Description: A photoblog of Adelaide's abandoned buildings, underground tunnels and places to explore. Urban exploration (urbex), off-limits, spelunking, drains, derelict buildings & ruins.
It was Tuesday, October 22 1940 and the newspapers are displaying bright glossy full-page ads to announce the opening of Adelaide’s new vogue picture house — The Piccadilly Theatre .
Costing £26,000 (eq. $2.3M in 2022) and incorporating all the latest developments in theatre design, comfort, and presentation, the Piccadilly Theatre, was officially opened on October 23 1940 with a screening of the 1939 musical comedy ‘ First Love ‘.
Dan Clifford built South Australia’s largest chain of picture theatres: the Stars. Clifford started by buying the Torrensville Star theatre . He improved and enlarged Hindmarsh Council town hall as the Hindmarsh Star theatre . Clifford made similar deals with other councils to use Thebarton and Woodville town halls.