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New Cross Road

New Cross Road

New Cross Road

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1925 New Cross Super Kinema opened at 325-327 New Cross Road on corner of Clifton Rise. 
Designed by Edward A Stone with 2,300 seats. New Cross Palais de Danse upstairs.
1927 Re-named New Cross Kinema.
1928 Acquired by Denman/Gaumont.
1948 Re-named The Kinema
1950 Renamed Gaumont
1960 Gaumont closed.
19?? Became Harp Club
1989 Became Venue nightclub.
2006 Building restored by Venue.

1899 Deptford Empire Theatre of Varieties (later the New Cross Empire) opened at 483-489 New Cross Road, SE14 6TQ.
Designed by Frank Matcham (1854-1920) with 2000 seats for variety shows and films.
193? Converted to a full-time cinema for a short time but later returned to variety.
1954 New Cross Empire closed.
1958 New Cross Empire demolished. 
Petrol station built on the site
Site use: Retail & flats.

1897 Broadway Theatre opened at 506 New Cross Road, SE14 6TJ.
Designed by William George Robert Sprague (1863-1933) 
1916 Broadway Theatre became Broadway Cinema
Improved by George Coles (1884-1963).
1955 Renamed Century Cinema.
1960 Century Cinema closed.
1963 Building demolished.
Site use: 

         

1911 Broadway Picture Playhouse opened at 23 Deptford Broadway, SE8 4PA.
1915 Re-named Picture Palladium
1921 Re-named Broadway Picture Palladium.
1935 Cinema closed down.
1937 Building demolished.
1938 Deptford Odeon built on the site with seating for 1,200 in stalls and 529 in balcony.
Designed by George Coles (1884-1963).
1944 Closed due to bomb damage.
1951 Restored by George Coles.
1970 Cinema closed down.
1988 Building demolished.
Site use: Shops & flats.

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