Peter Stringfellow was amongst the many DJs who at some time had a residency there while the main soul all-nighter DJs included Keith Minshull, Colin Curtis, Alan Day and Martyn Ellis [1] The building was located on Hose Street, behind the Sneyd Arms Hotel on Tower Square in Tunstall.

Retaining the original features, the cinema was converted into a mod club by Christopher Burton—a contemporary of Ivor Abadi (founder of the Twisted Wheel.

After the closure of the Twisted Wheel in 1971, Chris Burton took up Keith Minshull and Colin Curtis' suggestion of Saturday Northern soul all-nighters at the Torch, holding its first on 11 March 1972.

[4] Artists who performed live included the Drifters, the Stylistics, Oscar Toney Jr, the Chi-Lites and Edwin Starr.

[4] The closure paved the way for the Wigan Casino, now without any real rivals, to become internationally famous as the UK's foremost Northern Soul club, until local council antipathy forced it, too, to close, in 1981.