Ealing Cinema
THE SAGA OF EALING CINEMAThe Empire o'erthrown in 2009,promised a multiplex in double quick timebut soon the developer's plans went awry and no work had started when two years went by.The flattened old site with its pillars intactlies ghostly and bare betrayed by that pact that once affirmed progress had only to start'til the owners retreated behind the rampartsof the DY teocalli of new flats and shopswith plans in transition to restart the opsby the builder St George who now bought the sitefrom the former landlord who skipped out of sight.Those who develop, never shy of a stall,of our famed film history care bugger all,holding Council to ransom to push back the date as floors and flats wax at a dizzying rate.The Filmworks scrim may look shiny and nice but what hope of cocktails when the project's on ice?So unless St George can swifty a shifty we'll stay sore and perplexed beyond 2050.In the meantime, recall when the streets were alivewith the buzz of a cinema, not one but five - Palladium, Forum, Lido and Walpole,with the Northfields Cinema for an encore.
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