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| The national art charity program Art Start worked with year 6 pupils from Latymer All Saints Primary School to create a mural of the theatre facade on a side wall of what is now MP Andy Love's office and campaign headquarters. |
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| Answer to Quiz #391 - March 14, 2013 |
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| The Alcazar Picture Theatre 219 Fore Street, London, N18 2TZ cinematreasures.org/theaters/29413 |
Located on the west side of Fore Street,
almost opposite Fairfield Road, just a
few yards north of Angel Road (today
its the North Circular A406 road-Sterling
Way). The Alcazar Cinematograph
Theatre opened on 28th June 1913 with
"The Battle of Waterloo". It was part of
an entertainment complex which
included an enclosed Winter Gardens,
which had a palm court and provision
for dancing, and an outdoor Summer
Gardens as well as a roller skating rink
and a tea room.
Demand for seats at the opening was so
great, that the 1,700 seat Alcazar
Cinematograph Theatre was filled to
capacity and seating had to be placed in
the Winter Gardens to take the overflow.
It became a regular occurance to screen
popular films in both spaces, and in
summer months, the Summer Gardens
were also used as a cinema.
The building was designed like a
Moorish palace, with a covered
verandah stretching 140 feet along the
facade at first floor level. The auditorium
ran parallel to Fore Street, with the main
entrance at the northern end, and an
entrance at the southern end for the
cheap seats beside the screen. Inside the
auditorium seating was provided in stalls
and circle levels. There was a a
particularly attractive decorative ceiling.
The Alcazar Picture Theatre was re-built
in 1933 and was the last cinema in the
area to be fitted with sound equipment.
The proscenium was 32 feet wide and
the stage was only 8 feet deep. There
were three dressing rooms. It suffered
badly when the new 2,940 seat Regal
Cinema opened in March 1934 just a
few yards away on Angel Corner.
The Alcazar Picture Theatre was closed
when it was hit by German bombs in the
early hours of the morning of 23rd
August 1940, which destroyed the dance
hall and one wall of the cinema, causing
the roof of the auditorium to cave in.
Further damage was done by a V1 flying
rocket which landed nearby in October
1944.
The remains were demolished and the
site stood derelict until the 1960’s, when
the local council built a small parade of
shops with flats above, and houses at
the rear on the site of the Summer
Garden. In 2009, a British Red Cross
Charity Shop is located where the
entrance to the Alcazar Picture Theatre
once was.
almost opposite Fairfield Road, just a
few yards north of Angel Road (today
its the North Circular A406 road-Sterling
Way). The Alcazar Cinematograph
Theatre opened on 28th June 1913 with
"The Battle of Waterloo". It was part of
an entertainment complex which
included an enclosed Winter Gardens,
which had a palm court and provision
for dancing, and an outdoor Summer
Gardens as well as a roller skating rink
and a tea room.
Demand for seats at the opening was so
great, that the 1,700 seat Alcazar
Cinematograph Theatre was filled to
capacity and seating had to be placed in
the Winter Gardens to take the overflow.
It became a regular occurance to screen
popular films in both spaces, and in
summer months, the Summer Gardens
were also used as a cinema.
The building was designed like a
Moorish palace, with a covered
verandah stretching 140 feet along the
facade at first floor level. The auditorium
ran parallel to Fore Street, with the main
entrance at the northern end, and an
entrance at the southern end for the
cheap seats beside the screen. Inside the
auditorium seating was provided in stalls
and circle levels. There was a a
particularly attractive decorative ceiling.
The Alcazar Picture Theatre was re-built
in 1933 and was the last cinema in the
area to be fitted with sound equipment.
The proscenium was 32 feet wide and
the stage was only 8 feet deep. There
were three dressing rooms. It suffered
badly when the new 2,940 seat Regal
Cinema opened in March 1934 just a
few yards away on Angel Corner.
The Alcazar Picture Theatre was closed
when it was hit by German bombs in the
early hours of the morning of 23rd
August 1940, which destroyed the dance
hall and one wall of the cinema, causing
the roof of the auditorium to cave in.
Further damage was done by a V1 flying
rocket which landed nearby in October
1944.
The remains were demolished and the
site stood derelict until the 1960’s, when
the local council built a small parade of
shops with flats above, and houses at
the rear on the site of the Summer
Garden. In 2009, a British Red Cross
Charity Shop is located where the
entrance to the Alcazar Picture Theatre
once was.
