HH Fact: The first recorded flea circus dates back to the early 1820’s – they do not use real fleas!

Angel Place was Worcester’s entertainment district!  At the corner of Angel Place & Angel Street was the Scala Theatre.  Opened as a cinema in 1919, it was the first to have CinemaScope (wide screen cinema). It closed in 1973, and became known as Worcester Leisure Centre, before operating as Shipleys Amusement Arcade.

The Theatre Royal on Angel Street was Worcester’s grandest theatre when it opened in 1808. Badly damaged by fire in the 1870s, it was demolished and rebuilt in 1903.  It survived another fire in 1912 and continued until its closure in 1955. It was demolished in 1957 to make way for a car showroom and more recently Co-op supermarket, it is now unused.