Local people

As I'm trying not to use the web at all for the intervention project, I went to ask some locals in Essex Road today about the history of the old building. I asked one man who runs a record shop, who said he doesn't want it to be turned into a church or mosque. The man on the right runs a flower stand nearby, and says the building used to be a picture house, then a bingo hall. He thinks it's been empty for about two years. It's listed, but apparently there are plans to develop it into a community centre and shops. He remembers going there on a Saturday to see a movie, when he was a kid.