Odeon Penge

164 High Street,
London, SE20 7QS

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Ian
Ian on April 14, 2014 at 5:19 am

As a bingo hall in 1990 :– PENGE ODEON

Buffer
Buffer on February 17, 2014 at 10:09 am

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.

Ken Roe
Ken Roe on December 6, 2008 at 4:47 pm

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