Brixton Fridge, Town Hall Parade, Brixton Hill, Brixton, 1991, 91-3a-53 - from our story 'Photos of London’s Cinemas in the 1980s'

London Cinemas

Brixton Fridge, Town Hall Parade, Brixton Hill, Brixton, 1991, 91-3a-53 Built as the Palladium Picture Playhouse, designed by Gilbert Booth it opened in 1913. It was given a new plain modern facade in 1955 and reopened as the Regal, then became the ABC and later the ACE and closed as a cinema in 1981. Opened as a music venue, The Fridge had genuine old fridges fixed to its frontage. It closed in 2011 and later, sans fridges, reopened as The Electric. It retains much of its original internal design.

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