Granada Woolwich
174-186 Powis Street,
London,
SE18 6NL
174-186 Powis Street,
London,
SE18 6NL
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Here is the churches website and the interior looks stunning-it appears to have been decorated,recarpeted and re seated both in the stalls and the circle. http://www.cftchurches.org/index.php/about-us/cathedral-gallery
I was given a tour of the building in 2009 and the receptionist gave me a copy of the booklet that appeared soon after the cinema opened. I shall be writing about my trip and will include many of the photographs on the PLAYING BINGO website at:
http://playingbingo.co.uk/
Watch the space – in the meantime, you can read about the Granada Tooting at the site:
http://playingbingo.co.uk/land-bingo/history/9-history-charles-s-p-jenkins-tooting-gala-1.php
Enjoy.
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The building is now owned by CFT Church group
Interior photos taken in January 2011 can be seen here:–
Foyers:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/stagedoor/5341801805/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/stagedoor/5342412492/
Auditorium:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/stagedoor/5341802371/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/stagedoor/5342413034/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/stagedoor/5342413346/
An achitectural rendering that was published on the opening brochure, plus a current photograph of the former Granada, and its Wurlitzer organ console:
http://www.ukwurlitzer.co.cc/2203.html
Interior photos of this movie palace, which I recently visited (though not my photos)
grand lobby:
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auditorium facing screen
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Hall of Mirrors (balcony foyer)
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I regularly saw films here as a child and I watched the Beatles film “Yellow Submarine” here. It was a wonderful cinema and its a shame its only now used for Bingo and not for films and live shows.
Buddy Holly and Des O Connor appeared here on the same bill in March 1958.
A current exterior photograph:
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Photographs from the Granada’s 1937 opening brochure can bee seen here (click on pictures to enlarge):
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A close-up view of architect Reginald H. Uren’s Art Deco style facade:
http://flickr.com/photos/alberic/108302719/