Alcazar, Edmonton

The Alcazar, also known as the Alcazar Cinematograph Theatre, was an entertainment venue in Fore Street, Edmonton in London. The building was destroyed during World War II.[1]

The Alcazar with a poster for The Battle of Waterloo

The Alcazar opened in 1913 with the film The Battle of Waterloo. In addition to being a cinema, the Alcazar hosted concerts, roller skating, boxing, and wrestling. It could seat 1,700 people and had a separate dance hall and summer and winter gardens. It had a Moorish style front with balcony and verandah. The Alcazar was renovated in 1933 and sound added to the cinema.[1]

The Alcazar was badly damaged by bombings in 1940 and 1944. The remains were demolished and the site redeveloped in the 1960s.[2] A mosaic in nearby Moree Way created by Art Start and local schoolchildren commemorates the Alcazar.[1][3]

References
  1. "Historic buildings: Upper Edmonton" Archived 11 November 2018 at the Wayback Machine by Stephen Gilburt in Enfield Society News, No. 206 (Summer 2017), pp. 6-7.
  2. Alcazar Picture Theatre. Ken Roe, Cinema Treasures. Retrieved 10 November 2018.
  3. The Alcazar. Lost Treasures. Retrieved 10 November 2018.


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