Mecca Bingo Forest Hill, London Road, London - Lost Bingo Halls
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Details | Club Background & History | Photographs | Other Clubs | Your Comments & Memories
Club Closed: December 1996
Mecca Bingo
London Road
Forest Hill
SE23 3TW
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Mecca Bingo Forest Hill, London Road Background And History
With a run of 18 years, Mecca Bingo in Forest Hill had a reasonable innings until in 1996 it fell victim to the economic factors that forced many clubs to close.
A former suburban cinema, the Capitol was quite large with a capacity of over sixteen hundred. Opening in 1929, it was of the Neo-Classical style which was quite a common design theme of the time. There were three dressing room as the cinema also catered for variety performance, and it had a cafe.
In 1933 ABC Cinemas took over. The last film to be shown was "Scarecrow" when it closed in 1973 - a bad year for cinemas everywhere. It is now a Wetherspoons bar, and much of the original features remain.
By gareth Whieldon (September 2010)
Photographs Of The Mecca Bingo Forest Hill, London Road
If you have any photos from this lost hall, be it of its interior, the staff, special events, parties, customers and more; and you'd like to share them here, please contact us to arrange adding them to the site.
Photograph by: Martin Tapsell (1990) - Exterior of Mecca Bingo Forest Hill
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Your Comments And Memories Of The London Road Mecca Bingo
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Other Clubs In The Area
Listed below are a couple of clubs in the area as an alternative to the Mecca Bingo Forest Hill.
- Catford Mecca Bingo, Plassy Road, London
- Elephant And Castle Palace Bingo, Elephant And Castle Shopping Centre London
- Streatham Beacon Bingo London, Streatham Hill
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