EPW006276 ENGLAND (1921). The town centre, Enfield, 1921. This image has been produced from a copy-negative.

"Enfield Register Office". Gentlemans Row.

"Enfield Library". Cecil Road.

Later site for:- "The Willow Road Estate".

"New River".

Later site for a "WW1 War memorial".

Windmill Lane. "M C C Courthouse".

Chase Side.

Windmill Hill.

Church Street.

"Enfield Town Station. Great Eastern Railways 1849" Southbury Road & Genotin Road.

The New "Enfield Chase Station". Opened in April 1910 for through traffic to the North. Just West of this plate out of sight was the original Enfield Chase terminus Station first opened April 1871 (This photo shows the 1871 Terminus station on the left, with the new rail bridge under construction for the replacement station 1910 in the foreground).

London Road. R/C Church. "Our Lady of Mount Carmel & Saint George". Opened 1901 closed November 1940 due to bomb damage. The current church of today was re-built a little more south of the original and opened July 1958.

Cecil Road.

London Road. "Enfield Town Police Station 1872-1965".

Later Site for: - A B C Cinema. The Savoy Cinema was a luxury super cinema designed for a mixed use of cine-variety and was built for Independent operator Goide & Glassman. It opened on 28th October 1935 with Pual Lucas in “Age of Indiscretion” and Miriam Hopkins in “Becky Sharp”. Designed in what could be descibed as a ‘classical’ Art Deco style by prolific cinema architect George Coles, seating was provided for just below 1,400 in stalls and just below 900 in the balcony. The Savoy Cinema was equipped with a working stage and orchestra pit, five dressing rooms and a Wurlitzer 2Maunual/7Rank theatre organ which was opened by Reginald New. There was also a large cafe/resaurant located on the balcony foyer level with windows overlooking the street and a free car park at the rear. The Savoy Cinema was soon taken over by Associated British Cinemas (ABC) from 24th February 1936. In 1962 it was re-named ABC and in 1966 the Wurlitzer organ was removed to the West Hallam Social Club in Derbyshire. In April 1978 it was closed for conversion into a 4 screen cinema. Screen 1 was in the former balcony and had 620 seats, screen 2 was in the former front stalls area with 356 seats and screen 3 and 4 were two mini cinemas located under the balcony in the former rear stalls area and had seating for 217 and 140. In April 1986 it became part of the Cannon Cinemas chain and was re-named Cannon. It was re-named ABC again in December 1996. It closed on 11th December 1997. The building was demolished in March 1998, to provide access to a new Tesco supermarket which was built on the former cinema car park.

"Rialto Cinema". Burleigh Way. The Rialto Cinema opened on 8th November 1920 (architect unknown) and was a project of Denman (London) Cinemas which were merged with Gaumont Theatres. However the Rialto was leased to Sydney Bernstein from May 1925 and improvements were made to the building by architect Cecil Masey and interior designer Theodore Komisarjevsky. There were two entrances, the main one in Burleigh Way (a very narrow street off Church Street) served the balcony and best seats in the rear stalls. An ornate entrance facing the Market Place gave entry to the cheaper seats in the front stalls. Seating was provided for 939 in the stalls and 355 in the balcony. Initially the Rialto was equipped with a 'straight' Jones 2Manual organ. This was replaced by a Christie 2Manual/7Rank theatre organ in 1927 opened by Francis Soames. In 1935 this was re-built into a Christie 3Manual/9Rank theatre organ which was opened by Harold Ramsey. It was fully acquired by Sydney Bernstein's Granada Theatre's Ltd chain in April 1965 and was re-named Granada from 21st July 1967. The Granada closed on 17th July 1971 with Burt Lancaster in "Valdez Is Coming" and Michael Crawford in "The Jokers". The building was converted into a Granada Bingo Club, in later years being operated by Gala Bingo. It closed as a Gala Bingo Club in 1997 and the building has remained closed, shuttered and deteriorating until December 2010, when it was demolished.

"Florida Cinema". London Road. The first cinema, the Enfield Empire, opened in 1909 in a converted church hall. But it remained open for only eight years. In that time, in 1911, the Picturedrome opened in a converted brewery building in Horseshoe Lane, off Chase Side. That was closed down by the end of World War 1 and became a pharmaceutical warehouse. The first purpose-built cinema was in London Road and opened on 11th November 1911, originally with 650 seats on one floor. It was independently operated and was the first purpose-built cinema in the area. In 1928 the cinema’s seating was increased to 1,300 with the installation of a circle. A tea lounge/cafe was also one of the facilities on offer. It sustained some damage during an air raid in 1940 and was closed, becoming a government Ministry of Food store. After the war was it was taken over by Davies Cinemas Ltd. and re-named the Florida Cinema, re-opening on 19th May 1947 with the seating capacity reduced to 878. From 17th December 1974 it was purchased by the Granada Theatres Ltd. chain. Granada already operated the former Rialto Cinema in Enfield which they had re-named Granada, and the Florida was soon found to be surplus to requirements. The Florida cinema closed on 17th December 1976 with James Coburn in "Sky Riders" and Michael Caine in "Peeper". The building was converted into a banqueting hall and function suite known as The Town House. Its last use was as a nightclub named the Townhouse Leisure Lounge which closed on 31st January 2004. It was demolished in early 2005 for a new roadway around Enfield.