Take a rare look inside Islington's glorious Grade II* listed 1930s Egyptian cinema. When the Carlton Cinema on Essex Road opened in 1930 it was advertised as ‘North London’s most palatial cine-variety theatre’ with 2,500 seats and an in-house orchestra. After the cinema closed in 1972 the building was converted into a bingo club which ... Read More
Take a rare look inside Islington's glorious Grade II* listed 1930s Egyptian cinema. When the Carlton Cinema on Essex Road opened in 1930 it was advertised as ‘North London’s most palatial cine-variety theatre’ with 2,500 seats and an in-house orchestra. After the cinema closed in 1972 the building was converted into a bingo club which ... Read More
Take a rare look inside Islington's glorious Grade II* listed 1930s Egyptian cinema. When the Carlton Cinema on Essex Road opened in 1930 it was advertised as ‘North London’s most palatial cine-variety theatre’ with 2,500 seats and an in-house orchestra. After the cinema closed in 1972 the building was converted into a bingo club which ... Read More
Take a rare look inside Islington's glorious Grade II* listed 1930s Egyptian cinema. When the Carlton Cinema on Essex Road opened in 1930 it was advertised as ‘North London’s most palatial cine-variety theatre’ with 2,500 seats and an in-house orchestra. After the cinema closed in 1972 the building was converted into a bingo club which ... Read More