during the Second World War to undergo major transformation

Yorkshire Post

The historic Sheffield cinema Adelphi will undergo a major transformation 58 years after it was closed as a cinema.  The Grade II listed building first opened in 1920 and for nearly 50 years it was used as a cinema until October 1967.  It had survived a bomb explosions during the Second World War and after it served its time as a cinema, it was opened as a Bingo hall which turned into a nightclub in 1995 for five years.  In 2013, the building was used as a storage facility and for decades it had a positive reputation within the local community.  The work on transforming the building back into a cinema will begin in Spring this year.  The transformation includes preserving its stunning exterior shell, and bringing it back into community use as a mixed-use space, comprising leisure, arts and music elements.  The Adelphi Cinema project forms part of a wider regeneration of Attercliffe including the building of 1,000 new homes at Attercliffe Waterside and the creation of the World-Class National Centre for Child Health Technology at Sheffield’s Olympic Legacy Park.  FULL CREDIT: Sheffield City Council

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00:00Today marks a fantastic milestone in the long and storied history of the Adelphi

00:10Cinema, as work begins to bring this Grade 2 list of building back to life.

00:14Work is already underway at Attacliff Waterside, bringing a thousand new homes

00:20to the area in the coming years, and the construction of the new National Centre

00:25for Child Health Technology is close to starting. Here at the Adelphi, Phase 1 is

00:30underway with our partners Kia, clearing the building ready for the

00:34transformation to begin. We're delighted to be working with Sheffield City

00:40Council on this project, restoring this iconic building and returning it back to

00:43its former glory. The first phase of the project has started, clearing all the

00:47waste out of the building and getting it to a point where the transformation can

00:51begin. Once all the work has been completed, this will be a fantastic

00:54community building, consisting of mixed-use, leisure, arts and music space.

00:58This building holds a special place in the hearts of people of Attacliff, and

01:03it's only right that we return it to its former glory. The Adelphi Cinema is over

01:07100 years old, and once transformation has been completed, it'll ensure that

01:12it's around for many more years to come.

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