Now closed, the Eastbourne Luxor Seven Bingo Club is quite an impressive building, and although no longer used for bingo, is still standing. Thanks to a regular contributor to this site, Charles S.P. Jenkins we have a new Gallery page, and Charles has also written about the history of the venue.
Tag: Bingo History
New History Piece By Dr. Carolyn Downs
Those of you out there that enjoy a good delve into history and culture of UK bingo are in for a treat. The historian Dr. Carolyn Downs is back with another history piece, this time taking a look at bingo’s famous number names, their origins and meanings, and their place in the English language. The […]
New Hall History Piece – The Kingston Gala
After a long break, Ian Grundy has returned with another fascinating insight into a grand old bingo hall, illustrated with Ian’s wonderful photographs. This latest piece looks at the development of the monstrously huge Kinston-Upon-Thames Gala Bingo hall. The hall started out as a church and was a theatre / cinema for a time before […]
New History Piece Added – The York Clifton
Just a quick note for the history fans out there, Ian Grundy has returned with another Bingo hall history piece for the site, illustrated with his photographs. This time Ian has given us an insight into am independently run hall – The Clifton Bingo Club in York. He covers the building’s early history as a […]
A History Of Bingo In The UK By Carolyn Downs
I’m really pleased to introduce this new piece in the history section of the site – A History Of Bingo In The UK. It replaces my old hobbled together history of Bingo in the UK with a scholarly piece by the historian Carolyn Downs. The piece focuses on the earliest origins of the game and […]
Gambling And Social Responsibility Forum – MMU September
I’ve been speaking to the Bingo historian Dr Carolyn Downs again this last week, and as it will be of interest to people in the industry I said I would mention this event she’s involved with. The Gambling And Social Responsibility Forum will me held at the Manchester Metropolitan University on the 2nd of September […]
Illustrated UK Bingo History And Caller Interview Added To The Site
I’ve just added some new content to the site. The first piece is a history of UK Bingo from the perspective of the way halls were turned from cinemas to Bingo halls in the 60s and 70s. The piece was put together by Ian Grundy, a photographer I met via flickr. His passion for cinema […]
Playing Bingo Interview With Dr Carolyn Downs
For me, one of the highlights of the recent BBC Money Programme on Bingo was the appearance of Dr Carolyn Downs. She gave an historical overview of the growth of the game in the UK. Her knowledge was gained doing her PHD, which was a history of Bingo in the UK – through to the […]
The Secret History Of Bingo
There’s a great article at the Yorkshire Today website that looks at the shady part Bingo played in the funding of the two main parties during the post WW2 years. If you thought the scandals around funding and loans today was pretty shocking, it doesn’t hold a candle to the lenghts parties went too in […]
