Lytton Road Assembly Rooms Explained

The Lytton Road Assembly Rooms were built by E. Fergusson Taylor in New Barnet around 1870.^[1]

Film pioneer Birt Acres gave a display of moving pictures to the Lyonsdown Photographic Society there on 10 January 1896.^{[2] [3]}

The building became a cinema in 1925^[4] and was replaced with a purpose built building in 1926 known as The Hippodrome, the New Barnet Kinema, the New Barnet Picture Theatre, and The Regal from 1933.^{[5] [6]} It later became a Mecca bingo hall, a snooker club, and finally a Quazer laser war games centre. It was demolished in 1999 and the flats known as Clivedon Court were built on the site.^[4]

References

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Notes and References

1. Book: Eyles, Allen, & Keith Skone.. Cinemas of Hertfordshire. 2002. Hertfordshire Publications. Hatfield. 978-0-9542189-0-4.
2. Book: Cinemas of Hertfordshire - Allen Eyles, Keith Skone - Google Books . 9780954218904 . 2017-06-26. Eyles . Allen . Skone . Keith . 2002 .
3. Book: British Film Directors: A Critical Guide - Robert Shail - Google Books . 9780809328338 . 2017-06-26. Shail . Robert . 2007 .
4. http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/27531 Regal Cinema.
5. Taylor, Pamela, & Joanna Corden. (1994) Barnet, Edgware, Hadley and Totteridge: A pictorial history. Chichester: Phillimore. Image caption 138.
6. http://www.friern-barnethistory.org.uk/userfiles/file/Newsletters/2000-2009/2008/No-34-Sep-2008.pdf "Cinemas Update"