Photo's of Bermondsey (Cinema's)
ABC Cinema - Elephant & Castle 1960
Astoria - Old Kent Road
Globe - Old Kent Road
Regal - Old Kent Road
Trocette - Tower Bridge Road
Opened in 1929 (as the Super) Closed in 1956
Designed by George Coles
A pub was built at the front called the Horseshoe (see below)
The Super Cinema - Opened in 1929
Architect - George Coles
By 1937 was renamed The Trocette
Closed 7th June 1956
The Horseshoe built on the site of Trocette Cinema.
Behined this is Bermondsey Square.
Trocadero - New Kent Road 1930 to 1963
Designed by George Coles
After the demolition in 1963 a smaller Cinema was built on part of site.
The Odeon
Designed by Arno Goldfinger
This was then demolished in 1988.
Odeon - Elephant & Castle 1966
Inside the Trocadero - 3500 Seats
What a shame this Lovely Building was demolished?
(see plaque below)
Plaque laid by Denis Norden
Quentin Maclean at the Trocadero on Wurlitzer 1930
Rialto - Southwark Park Road 1932
Opened in 1929 (as the Colleen Cinema)
The Palace Cinema - Southwark Park Road-Corner of Ambrose Street.
Destroyed by Bombs 1940
The Palace.That brings back great memories of the Sat Morning Mickey Mouse Club.I saw it the night after it was destroyed by a Direct hit,the roof was in Ambrose Street.Sad really as i never knew what happened to Buck Jones,they had Hopalong Cassidy at the rialto..The Marble Steps stayed there until well after the war.The site was used s an Emergency Water Supply during hostilities.I think that Manzes Pie and Mash went the same night,as it was only two doors away....Bill Killick
The Star Cinema - Abbey Street 1937
Tuppenny Rush on Saturday - The La-Di-Da
Trocadero - Demolition
The Stork Cinema - Jamaica Road 1975
Rialto - St James Road
Rotherhithe Hippodrome 34-36 Lower Road in 1955 demoltion.
Rotherhite Hippodrome 34-36 Lower Road in 1954 after extensive Bomb damage and shortly before its Demolition.
Rotherhite Hippodrome - Advertisment
Rotherhite Hippodrome - Interior
I watched the 'Troc' being demolished.....sad day. I have fond memories of the old place, saw Jim Dale sing there back in 1960
Hello
I can remember the Trocette and it always looked as though the Horseshoe Pub was embedded in the front wher the front entrance should be. The cinema entrances were either side of the pub>
Vossy53
It's such an awful shame, as it's said, what the German bombers didn't destroy the planers did. Although economics have a lot to do with the destruction of those wonderful cinemas, many of them great classic Art Deco building's (still no excuse) it doesn't account for tearing down rows of terraced houses which could have been modernised, and in the process breaking up comunities. The lovely old Grange Road Baths my school and many more buildings, and look at the boring stuff they have put in their place.
Rant over, sorry about that but it really upsets me.Thanks Bermondseyboy for posting all those lovely pictures.
Rod.
