The exterior of the Kings Bingo and Social Club, formerly the Glenroyal Cinema, viewed from the south, in Shipley, West Yorkshire

Date:: 1990 - 2008

Reference:: NWC01/01/0912

Type:: Photograph (35mm Slide)

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Description

Opened in 1932, the Glenroyal Cinema was designed by Manchester based architects Ernst H. Dawson in the Art Deco style. The building had five large windows with shutters which could be opened to give the auditorium with natural light. The cinema closed in 1962, upon which it was turned into a bingo hall. In 1990 the building was rebranded as a Walkers Bingo Hall, at a later point it became the King’s Bingo and Social Club, when this picture was taken. Businesses closed on this site in 2008. After lying derelict ever since it was destroyed by fire in 2013.

Content

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

Rights

People & Organisations

Photographer: Walley, Norman

Architect: Dawson, Ernst

Keywords

Art Deco, 20th Century Cinema, 20th Century Bingo Hall, Leisure And Recreation