EAW022330 ENGLAND (1949). Stoke Newington and surrounding districts of north-east London, Dalston, from the south-east, 1949

Milton Grove

Site of Saint Philips Church

Holy Trinity primary school

The Beehive pub

The only image I have of mapledene road, my childhood home, demolished in 1967, pub in the background is "the beehive" in holly street.

The Hackney & Kingsland Imperial Picture Palace of 1911, closed after a fire in 1933, reminded derelict as seen here until converted to retail use, demolished in the 1950's, and rebuilt as offices, most recently an Italian restaurant called Rotorino

Dalston Circus of 1886 it was rebuilt in 1897 to become the Dalston Theatre, in 1920 it was rebuilt as Europes first super cinema, the Dalston Picturehouse, it became the Gaumont Cinema in 1951 eventually closing in 1960. The foyer and tearooms became the legendary Four Aces Club which closed in the 1990s when the whole building became the notorious Labyrynth Club, Europes first indoor acid house rave club, still retaining much of its opulent plasterwork the whole building was demolished in 2007 for the redevelopment of the Dalston Junction station.

Coliseum Cinema opened 1913, closed in 1972, remained derelict for many years, partly converted to a car showroom which was never finished, after a fire in 1992 it was eventually demolished in 2001

The Alexandra Theatre designed by Frank Matcham opened in 1897, it became a cinema then back to a theatre then a boxing venue then a Yiddish theatre, closing in the late 50's and demolished in the early 1960's

Apollo Cinema opened in 1913, became the Ambassador and then the Astra then bingo, then back to a cinema again closing in 1983, currently a mosque.

Dalston Picture Playhouse which opened in 1914, closing around 197 it became a wax museum and eventually retail use as a clothes shop then a chemist, demolished for the Kingsland Shopping Centre.

ABC Savoy Cinema Stoke Newington opened in 1936, designed by W.R. Glen, closed in 1984 it reopened in 2018 as Earth a live music venue

Classic Cinema, now the Rio Cinema Dalston, built in 1915 and still in cinema use

Amhurst Hall Cinema designed by Frank Matcham, the earliest purpose built cinema in the UK opened in 1908, suffered war damage and used to store furniture from bombed out houses, eventually demolished for the Kingsland shopping centre 1980's/1990's

Plaza Cinema built in 1912 and demolished in 2009

Parkholme Road

Richmond Road/Eleanor Road Seco huts and Uni-Seco prefabs

De Beauvoir Square

De Beauvoir Infants and Junior Schools (Infant site now residential)

Formerly The Sussex Arms.

Formerly The Prince of Wales pub

Odeon Cinema; demolished in 1984.

Middleton Road/Albion Drive prefabs, Uni-Seco Mk3 type plus some Seco huts

Lansdowne Drive/Gayhurst Road prefabs

Ardleigh Road prefabs

London Fields West Side prefabs - Arcon MkV type

Alexandra Palace

F. Cooke Eel & Pie shop, 41 Kingsland High St, London E8 2JS (later the Shanghai Restaurant opened in this building)

Former station building of Mildmay Park, this survived until 1987, the station lost it's passenger service on 1st October 1934.

Camden Road New Church, 10/03/2015

Holloway Prison, Parkhurst Road, N7

Highbury Stadium, Avenell Road, N5

Graham Road, E8

Queensbridge Road, E8

London Fields, E8

Southgate Road, N1

Englefield Road, N1

Dalston Junction, Balls Pond Road & Kingsland Road & Dalston Lane, N1 / E8

New River, Pumping Station, Green Lanes, N5 / N16

Clissold Park, Green Lanes, N16

Green Lanes, N16

Newington Green, N16

Stoke Newington Road, N1

St. Pauls Church, St. Pauls Road & Essex Road, N1

St. Pauls Road, N1

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