London's Lost Music Venues (Vol 2)
This second volume features over 140 more venues, focussing on the larger halls and theatres of London's musical heyday. Did you dance the night away at the Hammersmith Palais? Queue outside the Rainbow theatre to see The Jam or The Osmonds? Or jive along to rock 'n' roll legends in the Cellar Club in Kingston? Then this is another book is for you! Paul Talling, author of 'London's Lost Music Venues 1', 'Derelict London' & 'London's Lost Rivers' returns his attention to the lost music venues of London. This time round he focusses on the larger, theatre sized venues as well as a few smaller venues not included in the first volume plus some more recent losses. This book takes a look at more of the iconic venues of the last 60 years with images, flyers and modern-day photos of what they are now.
Central London
Africa Centre, King Street, Covent Garden, WC2
London Astoria, Charing Cross Road, WC2
London Astoria 2/Sundown/Mean Fiddler, Charing Cross Road, WC2
Bagley’s/Canvas, Stable Street, Kings Cross, N1
Borderline,Manette Street, Soho, W1
Bumpers, Coventry Street,Piccadilly Circus, W1
Café de Paris, Coventry St, W1
The Cat’s Whisker, Soho,W1
Drummonds, Euston Road, Kings Cross, NW1
Embassy Night Club, Bond Street & Old Burlington Street, Mayfair, W1
Empire Rooms/Embassy Rooms, Tottenham Court Rd, W1
The End, West Central Street, Bloomsbury, WC1
The Green Man/Portlands, Euston Road, Fitzrovia, NW1
Hanover Grand, Hannover Street, Mayfair, W1
HMV Oxford Street, W1
Imperial College, Prince Consort Road, South Kensington, SW7
King’s College London Students’ Union, Surrey Street, WC2
London School of Economics, Houghton Street, WC2
Lyceum Ballroom, Wellington Street, Covent Garden,WC2
Paris Theatre, Lower Regent Street, SW1
Polytechnic of Central London, New Cavendish Street, Fitzrovia, W1
Princess Louise, High Holborn, WC1
Regent Street Polytechnic, Little Tichfield Street, Fitzrovia, W1
Revolution, Bruton Place, Mayfair, W1
The Roaring Twenties Club, Carnaby Street, W1
Royalty Theatre, Portugal Street, Holborn, WC2
Saville Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue, Covent Garden, WC2
Saint Martin’s School of Art, Charing Cross Road, WC2
Turnmills, Clerkenwell Road, EC1
Virgin Megastore/Zavvi, Oxford Street, W1
East London
333 Club, Old Street, EC1
ABC/Ritz Cinema, South Street, Romford, RM1
Albemarle Youth Club, Harold Hill, Romford, RM3
The Bitter End/The Horn, High Street, Romford, RM1
Cabot Hall, Canary Wharf, E14
Four Aces Club/Labyrinth, Dalston Lane, Dalston, E8
Granada, Barking Road, East Ham, E6
Granada, Hoe street, Walthamstow, E17
Greengate, Bethnal Green Road, Bethnal Green, E2
Ilford Palais/Tiffany’s, High Road, Ilford, IG1
The Island, High Road, Ilford, IG1
Kings Head, Market Place, Romford, RM1
Leyton Baths, High Road, Leyton, E10
London Arena, Limeharbour, Isle of Dogs, E14
Lotus Ballroom Club, Woodgrange Road, Forest Gate, E7
New All Star Club, Artillery Passage, Spitalfields, E1
Ocean, Mare Street, Hackney, E8
Odeon Ilford, Eastern Avenue, Gants Hill, IG2
Odeon, South Street, Romford, RM1
Plastic People, Curtain Road, Shoreditch, EC2
Pleasure Unit, Bethnal Green Road, Bethnal Green, E2
Rex, High Street, Stratford, E15 4QZ
The Rezz, North Street, Romford, RM1
Room at the Top, High Street, Ilford, IG1
The Spitz, Commercial Street, Spitalfields, E1
Sundown, Mile End Road, Mile End, E3
North London
The Bell, Pentonville Road, Kings Cross, N1
Coliseum, Manor Park Road, Harlesden, NW10
