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Art Deco detail of the frontage Edith would have known. Photograph: Andy Mabbett, July 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Angela Cotgrave · 1930s · The Odeon

Grandmother Edith, usherette

Her grandmother Edith worked as an usherette in the cinema’s early days, and lived on Brockwell Road.

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