Electric Brixton

Grand opening ad posted.

My manager from the ABC Huddersfield came from the ABC Brixton, then returned to Streatham . Left Bricxton 1968 went to Streatham when it was tripled in early 70s.

A few interior shots dating from 1986 here:

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I did relief projection work there from my base at the ABC Streatham. A mate of mine, Phil Young, was senior second Projectionist. He went on to Elstree Studios as a projectionist and I followed sometime later, after he joined the sound-camera department. He later went out to live in Jamaica and worked in television there until he retired.

I wasn’t born in Brixton, but lived there from 6 months old (in 1944) until 1969, when I got married and moved to Luton. I remember the old Palladium well, and always bunking in the side door when an ‘A’ film was on. I was about ten and it was so obvious I wasn’t old enough to see an ‘A’ film without an adult being present. The last film I remember seeing there was when I was about ten. It was called ‘Invasion from Mars’, recently shown on digital free view. My mum took me to see it, and was bored out of her mind. I liked it though. Yes, things have changed since those days, and cinemas are certainly not what they used to be.

Before and After photographs and historic details on the Palladium Cinema/Fridge Nightclub:
http://www.urban75.org/brixton/history/fridge.html

and more here:
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