Odeon Penge
164 High Street,
London,
SE20 7QS
164 High Street,
London,
SE20 7QS
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As a bingo hall in 1990 :– PENGE ODEON
An early warning of impending closure came in 1965 when the Odeon went to restricted opening, except in school holidays. All day openings were restricted to Monday, Wednesday and Saturday, otherwise performances began around tea time.
A photograph from October 1949, playing the Odeon Release:
http://www.mawgrim.co.uk/cavalcade/penge1.jpg
Photographed in April 1956, playing the Odeon release, showing groups of schoolboys queueing for Shakespeare:
http://www.mawgrim.co.uk/cavalcade/penge.jpg
Still open, but with little publicity on view and minus the top of the glass towers in the late-1960’s:
http://www.mawgrim.co.uk/cavalcade/penge2.jpg