Odeon Balham

12 Balham Hill Road,
London, SW12 9EA

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kevinp
kevinp on September 6, 2008 at 5:05 am

herewith some excellent ( and sad :>( ) pictures from a very talented and passionate cinema historian , who has spent ages scanning thousands of pictures in to share with us all ! Many thanks M.B !

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woody
woody on September 19, 2007 at 2:23 am

Here is a set of photos i took last weekend, the frontage still looks great apart from as usual with london cinemas, someone has planted a tree in front to hide it.
Little remains of the lobby just the front doors and some sexy curved plasterwork above them, but nothing else from what i could see
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kevinp
kevinp on July 1, 2007 at 2:02 am

Some more photo’s here from the 1930’s

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enjoy

kevinp
kevinp on August 16, 2005 at 12:31 pm

www.mawgrim.co.uk

go to Odeon Cavalcade and select B for Balham, et voila

best

kev p

KenRoe
KenRoe on April 10, 2005 at 4:06 am

In October 1940, the Odeon Balham was hit by a bomb which destroyed the entire right side of the front of the building. Luckily the auditorium was undamaged and after a clear up, the cinema opened for business as normal. Looking at a photo of the Odeon taken at the time, I would say that if it were to happen today, the cinema would never be allowed to open in the state it was in.

The destroyed right hand side of the front of the Odeon was re-built to its original design when the war was over and can still be seen today as the facade to residential use that has now been built on the site of the auditorium.