Gala Bingo Hall to be sold

Gala Bingo Hall

Closure of Bingo Hall

Potters House


The Gala Bingo Hall, which we used to frequent when it was the Odeon cinema, is to be sold to The Potter's House Christian Fellowship. The building is on the corner of Lea Bridge Road and Church Road. 


Some interesting historical info from David Boote:

The cinema was originally the Savoy, later Gaumont, Curzon, Odeon and Classic, and Katy says it's impressive inside, but I've not myself seen inside.  Katy says a planning application for change of use was submitted in an unsatisfactory way and is to be resubmitted.

The architect of the cinema, George Coles, lived for a time in Leytonstone on Grove Green Road and Hampton Road, and later became one of the most active of cinema architects.