A brief history of Harrow’s former Granada Cinema

Long before it became Gold’s Gym, the large building on Sheepcote Road was one of Harrow’s best-known entertainment venues, drawing generations of local people through its doors to watch films, hear live music and see some of the biggest performers of the day.
The Granada Theatre opened on 25 October 1937, at a time when going to the cinema was a major part of everyday life. Designed by architect J Owen Bond, with an elaborate interior by theatre designer Theodore Komisarjevsky, it w