New Cambridge Social Centre Opened
Camridge anarchist | 14.07.2009 14:35 | Free Spaces | Cambridge
Occupy Cambridge, a (rather brilliant) group of squatters, anarchists, revolutionists, land rights types and general social misfits, last night "reclaimed" the disused bingo hall on hobson street .
The building will now be used as a social centre of some kind, although this is very much a blank canvas.
It a large space and is kitted out well for film showings.
The building is the old bingo hall on hobson street cambridge.
Come down and visit.
More info to follow
any questions contact us on 07779051894
The building will now be used as a social centre of some kind, although this is very much a blank canvas.
It a large space and is kitted out well for film showings.
The building is the old bingo hall on hobson street cambridge.
Come down and visit.
More info to follow
any questions contact us on 07779051894
Camridge anarchist
Additions
wrong number
14.07.2009 14:50
just been told this phone isn't working so we have no contact number
camridgeanarchist
History of the old Gala Bingo Building
14.07.2009 17:05
There was a cinema on the site of the old Gala Bingo Hall on Hobson Street from 1921 called The Central Cinema(it was rebuilt in 1930 to give the current building probably after a fire). The first talkie in Cambridge was screened at The Central Cinema in 1929 and that talkie was "The Broadway Melody"
http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3656/2200/1600/talkie.jpg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Broadway_Melody .
By 1972 (this date is disputed), the then Odeon, was shut down and converted into a bingo hall.
http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3656/2200/1600/talkie.jpg 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Broadway_Melody . By 1972 (this date is disputed), the then Odeon, was shut down and converted into a bingo hall.
Simon Mullen
e-mail:
cabaret@simonmullen.com
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Direct Line
16.07.2009 11:11
Occupier
Police at the Centre
16.07.2009 14:24
The space is well on its way to becoming an amazing social centre committed to radical social change and community organising- please lend it your support! We need people to get involved to help it realise its full potential. The current systems of power, which include the police, have failed our communities. We are setting up a radical alternative which is less oppressive, more sustainable, and much more dynamic and inspiring! Come by for a visit: if you're not a cop then come on in and have a cup of tea!
natalie
Police at the Social Centre NOW!
16.07.2009 14:43
Please can you get down. see what the police want, why they have numbers and to take pressure off the occupants.
In Solidarity
supporter
Police Again
17.07.2009 14:50
Thanks
Occupier
Inspired by the space
18.07.2009 10:26
(our Claimbridge)
we really reclaimed the bingo
going wheels easy and making something
our floors were filled with starlight
we tested for the right
were makings something dutiful
were making terror bite
(less wireless)
shop less top less cop-press
consuming from the door
it really was unspoken how delicious a space can be
were making something womblike
were making harmony
it wouldn't have been Shamebridge
it would have been something good
it hasn't had it nascence
it hasn't been as it should
Oh Blamebridge making faces
in dayglo thru the door
and shamements on the floor
why couldn't we enjoy the carpet
why couldn't we bolt lock the door
we're caring not taking we're holding
the space has til now just been lack
we're making it likelier liking
we're making a roof on our back
we're making a space we can care for
for others and us for we too
we're holding the space for community
we're playing bingo and shout HOUSE!
~JSK~
JSK