Top Rank Bingo Club, Claughton Road, Birkenhead, Wirral, Wir
Top Rank Bingo Club, Claughton Road, Birkenhead, Wirral, Wirral - The Top Rank Bingo Club viewed from the north-east. The Ritz Cinema opened in 1937. It was damaged by bombing in the Second World War, and reopened in 1947 after renovation work. The original Compton organ was replaced by a Christie organ from the La Scala Cinema in Glasgow. The cinema was later renamed the Essoldo Cinema. It closed in 1969 and became a bingo club, which closed in 1997. The building was later demolished
Picture No
13539269
Media ID
45390925
Size
5572px x 3668px
(2.4MB)
Credit
© Historic England / Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
Norman Walley
Date
1990 - 1997
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Bingo Birkenhead Claughton Compton North-east Organ Rank Renamed Renovation Reopened Replaced Ritz Scala Viewed Walley Wirral
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