Odeon Brighton
17 West Street,
Brighton,
BN1 2RL
17 West Street,
Brighton,
BN1 2RL
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Ian, would it be possible to buy prints of your photos of this cinema?
Hi Does anybody know what year the Kemp Town bingo and social club actually closed,I know it was the Odeon cinema, then top rank bingo for a while, but it was after the top rank, that it was run as the Kemp Town bingo club before being used as a religious centre, then being demolished in 1986.
A few more images of the demolition of the cinema here:–
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Thanks for the correction Ian.
Here is a photograph of the auditorium you took in 1990, just prior to demolition:
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A vintage 1940’s photograph of the Odeon staff posing in the foyer:
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Correction to the above information – the Kingswest Centre is not on the site of the former Opera House / Palladium / Odeon, It is the Brighton Centre (Conference venue and Concert Hall) which occupies the site of this former Frank Matcham designed theatre.
A photo taken just as the demolition men took control of the building in 1990:-
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As they were part way through their work:-
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The entrance foyer after 17 years of dis-use:-
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Finally, a photo taken just after closure, before it was boarded up and showing the canopy:-
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Photographed in May 1972 showing the rendered over facade. Eleven months later it closed:
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