It was founded in the 1940s by Bertram H. Holland, and ceased to exist in the late 1970s or early 1980s.
Holland wrote a book about the theatre in 1968 called Beginners on Stage.
It moved to premises on Sidney Street after Bertram Holland's death.
The last remaining trace of the former Stretford Children's Theatre is the Bertram Holland Trophy which is awarded annually by the Greater Manchester Drama Federation.
[2] Former members include Lynn Roden,[3] John Comer, Vicky Ogden,[4] John Mahoney,[5][6] June Ritchie,[7] and Brian Trueman,.