The proscenium arch in the auditorium of the Mecca Bingo Club, formerly the Odeon Cinema or Classic Cinema, showing bingo tables in the former stalls

Date:
1991 - 2005
Location:
Mecca Bingo Club, Penel Orlieu, Bridgwater, Sedgemoor, Somerset
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Odeon Cinema, Penel Orlieu, Bridgwater, Sedgemoor, Somerset
Classic Cinema, Penel Orlieu, Bridgwater, Sedgemoor, Somerset
Scott Cinema, Penel Orlieu, Bridgwater, Sedgemoor, Somerset
Reference:
NWC01/01/1603
Type:
Photograph (35mm Slide)
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Description

The Odeon Cinema opened in 1936, and was renamed the Classic Cinema in 1967. In 1973 the stalls were converted into a bingo hall, shown in this photograph, and the balcony area became a two-screen cinema which retained the name Classic.

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

Architect: Howitt, Thomas Cecil

Keywords

Auditorium, Proscenium Arch, Mid 20th Century Cinema, Late 20th Century Bingo Hall, Leisure And Recreation