Mecca Bingo hall, Grays
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Mecca Bingo hall, Grays
Image: © Jim Osley Taken: 9 Jul 2013
Formerly the Ritz cinema, it was built in the Moderne style to the designs of architect E.Hamilton Parke in 1939, and opened in 1940. Closed in 1976. One of two Grade II (http://list.english-heritage.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1384993) or above listed former cinemas in Grays. Bingo operations have served to save redundant cinema buildings, in the same way that public house chains have given new life to post office buildings.
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Image Location
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51.478628
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0.319649