Palace Theatre, Manchester

Last updated by Nick Hunt, 27/7/07

Date	1949
Location	Palace Theatre, Manchester
Number of Dimmers	108
Configuration
Notes	According to Jim Laws (personal email 3/4/07): "The Manchester Palace Console was the only one with a desk-mounted pilot indicator per way. The perch position made it important." (presumably because from the perch the operator couldn't always see which dimmers were on). Cosmetically restored and preserved at Gerrietts in France. Operated throughout its life by Gill Binks, the Chief Electrician and 1977 ABTT Technician of the Year, described by Fred Bentham as a "virtuoso of thirty Light Console years". Replaced in 1981 by a 240-way Light Palette, located in a control room at the rear of the stalls (Fred Bentham, "Pitlochry, Manchester and Puddledock", Sightline, 15:2 (Autumn 1981), London: ABTT).
References
Pictures	Cartoon of the Manchester Palace Light Console, originally published in the Daily Mirror, 17th January 1951. Reprinted in Sightline, 15:2 (Autumn 1981), London: ABTT, p.95.