Edinburgh Royal Bingo – Drum Street

The Royal Bingo Club was a small neighbourhood hall in Gilmerton, on the south side of Edinburgh, well away from the city’s bigger bingo clubs. The records give it as 31-33 Drum Street, EH17 8QR, and that’s where the trail starts to thin out. A food hygiene inspection on 7 March 2012 proves it was open and trading then, and a business listing describes it as a bingo hall. Beyond that, the hard facts dry up.

We can’t say when it opened, who ran it or whether it was ever part of a larger group, and we’ve found no evidence of a cinema or theatre past. There’s no architectural or interior detail on record either. Its closing date and reason are also unknown, and the only sign it shut is a listing marking it permanently closed. It’s the sort of small local club that came and went with very little written down, which makes it a good candidate for an appeal to you – so anyone who remembers a Friday night at the Royal might fill us in what the paperwork doesn’t.

Other Lost Halls In The Area

• Musselburgh Hayweights Bingo – Bridge Street
• Edinburgh Club 3000 Bingo (Formerly Mecca Bingo) – Manderston Street
• Edinburgh Carlton Bingo – Gorgie Road
• Edinburgh Gala Bingo – West Granton Road
• Edinburgh Mecca Bingo (Palais) – Fountainbridge Road
• Edinburgh Mecca Bingo – Great Junction Street
• Edinburgh Mecca Bingo – Nicolson Street
• Edinburgh Premier Bingo – Nicolson Street
• Edinburgh Royal George Bingo – Bath Street
• Edinburgh Westerhailes Buzz Bingo – Westside Plaza

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