Earliest Film Shows in Harringay
From the very beginning of the 20th Century William Day, "pioneer of moving pictures", showed films in the Olympia Gardens pleasure grounds next to the Queens Head pub. It is assumed that a marquee or large tent was used. By the end of the decade the grounds had been occupied by Harringay's first real cinema.
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