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| Then and Now by Andy Love Labour/Cooperative MP for Edmonton andylovemp.blogspot.com/2010/09/then-and-now.html#!/2010/09/then-and-now.html |
The image on the left is my... office,
which now sports a mosaic of the Alcazar
down one side. This pictorial reproduction
of our historic local landmark was made
possible thanks to £38,000 of Heritage
Lottery Fund money and the fantastic
community arts charity Art Start (of
which I am a patron, alongside Emma
Bunton, I'll have you know!).
And this isn't the only new mosaic across
Enfield or even Edmonton (you might half
which now sports a mosaic of the Alcazar
down one side. This pictorial reproduction
of our historic local landmark was made
possible thanks to £38,000 of Heritage
Lottery Fund money and the fantastic
community arts charity Art Start (of
which I am a patron, alongside Emma
Bunton, I'll have you know!).
And this isn't the only new mosaic across
Enfield or even Edmonton (you might half
remember my post about the Marie Lloyd, music hall queen, mosaic). In total there are
eight pieces of art forming part of Art Start's "Lost Treasures" project and all depicting
iconic lost buildings, including theatres, cinemas, picture houses and music halls, on or
near the original sites.
It's not too late for you to get involved in the project. If you have memories of the
buildings depicted then Art Start would like to hear about them. And it would be great if
you could tell me about your Edmonton memories too. You're more than welcome to
come past my office and take a look at the lovely Alcazar for yourself (unfortunately I
don't do anything half as exciting as screen films on the inside!).
eight pieces of art forming part of Art Start's "Lost Treasures" project and all depicting
iconic lost buildings, including theatres, cinemas, picture houses and music halls, on or
near the original sites.
It's not too late for you to get involved in the project. If you have memories of the
buildings depicted then Art Start would like to hear about them. And it would be great if
you could tell me about your Edmonton memories too. You're more than welcome to
come past my office and take a look at the lovely Alcazar for yourself (unfortunately I
don't do anything half as exciting as screen films on the inside!).
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| Use Google Maps for What's Located at 219 Fore Street, Edmonton, London Today |
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| The Battle of Waterloo www.martinsworld.f9.co.uk/Erdiburn/Waterloo.htm |
| The Battle of waterloo was filmed in 1913 at Irthlingborough and was one of the biggest films of its day. It was made by an American named Charles Weston and he chose the location because the real Duke of Wellington, on visiting the area commented that the countryside |
| resembled the battlefield at Waterloo. The film was made for, what was then, a huge sum of £5000. The main characters were played by major actors but the cavalry were soldiers from Weedon Barracks and the foot soldiers were all local shoe factory workers. So great was the interest in Irthlingborough, that the shoe factories all had to close while the workers were earning 7/6p a day as extras. Weston made a total of seven films in and around Irthlingborough but the 1914 war seems to have prevented the town from becoming the centre of the film industry for this country. It was thought that all of the films had been lost forever but Irthlingborough Historical Society managed to trace all that remains of the ‘Battle of Waterloo’ at the British Film Industry Archive in London and we now have a copy that has been shown on several occasions to the delight of packed audiences. The following ‘stills’ are from the publicity for the film and some may recognise Napoleons Headquarters as the buildings behind the former Civic Hall, just off High Street. The 9th June 2013 will be the 100th anniversary of the start of filming and to celebrate that event, we are publishing an exact replica of a top quality brochure of photographic stills that was given to the VIPs attending the premiere at the London Palladium. This collector’s item is being produced using the methods of 1913 and boxed as a limited edition of 100. These can be bought using the application form which is available at the library, Toni’s Newsagents, Born and Bread and the Salvation Army Shop. On the 9th June 2013, it is planned to have a live display about the battle on the green by the cross with soldiers from the 44th Regiment Group and the Waterloo Drummers. The brochures will be available for collection on the day. Irthlingborough has had a few encounters with the film industry, with parts of the TV series ‘Hunters Walk’ and much of ‘Love for Lydia’ (The HE Bates story of the same name) being filmed here. In honour of the connection with the local cinema which was affectionately known as ‘Watts’ cinema’ and which closed in the 1960’s we have agreement to erect two plaques on the site of the former cinema in January 2009 and a notice board, commemorating all of our contacts with the industry in the local library. |