I’ve uploaded this OS map, as it shows that the original facade was in line with the rest of the street. It can be seen painted blue in the photos with plain render at the top sneaking above the later added frontage. It is possible therefor, that the whole of the cinema has been demolished if this later facade was built whilst a factory.
The road name commemorates the Prince Regent’s chef. Of German descent, Louis Weltje became clerk of the kitchen at the Regent’s Brighton residence (now the Pavilion). He later ran a club in St James together with a pastry shop and restaurant on Pall Mall. He retired to Hammersmith, where he later died in 1810. This road was named after him.
All of the Victorian shop extensions appear to be residential areas now, with frosted glazing, curtains/blinds etc within. Some basic mouldings at each property divide survives on the former row of shops, so 150 was, indeed, a shop conversion for the cinema club itself.
This part of Beckton Road was swept away to create the A13 Newham Way dual carriageway. The nearest (assumed) postcode is E13 8LT but should not be relied upon as an exact location as it simply no longer exists.
Quite literally a few doors up Barking Road from the site of the Cinema at 130 (see own entry on Cinema Treasures), the site for this cinema is now occupied in 2022 by an Iceland store. The postcode is also E16 1EN.
The Washington Cinema was built to the side of the hotel, which remained open, on the former tennis courts. The hotel can be seen in the architect’s original drawing of 1936 to the left of the cinema.
Westbury Museum give the opening as being November 1920, one of the first films shown in a double bill was Charlie Chaplin in Roustabout. Also boasting a cafe lounge, the venue also presented plays, concerts, fundraising events and even the annual crowning of the town’s Carnival Queen. Vista Court, a block of flats, now stand on the site.
Star renamed the cinema Concorde, as they opened another cinema in the city called Studio Cinemas.
Please note that the cinema was called Concorde, with an E on the end, as per the signage in the photos!
Operated by Star as a bingo club.
Demolished recently, for a new retail outlet with flats above and behind to be built.
I’ve uploaded this OS map, as it shows that the original facade was in line with the rest of the street. It can be seen painted blue in the photos with plain render at the top sneaking above the later added frontage. It is possible therefor, that the whole of the cinema has been demolished if this later facade was built whilst a factory.
The road name commemorates the Prince Regent’s chef. Of German descent, Louis Weltje became clerk of the kitchen at the Regent’s Brighton residence (now the Pavilion). He later ran a club in St James together with a pastry shop and restaurant on Pall Mall. He retired to Hammersmith, where he later died in 1810. This road was named after him.
Postcode W6 9JH will get you in the general area of the former cinema location. Only modern buildings now exist on Down Place itself though.
All of the Victorian shop extensions appear to be residential areas now, with frosted glazing, curtains/blinds etc within. Some basic mouldings at each property divide survives on the former row of shops, so 150 was, indeed, a shop conversion for the cinema club itself.
In 2022, Streetview shows a pizza restaurant as operating from this address called Franco Manca.
The lower odd numbers of Walworth Road have been lost to the E&C Shopping Centre, which has a postcode of SE1 6SZ.
Surely this should be under Fulham rather than Chelsea?
This part of Beckton Road was swept away to create the A13 Newham Way dual carriageway. The nearest (assumed) postcode is E13 8LT but should not be relied upon as an exact location as it simply no longer exists.
Postcode is E16 4HQ. Please note that there is a property numbered 171, Barking Road, but this wasn’t Gale’s Electric Theatre!
Quite literally a few doors up Barking Road from the site of the Cinema at 130 (see own entry on Cinema Treasures), the site for this cinema is now occupied in 2022 by an Iceland store. The postcode is also E16 1EN.
The Well church now stands on the site of this former cinema, at 146-154 Wells Way, postcode is SE5 7SY.
A Tesco store is at this address, below the flats at street level. Postcode is N1 8SY.
Located at 43 Bridge Street, S80 1DA, it is now a Poundstretcher store in 2022.
The Washington Cinema was built to the side of the hotel, which remained open, on the former tennis courts. The hotel can be seen in the architect’s original drawing of 1936 to the left of the cinema.
Westbury Museum give the opening as being November 1920, one of the first films shown in a double bill was Charlie Chaplin in Roustabout. Also boasting a cafe lounge, the venue also presented plays, concerts, fundraising events and even the annual crowning of the town’s Carnival Queen. Vista Court, a block of flats, now stand on the site.
Date of opening was 14 November 1912 as reported the next day in the Heywood Advertiser.
From Cinema News and Property Gazette 1912, the cinema was being offered for sale at the time.
Photo courtesy of www.leatherheadhistory.org from a newspaper cutting.
Not listed in the 1966 KYB either.
It should be noted that this is a photo of the later dance hall, and not the early cinema venue!
Opened Boxing Day 1912, picture of advertisement uploaded, from the Friern Barnet History website.