Council Offices, Denmark Villas
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Council Offices, Denmark Villas
Image: © Simon Carey Taken: 22 Apr 2006
This building is at the very edge of the grid square, in fact the line runs through the middle of the house at the far end. This piece of land has a fair history, it was first built on in 1921 when an Ice Rink was erected on the site. This went bust and was taken over by the Odeon Cinema chain in 1929 and converted into a cinema. The cinema itself lasted until 1961 when that too was closed down and the building was converted for a second time to a bowling alley. Unfortunately, the alley had to contend with competition from nearby King Alfred Leisue Complex and succumbed in 1969. This time the building did not survive being demolished and converted into Council offices. Underneath the offices are a small car repair centre, a health club and a Tesco Express, one of two in this grid square.
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Image Location
Latitude
50.833766
Longitude
-0.169494