Wimbledon Picture Palace
11-12 Worple Road,
London,
SW19 4JS
11-12 Worple Road,
London,
SW19 4JS
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Previous Names: Worple Hall
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Built as the Municipal Baths, it closed in 1909 when new baths were built in Latimer Road. It was named Worple Hall with the baths covered over and was opened in November 1908, used for public meetings. It was converted into a cinema named Wimbledon Picture Palace, which opened in June 1909. It was closed by the time World War I broke out in 1914. The building was used to display carpets & rugs. It was demolished and the Odeon was built on the site in 1935(it has its own page on Cinema Treasures).
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Old Picture Palace can just be seen, centre photo here.
The hall started life as Municipal Baths, until new ones were built in 1909 in Latimer Road. The old baths were covered over, and became known as Worple Hall, primarily being used for public meetings and the like. The hall was accessed via an association arcade adjacent to the Queen’s Picture Theatre. After its short stint as a cinema, the Worple Hall name returned and it was used to display carpets and rugs for example. The whole block was demolished to build the Odeon on the enlarged site of the Queen’s. Worple Hall has the same postcode as the Odeon, address was 11-12, Worple Road.