Vogue Cinema

Between c1940-1945 used as an Army Kinema Corps cinema for troops in the nearby Preston Barracks. The cinema was owned by Gaiety (Brighton) Ltd., but operated by Randolph E. Richards' Picturedrome Cinemas based in Eastbourne. Closed for bingo, this lasted from January 1968 to December 1969 when the Ace re-opened as a cinema once more. Bingo sessions returned under the Vogue Bingo name under Classic before ceasing once more when the cinema was re-named Classic in anticipation of the former Curzon, then named Classic as well, closing. The Classic, former Gaiety, closed for good 31/10/1980. The junction created when a supermarket was built was named after the cinema, but they chose Vogue from when it was a sex cinema!