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D4404 - Buxton and High Peak Entertainments Ltd - 1890-1977
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Archive Reference / Library Class No.
D4404
Title
Buxton and High Peak Entertainments Ltd
Date
1890-1977
Description
Buxton and High Peak Entertainments Ltd weekly returns, expenses and summarised income/expenditure; expenditure journals; programme books; correspondence files; press cuttings. Buxton Amateur Dramatic and Operatic Society minutes, accounts, scripts and programmes.
Extent
10.5 boxes
Level
Fonds
Repository
Derbyshire Record Office
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Archive Creator
Buxton and High Peak Entertainments Ltd
Administrative History
Buxton and High Peak Entertainments Ltd operated the Opera House and Picture House in Buxton and the Grand Theatre and Palace in Leek (Staffs), offering a mixture of live theatre and cinema.
Custodial History
These records were donated to Derbyshire Record Office in October 1995. A further collection of scripts and programmes was donated in April 2018.
Organisation Sub-Type
Cinemas and Theatres
Term
Business
Acknowledgements
Added to the catalogue as part of the FindersKeepers project with the help of volunteer JGF
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Buxton; Buxton and High Peak Entertainments Ltd; fl1920s-1950s
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Type
Buxton
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