Dominion Cinema
714 -722 London Road,
Hounslow,
TW3 1PD
714 -722 London Road,
Hounslow,
TW3 1PD
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This is what the site looks like as of December 2010.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ksavs/5228711029/
The link in the first comment I posted on Oct 12, 2005 is no longer working. Here is a new link to the auditorium photograph as a bingo club:
http://mawgrim.co.uk/bingo/hounslow.jpg
More vintage photographs of the Dominion Cinema:
http://www.ukwurlitzer.co.cc/1939.html
The site is still totally devoid of any activity, although ‘rubble mountain’ has gone, so there seems to have been no purpose whatsoever in demolishing the building so quickly
I flew over the site into Heathrow last week and the whole area is completly flat. Shame on you Mecca.
It’s the biggest pile of rubble I’ve seen in such a small area – towering about 30 feet high- very sad.
Its gone!
And another! Please try:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ksavs
The link above seems to have become corrupted, so here’s a new one.
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The demolition appears to have started, although, if I didn’t know better, I’d assume the building was being converted rather than demolished! Yesterday, the side walls were still standing, and the roof was still on, although all the east/west facing walls have been removed, and you can see daylight over the top of the metal cladding ie you can see right through one side of the building and out the other.
Well, the Dominion has become one of Mecca’s latest casualties, with all its signage removed. Surprisingly, as of 6th March, it still hasn’t been boarded up ready for demolition, so I’ll post some more up to date pictures of it when I get the chance.
28th.February 2007. The Dominion Cinema (Mecca Bingo) Hounslow. This building is now being demolished.
A postcard view of the Dominion Cinema, taken soon after its 1931 opening with Variety and Herman Darewski & His Band on the marquee. Unfortunately the film posters cannot be seen to date the photo more accurately:
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Three views of the outside of the Bingo hall as it is in 2006.
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A colour auditorium photograph of the Top Rank Bingo Club (possibly mid-1970s), of the auditorium – proscenium opening (centre left)and a side wall decoration (far right).
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