The sculpted panel above windows on the front elevation of the Mecca Bingo Club

Date:
Jul 2002
Location:
Mecca Bingo Club, Corporation Street, Taunton, Taunton Deane, Somerset
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Gaumont Palace, Corporation Street, Taunton, Taunton Deane, Somerset
Gaumont Theatre, Corporation Street, Taunton, Taunton Deane, Somerset
Top Rank Bingo Club, Corporation Street, Taunton, Taunton Deane, Somerset
Reference:
NWC01/01/2908
Type:
Photograph (35mm Slide)
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Description

The Gaumont Palace, later Gaumont Theatre, was opened in 1932 and was renamed the Odeon Cinema in 1969. The cinema closed in 1981 and was converted into a Top Rank Bingo Club, later Mecca Bingo. Many of the internal and external features were retained during the conversion; the sculpted panel on the front elevation is by Newbury A Trent and depicts 'Love and Life entangled in Film'.

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: Benslyn, William Thomas

Sculptor: Trent, Newbury A

Keywords

Decorated Panel, Sculpture, 20th Century Cinema, Late 20th Century Bingo Hall, Leisure And Recreation, Art And Design