Abertridwr Welfare Hall and Institute
The Square,
Abertridwr,
CF83 4DH
The Square,
Abertridwr,
CF83 4DH
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Located in Abertridwr, near to Caerphilly, Glamorgan. Built as the Workmens Institute in 1910. The proscenium was 21 feet wide. The Workmen’s Hall operated as a cinema, also presenting occasional variety from at least 1934. It was equipped with a Western Electric (WE) sound system. Later equipped with CinemaScope, the proscenium was widened to 25 ft. By 1969 it was screening films on Tuesday, Thursday & Saturdays and bingo was played on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. By 1980 it was a full time bingo club. The Triple Crown Bingo Club closed in the mid-2010’s and in December 2020 the building was being offered ‘For Sale’ with planning permission to convert it into flats.
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The hall is noted as being used as a cinema under Windsor Colleries Wokmans hall Ltd with one show per night and two on saturdays with two changes of programme per week at prices of 6d to 1/– in 1924. Western Electris sound was installed to take it into the sound era when prices DROPPED to 5d to 9d! 700 could be seated in 1938. This had increased to 712 in 1951 when Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday saw one show per night with 2 shows on Mondays, Thursdays and Saturdays at prices of 8d to 1/6d. The proscenium was 25 feet wide. Ocassional variety shows were noted. By 1966 Bingo had been introduced on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays with film shows being once nightly on Tuesdays and Thursdays and twice on Saturdays with two changes of programme per week at prices of 1/– to 2/–. Occassional variety shows sometimes replaced film.
Faded signage indicates use as a bingo club.
Bingo use confirmed, as the former bingo club is being offered for sake with planning permission to convert into flats.