Country Club, Haverstock Hill, Belsize Park, NW3
The Cross Kings, York Way, Kings Cross, N1
Dominion/ABC, Station Road, Harrow, HA1
Duke of Lancaster, Lancaster Road, New Barnet, EN4
The Enterprise, Haverstock Hill, Chalk Farm, NW3
Finsbury Park Empire, St Thomas's Road, Finsbury Park,N4
The Galtymore, Crickewood Broadway, Cricklewood, NW2
Gaumont State Cinema, Kilburn High Road, Kilburn, NW6
Golders Green Hippodrome, North End Road, Golders Green, NW11
Majestic Ballroom, Stroud Green Road, Finsbury Park, N4
Michael Sobell Sports Centre, Hornsey Road, Islington, N7
National Ballroom, Kilburn High Road, Kilburn, NW6
New Roxy Theatre, Craven Park Road, Harlesden, NW10
Proud Camden, Stables Market, Camden, NW1
Purple Turtle, Crowndale Road, Camden, NW1
Rainbow Theatre/Finsbury Park Astoria, Seven Sisters Road, Finsbury Park, N4
The Regal/Sundown, Sterling Way, Edmonton, N18
Royal Ballroom, High Road, Tottenham, N17
Royalty Ballroom, Winchmore Hill Road, Southgate, N14
Screen on the Green, Upper Street, Islington, N1
Three Horseshoes, Heath Street, Hampstead, NW3
South East London
ABC,London Road, Croydon, CR0
Bal Tabarin, Downham Way, Downham, BR1
The Black Prince, Southwold Road, Bexley, DA5
Borough Hall, Royal Hill, Greenwich, SE10
Cable, Bermondsey St, London Bridge, SE1
Chislehurst Caves, Old Hill, Chislehurst, BR7
Cinatra’s/Top Rank,London Road, Croydon, CR0
The Coronet Theatre,New Kent Rd, Elephant and Castle, SE1
Crystal Palace Hotel, Anerley Hill, Crystal Palace, SE19
Crystal Palace National Sports Centre, Ledrington Rd, SE19
Davis Theatre, High Street, Croydon, CR0
Granada, Spital Street, Dartford, DA1
Granada, Mitcham Road, Tooting, SW17
Granada, Powis Street, Woolwich, SE18
Iron Curtain Club, High Street, St Mary Cray, BR5
Lewisham Hippodrome, Rushey Green, Catford, SE6
Mistrale Club, High Street, Beckenham, BR3
Montague Arms, Queens Road, New Cross, SE15
Odeon/Gaumont Theatre, Loampit Vale, Lewisham, SE13
Odeon/Coronet, John Wilson Street, Woolwich, SE18
Orchid Ballroom/Tiffany’s, Brighton Road, Purley, CR8
Savoy Rooms/The Witchdoctor, Rushey Green, Catford, SE6
SeOne, Saint Thomas St, London Bridge, SE1
Thames Polytechnic, Calderwood Street, Woolwich, SE18
Thomas A’ Becket, Old Kent Road, SE1
The Tiger’s Head, Bromley Road, Catford, SE6
Trocadero Cinema, New Kent Rd, Elephant and Castle, SE1
West and South West London
All Saints Hall, Powis Gardens, Notting Hill, W11
Assembly Rooms, Maple Road, Surbiton, KT6
Blaises Club, Queensgate, South Kensington, SW7
Blue Moon, Church Road, Hayes, UB3
The Bottom Line, Shepherds Bush Green, W12
Botwell House, Botwell Lane, Hayes, UB3
The Bull, Upper Richmond Road West, East Sheen, SW14
Burton’s/Acid Palace, Windsor Street, Uxbridge, UB8
The Castle, High Street, Tooting, SW17
Cellar Club, High Street, Kingston, KT1
Coronation Hall, Denmark Road, Kingston, KT1
Cue Club, Praed Street, Paddington, W2
Earls Court Exhibition Centre, Warwick Road, SW5
Gaumont Theatre/The Pavilion, Shepherds Bush Green, W12
Ginglik, Shepherds Bush Green, W12
Granada, Brighton Terrace, Brixton, SW9
Granada, Greenford Road, Greenford, UB6
Granada, Sheepcote Road, Harrow,HA1
Grosvenor Arms, Sidney Road, Stockwell, SW9
Hammersmith Palais, Shepherds Bush Road, W6
Hanging Lamp, The Vineyard, Richmond, TW10
Hobbit’s Garden/William Morris Club, The Broadway, Wimbledon, SW19
Kensington Town Hall, Kensington High Street, W8
Locarno Ballroom, Streatham Hill, SW2
Mass/Babalou, Brixton Hill, SW2
