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Troxy, StepneyThe Nickel
Cinema

Tower, Peckham

116 Rye Lane, SE15

The 100-foot tower is all that remains of what was once a cinema with more than 2,000 seats.

Peckham Rye

Area:South

Borough:Southwark

Troxy, StepneyThe Nickel
Tower, Peckham 7

Tower, Peckham

Area

South

Open

1914—1956

Borough

Southwark
Cinema opened: 1914
Cinema closed: 1956
Final film: The Burning HillsPlease Murder Me!
Orig. screens: 1
Usage: Alleyway
Architect: H. Courtenay Constantine
Circuit: Israel Davis (1914—1926)Provincial Cinematograph Theatres (1926—1929)Gaumont British (1929—1956)

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Read about this cinema:

4 October 1922

Pugilism in Peckham

Tower, Peckham (1914 — 1956)

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SouthwarkSouth

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262-274 Camberwell Road, SE5 ODL

1940—1973

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SouthwarkSouth

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95a Rye Lane, SE15 4ST

1994—

Peckham Rye

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