1970s · The Odeon

The bingo years

told by Martin Brookes · Kingstanding resident

The Mecca bingo hall in the former Odeon, 2009. Photograph: Derek Bennett (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Remembers the building becoming a bingo hall around 1973 and running until 1999; his grandparents Annie and Edward Raven of Esher Road went regularly.

Gathered by the Voices of Kingstanding project and the Birmingham History Forum, and shared with thanks.

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