Safari Cinema
79 Station Road,
Harrow,
HA1 2TU
79 Station Road,
Harrow,
HA1 2TU
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1972 ad posted.
The façade is off! https://harrowonline.org/2021/04/26/first-photos-of-the-art-deco-facade-shows-dramatic-change-to-cinema/
Now closed. As of January 2021 scaffolding had been erected and the blue cladding starting to be removed: https://pastrewind.wordpress.com/2021/01/19/a-peek-at-harrows-hidden-art-deco-masterpiece/
https://www.homesandproperty.co.uk/property-news/art-deco-gem-restored-to-former-glory-exterior-of-thirties-cinema-building-in-harrow-could-be-a132746.html
Possibility of a restoration, albeit only the facade.
who can remember the good old days when the chief projectionist had a large model train layout in the roof void
Gala bingo have moved out of the stalls and the V2V church (Victory 2 Victory) have moved in.
I have to say that I have never regarded the exterior of this cinema as “beautiful”. A vast overpowering presence on the street, not, of course, that the cladding was in any way an improvement!
The Safari Cinema, photographed in March 2010:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/oiomar/4474349246/
Some more pictures, inside and out, can be found here:–
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A vintage photograph of the Dominion Cinema in 1936:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/woody1969/220051266/
Architect;Frederick E. Bromige, original concept drawing of the Dominion:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/woody1969/220019316/
The cover-up:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/woody1969/220019315/
As the Cannon Cinema in the late 1980’s:
http://flickr.com/photos/12494104@N00/213273406/
Two recent photographs of the Safari Cinema:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/woody1969/220019314/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/woody1969/220010913/