The foyer in the Gala Bingo Hall, showing the twin flights of stairs leading to a balcony

Date:
1991 - 2013
Location:
Gala Bingo Hall, 50-60 Mitcham Road, Tooting Graveney, Wandsworth, Greater London Authority
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Granada Theatre, Mitcham Road, Tooting, Wandsworth, Greater London Authority
Granada Cinema, 50-60 Mitcham Road, Tooting Graveney, Wandsworth, Greater London Authority
Granada Bingo Club, Mitcham Road, Tooting, Wandsworth, Greater London Authority
Reference:
NWC01/01/2281
Type:
Photograph (35mm Slide)
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Description

The Granada Theatre opened in 1931. It closed in 1973 and reopened in 1976 as the Granada Bingo Club, later the Gala Bingo Club. The Granada Theatre is considered to be the most lavishly decorated cinema interior in Britain.

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: Masey, Cecil Aubrey

Interior Designer: Komisarjevsky, Theodore

Keywords

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