New Victoria Theatre, Wilton Road, Pimlico, SW1
Odeon, Streatham High Road, SW16
The Pontiac Club, Upper Richmond Road, Putney, SW15
Putney Ballroom, Hotham Road, Putney, SW15 1QS
Rainbow Room at Biba, Kensington High Street, W8
The Roxborough, College Road, Harrow, HA1
Silver Blades Ice Rink, Streatham High Road, SW16
The Venue, Victoria Street, Victoria, SW1
Wimbledon Palais, Merton High Street, SW19
Winning Post, Chertsey Road, Twickenham, TW2
Africa Centre, King Street, Covent Garden, WC2
London Astoria, Charing Cross Road, WC2
London Astoria 2/Sundown/Mean Fiddler, Charing Cross Road, WC2
Bagley’s/Canvas, Stable Street, Kings Cross, N1
Borderline,Manette Street, Soho, W1
Bumpers, Coventry Street,Piccadilly Circus, W1
Café de Paris, Coventry St, W1
The Cat’s Whisker, Soho,W1
Drummonds, Euston Road, Kings Cross, NW1
Embassy Night Club, Bond Street & Old Burlington Street, Mayfair, W1
Empire Rooms/Embassy Rooms, Tottenham Court Rd, W1
The End, West Central Street, Bloomsbury, WC1
The Green Man/Portlands, Euston Road, Fitzrovia, NW1
Hanover Grand, Hannover Street, Mayfair, W1
HMV Oxford Street, W1
Imperial College, Prince Consort Road, South Kensington, SW7
King’s College London Students’ Union, Surrey Street, WC2
London School of Economics, Houghton Street, WC2
Lyceum Ballroom, Wellington Street, Covent Garden,WC2
Paris Theatre, Lower Regent Street, SW1
Polytechnic of Central London, New Cavendish Street, Fitzrovia, W1
Princess Louise, High Holborn, WC1
Regent Street Polytechnic, Little Tichfield Street, Fitzrovia, W1
Revolution, Bruton Place, Mayfair, W1
The Roaring Twenties Club, Carnaby Street, W1
Royalty Theatre, Portugal Street, Holborn, WC2
Saville Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue, Covent Garden, WC2
Saint Martin’s School of Art, Charing Cross Road, WC2
Turnmills, Clerkenwell Road, EC1
Virgin Megastore/Zavvi, Oxford Street, W1
East London
333 Club, Old Street, EC1
ABC/Ritz Cinema, South Street, Romford, RM1
Albemarle Youth Club, Harold Hill, Romford, RM3
The Bitter End/The Horn, High Street, Romford, RM1
Cabot Hall, Canary Wharf, E14
Four Aces Club/Labyrinth, Dalston Lane, Dalston, E8
Granada, Barking Road, East Ham, E6
Granada, Hoe street, Walthamstow, E17
Greengate, Bethnal Green Road, Bethnal Green, E2
Ilford Palais/Tiffany’s, High Road, Ilford, IG1
The Island, High Road, Ilford, IG1
Kings Head, Market Place, Romford, RM1
Leyton Baths, High Road, Leyton, E10
London Arena, Limeharbour, Isle of Dogs, E14
Lotus Ballroom Club, Woodgrange Road, Forest Gate, E7
New All Star Club, Artillery Passage, Spitalfields, E1
Ocean, Mare Street, Hackney, E8
Odeon Ilford, Eastern Avenue, Gants Hill, IG2
Odeon, South Street, Romford, RM1
Plastic People, Curtain Road, Shoreditch, EC2
Pleasure Unit, Bethnal Green Road, Bethnal Green, E2
Rex, High Street, Stratford, E15 4QZ
The Rezz, North Street, Romford, RM1
Room at the Top, High Street, Ilford, IG1
The Spitz, Commercial Street, Spitalfields, E1
Sundown, Mile End Road, Mile End, E3
North London
The Bell, Pentonville Road, Kings Cross, N1
Coliseum, Manor Park Road, Harlesden, NW10
Country Club, Haverstock Hill, Belsize Park, NW3
The Cross Kings, York Way, Kings Cross, N1
Dominion/ABC, Station Road, Harrow, HA1
Duke of Lancaster, Lancaster Road, New Barnet, EN4
The Enterprise, Haverstock Hill, Chalk Farm, NW3
Finsbury Park Empire, St Thomas's Road, Finsbury Park,N4
The Galtymore, Crickewood Broadway, Cricklewood, NW2
Gaumont State Cinema, Kilburn High Road, Kilburn, NW6
