Fullwell Cross: The former State cinema
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Fullwell Cross: The former State cinema
Image: © Nigel Cox Taken: 25 Apr 2011
The State in Fairlop Road was completed in 1938 to the designs of the renowned cinema architect George Coles, but it suffered bomb damage in 1940 and was not reopened until it had been refurbished by ABC Cinemas in 1948. In 1972 it was altered into a twin cinema and bingo operation, but the cinema section closed in 1984. The photographer understands that bingo, currently run by Gala, has continued in the former cinema stalls, while the rest of the cinema at balcony level, and including, it is thought, the original 1938 cafe and ballroom, remains mothballed. Perhaps surprisingly it is not a Listed Building.
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