Date of closure: TBC
Address (for reference only):
Independent (Lost Halls)
Church Road
Waterloo
L22 5NA
We are not sure about this club, and we think its history as a bingo venue was a brief one, bingo being tried out on Saturday evenings during the sixties. Originally the premises were a gym, which was converted into a cinema. Rebuilt as a theatre in 1922, which then operated as a cinema post 1931, the premises were converted into a church and have since been demolished.
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By Gareth Whieldon/Ian Grundy (November 2011)
The reason for the name ‘Winter Gardens’ is because it was a cinema. I remember I used to go there in the early 60’s. They used to show horror films on a Saturday afternoon matinee.
my mum used to work in the canteen serving tea etc i use to go in with her i loved this bingo hall it was when proper bingo was played using the plastic balls that got sucked up through a tube .and everyone just played books . fantastic memories of this place