Doe's anyone remember the Astoria when it was like this
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It didn't last long Mad Dog Bowl (Old Kent Rd 1978-1979).
![Old Kent Road. Astoria Cinema, ‘The Mad Dog Bowl’ skating park which opened in 1978. X.png](./download/file.php?id=10326&sid=7080e825b7152f2abd8b71ced7cf3a63)
- Astoria Cinema, ‘The Mad Dog Bowl’ skating park,1978.
![Old Kent Road. The former Astoria Cinema, whilst in the guise of the Mad Dog Bowl skating park and Squash Courts in May 1978..jpg](./download/file.php?id=5349&sid=7080e825b7152f2abd8b71ced7cf3a63)
- The former Astoria Cinema, whilst in the guise of the Mad Dog Bowl skating park and Squash Courts in May 1978.
Some added information about this area in 1856. Before the Astoria it was called Watts Terrace, with the street on the right called Caroline Street, now called Sandgate Street. On the other side of Caroline Street on the corner with Old Kent Road was The Horse and Groom Pub, 615 Old Kent Rd, the original address of this pub was 1 Grenada Place, Old Kent Road. In 1938 on that corner, it is recorded as a Candy Store. Could that be the shop in the picture?
![Old Kent Road, Astoria Cinema. X..jpg](./download/file.php?id=11553&sid=7080e825b7152f2abd8b71ced7cf3a63)
- Earlier post by Fosney.
![Old Kent Road. Clarke’s was in Watts Terrace, which was where the Astoria Picture House was. X.png](./download/file.php?id=9351&sid=7080e825b7152f2abd8b71ced7cf3a63)
- Clarke’s was in Watts Terrace, before the Astoria Picture House was built