Tameside Hippodrome

By April plans had been submitted to Ashton Borough Council to build a 2,000 capacity theatre on the corner bordered by Oldham Road and Cotton Street East.

[2] Even when one of his daughters (Annie) married in 1902, by which time he owned the Royal Osborne, the Metropole, the Grand Junction and the Hulme Hippodrome, with a total capacity across all four theatres exceeding 10,000, his occupation on the marriage certificate is "Decorator".

The decor was changed to the Art Deco style and a central pediment added to the front of the building.The architects for this re-design were Drury & Gomersall of Manchester.

Put up for auction in early 1933, in order to fund the death duties arising from the death of William H Broadhead in 1931, it was bought by a Stockport partnership then quickly acquired by Union Cinemas, who were responsible for adding the streamlined canopy at the front of the building and for the vertical signage.

In 2009 the Tameside Hippodrome was recognised by Historic England as being worthy of Grade II listing " The Tameside Hippodrome retains its double-height auditorium undivided, and with its particular Art Deco scheme substantially intact, retaining a rich period character which evokes the inter-war glamour and escapism of the genre.

[8] In 2021 the TMBC listed the building for disposal and in 2022 indicated that their hope was that it would be re-opened as a theatre by a suitable operator as part of the planned redevelopment of the area.