Sheffield History Posted September 13, 2017 Share Posted September 13, 2017 Photo here of The Crucible Theatre being built on the site of the old Adelphi Hotel Anyone remember this far back and remember this famous theatre being built next to The Lyceum Theatre? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voldy Posted September 14, 2017 Share Posted September 14, 2017 The year was 1970 and the excavation in the immediate foreground shows the basement level of the former Nether Chapel (built 1828 on the site of the earlier 1715 chapel) which site is now occupied by the Central United Reformed Church ( built in 1971 as the new Nether Chapel). There were a number of graves within this site particularly adjacent to Chapel Walk and the Victoria Hall (bottom LH corner of picture). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnm Posted September 14, 2017 Share Posted September 14, 2017 Makes me think of The Playhouse. We very much missed its intimacy when it closed I had to move out of Sheffield up to Teesside & we have the Middlesbrough Little Theatre which reminds me very much of The Playhouse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gippeswyc Posted April 23, 2021 Share Posted April 23, 2021 On 13/09/2017 at 20:38, Sheffield History said: Photo here of The Crucible Theatre being built on the site of the old Adelphi Hotel Anyone remember this far back and remember this famous theatre being built next to The Lyceum Theatre? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveJC Posted May 21, 2021 Share Posted May 21, 2021 On 14/09/2017 at 01:09, Voldy said: The year was 1970 and the excavation in the immediate foreground shows the basement level of the former Nether Chapel (built 1828 on the site of the earlier 1715 chapel) which site is now occupied by the Central United Reformed Church ( built in 1971 as the new Nether Chapel). There were a number of graves within this site particularly adjacent to Chapel Walk and the Victoria Hall (bottom LH corner of picture). I recall the graves, any idea what happened to them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voldy Posted May 23, 2021 Share Posted May 23, 2021 There would have been legislation, covering the exhumation, to comply with which the current Church should be able to provide from their records. Maybe the Sheffield Telegraph featured this at the time as I vaguely remember a newspaper cutting photograph of the inside of the former Church partly demolished. My best guess is that City Road or Burngreave became the reinterment sites. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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