Former bingo hall in Temple Street, Wolverhampton
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Former bingo hall in Temple Street, Wolverhampton
Image: © Roger D Kidd Taken: 3 Feb 2011
This is looking up Temple Street from the junction with Summer Row. Formerly the bingo building was the (1950s?) Dorchester Ballroom, then Club (well liked by the "teddy boys"), then the Beach Night Club. The modern façade of The Rubicon Casino is the next building. Both these venues have now been reclad with a new façade for Casino 36 (opened November 2016). A large redevelopment scheme named after Summer Row has failed following many years of wrangling and argument between the council and potential developers. There are many derelict or dilapidated retail and small commercial properties in the area. As this is so close to the city centre, it has all resulted in a real blight on Wolverhampton. What a pity the people with authority have been less effective than the lovely Jessica* on the "sports drink" advertisement! *edit 4 August 2012: JESSICA ENNIS - OLYMPIC HEPTATHLON CHAMPION, LONDON 2012 Now that's what I CALL a celebrity!! Inspire a generation was the motto; if she can't, no-one can!! :-)))
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Image Location
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52.582215
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-2.128871