Golders Green Hippodrome, North End Road, Golders Green, NW11
Majestic Ballroom, Stroud Green Road, Finsbury Park, N4
Michael Sobell Sports Centre, Hornsey Road, Islington, N7
National Ballroom, Kilburn High Road, Kilburn, NW6
New Roxy Theatre, Craven Park Road, Harlesden, NW10
Proud Camden, Stables Market, Camden, NW1
Purple Turtle, Crowndale Road, Camden, NW1
Rainbow Theatre/Finsbury Park Astoria, Seven Sisters Road, Finsbury Park, N4
The Regal/Sundown, Sterling Way, Edmonton, N18
Royal Ballroom, High Road, Tottenham, N17
Royalty Ballroom, Winchmore Hill Road, Southgate, N14
Screen on the Green, Upper Street, Islington, N1
Three Horseshoes, Heath Street, Hampstead, NW3
South East London
ABC,London Road, Croydon, CR0
Bal Tabarin, Downham Way, Downham, BR1
The Black Prince, Southwold Road, Bexley, DA5
Borough Hall, Royal Hill, Greenwich, SE10
Cable, Bermondsey St, London Bridge, SE1
Chislehurst Caves, Old Hill, Chislehurst, BR7
Cinatra’s/Top Rank,London Road, Croydon, CR0
The Coronet Theatre,New Kent Rd, Elephant and Castle, SE1
Crystal Palace Hotel, Anerley Hill, Crystal Palace, SE19
Crystal Palace National Sports Centre, Ledrington Rd, SE19
Davis Theatre, High Street, Croydon, CR0
Granada, Spital Street, Dartford, DA1
Granada, Mitcham Road, Tooting, SW17
Granada, Powis Street, Woolwich, SE18
Iron Curtain Club, High Street, St Mary Cray, BR5
Lewisham Hippodrome, Rushey Green, Catford, SE6
Mistrale Club, High Street, Beckenham, BR3
Montague Arms, Queens Road, New Cross, SE15
Odeon/Gaumont Theatre, Loampit Vale, Lewisham, SE13
Odeon/Coronet, John Wilson Street, Woolwich, SE18
Orchid Ballroom/Tiffany’s, Brighton Road, Purley, CR8
Savoy Rooms/The Witchdoctor, Rushey Green, Catford, SE6
SeOne, Saint Thomas St, London Bridge, SE1
Thames Polytechnic, Calderwood Street, Woolwich, SE18
Thomas A’ Becket, Old Kent Road, SE1
The Tiger’s Head, Bromley Road, Catford, SE6
Trocadero Cinema, New Kent Rd, Elephant and Castle, SE1
West and South West London
All Saints Hall, Powis Gardens, Notting Hill, W11
Assembly Rooms, Maple Road, Surbiton, KT6
Blaises Club, Queensgate, South Kensington, SW7
Blue Moon, Church Road, Hayes, UB3
The Bottom Line, Shepherds Bush Green, W12
Botwell House, Botwell Lane, Hayes, UB3
The Bull, Upper Richmond Road West, East Sheen, SW14
Burton’s/Acid Palace, Windsor Street, Uxbridge, UB8
The Castle, High Street, Tooting, SW17
Cellar Club, High Street, Kingston, KT1
Coronation Hall, Denmark Road, Kingston, KT1
Cue Club, Praed Street, Paddington, W2
Earls Court Exhibition Centre, Warwick Road, SW5
Gaumont Theatre/The Pavilion, Shepherds Bush Green, W12
Ginglik, Shepherds Bush Green, W12
Granada, Brighton Terrace, Brixton, SW9
Granada, Greenford Road, Greenford, UB6
Granada, Sheepcote Road, Harrow,HA1
Grosvenor Arms, Sidney Road, Stockwell, SW9
Hammersmith Palais, Shepherds Bush Road, W6
Hanging Lamp, The Vineyard, Richmond, TW10
Hobbit’s Garden/William Morris Club, The Broadway, Wimbledon, SW19
Kensington Town Hall, Kensington High Street, W8
Locarno Ballroom, Streatham Hill, SW2
Mass/Babalou, Brixton Hill, SW2
New Victoria Theatre, Wilton Road, Pimlico, SW1
Odeon, Streatham High Road, SW16
The Pontiac Club, Upper Richmond Road, Putney, SW15
Putney Ballroom, Hotham Road, Putney, SW15 1QS
Rainbow Room at Biba, Kensington High Street, W8
The Roxborough, College Road, Harrow, HA1
Silver Blades Ice Rink, Streatham High Road, SW16
The Venue, Victoria Street, Victoria, SW1
Wimbledon Palais, Merton High Street, SW19
Winning Post, Chertsey Road, Twickenham, TW2