Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!

Premier Electric, During 1938 refurb, Exterior

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Comment by alistairj on April 21, 2008 at 22:32: So the 'art deco' front was post-1938 then? Or was this the preparation for it?

Comment by Hugh on April 21, 2008 at 22:50: I'm guessing this was it. If we assume the interior picture was taken at the same time. it looks like they were just getting started.

Comment by StephenBln on April 22, 2008 at 2:27: The rebuilding was probably the raison d'etre for the photo.
These days, we always assume that Art Deco period was a twenties "thing". In fact, it carried on right through to the war in Britain and in France until about 1949.. In Britain in the middle to late thirties, there was also a "Streamlining" fad. Everything from trains, buses, cars, houses and as can be seen here, cinemas too, were "Modernised".

Comment by Hugh on April 22, 2008 at 8:46: You're right FilmEx, pretty Ant Hill (and that's for that memory, Ant Hill Mob sounded very famiiliar, but I had to Google it to place it):