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Grand, Battersea, SW11

Venue just opposite Clapham Junction, which used to be a major gig venue, but is now mostly a nightclub (though it still does some music). Built as a music hall in 1900, it screened films from 1901 and became a full-time cinema in 1931. Wetherspoon's bought it in 1997 but couldn't get permission to turn it into pub (and held onto it for years).

 

Address: 21-25 St Johns Hill.

Former Name(s): Essoldo; Grand Theatre; Grand Theatre of Varieties; The New Grand Theatre of Varieties.

Owner: (website); Mean Fiddler (former).

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Cinema Treasures

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Uploaded on May 21, 2008
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