The Villa Cross Bingo Hall, viewed from the east

Date:
Apr 1970 - May 1979
Location:
Villa Cross Bingo Hall, Heathfield Road, Handsworth, Birmingham
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New Picture House, Heathfield Road, Handsworth, Birmingham
Villa Cross Picture Palace, Heathfield Road, Handsworth, Birmingham
Villa Cross Picture House, Heathfield Road, Handsworth, Birmingham
Villa Cross Cinema, Heathfield Road, Handsworth, Birmingham
Reference:
NWC01/01/0421
Type:
Photograph (35mm Slide)
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Description

The New Picture House opened in 1913, and was later renamed the Villa Cross Picture Palace or Villa Cross Picture House, and then the Villa Cross Cinema. It closed in 1970 and became a bingo hall. The building was damaged by fire during the Handsworth race riots of 1985 and was subsequently demolished.

Content

This is part of the Series: NWC01/01 Norman Walley: Series of slides; within the Collection: NWC01 Norman Walley Cinema Collection

Rights

© Historic England Archive

People & Organisations

Photographer: Walley, Norman

Keywords

Early 20th Century Cinema, Late 20th Century Bingo Hall, Leisure And Recreation