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Description: | The impressive architecture of the Alcazar Cinema in Fore Street, Edmonton was built in a Moorish style with a façade of covered verandas stretching the building’s length. The Alcazar was part of an entertainment complex that included a winter garden, dance hall and an outdoor summer garden with a roller skating rink and tearoom. It regularly screened popular films and opened its doors in 1913 with the film 'Battle of Waterloo'. The cinema seated 1700, however screenings would often take place in the outdoor Summer Gardens to cope with the demand for seats. During the Second World War, the building was hit by German bombs which demolished the dance hall and caused the roof of the auditorium to collapse. In 1940 it was forced to close down. The Alcazar represents one of a number of Enfield's now vanished buildings that were at the centre of the borough's rich cultural life. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ | Publisher: | Enfield Museum Service | Rights holder: | Enfield Museum Service | Subjects: | Leisure | Temporal: | c1913 | Source: | Enfield Museum | Identifier: | http://www.20thcenturylondon.org.uk/rser... | Go to resource |
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