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    Mecca Bingo (formerly called Top Rank) is a British operator of bingo clubs, with 55 locations throughout the country. Mecca Bingo is owned by the Rank...
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    to independent bingo clubs, as it is not common practice in either of the largest chains of bingo club operators, Gala and Mecca bingo. As each number...
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  • distribution subsidiary General Film Distributors. Its brands now include Mecca Bingo, and Grosvenor Casinos, the UK's largest casino operator. Rank's principal...
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  • entertainment business Mecca Bingo, a UK-based social and bingo club leisure company formerly part of Mecca Leisure, now owned by Rank Group Mecca Dance Hall Tottenham...
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    Mecca Bingo took over the venue and bingo sessions were held twice a day, seven days a week until 2005 when the rise of online gambling led to Mecca taking...
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    The former Carlton Cinema (and then Mecca Bingo) is an Art deco Grade II* listed building, located at 161–169 Essex Road, Islington, London. It was completed...
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    business that ran nightclubs, hotels, theme parks, bingo parlours and Hard Rock Cafes. During the 1960s, Mecca was a centre of entertainment with numerous nightclubs...
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  • reached number 35 in the Italian charts. In 2022, the song was used in a Mecca Bingo advertisement. 7" single "Bongo cha cha cha" (Italy, 1959) A. "Bongo...
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    building was converted into a Top Rank bingo hall (later Mecca Bingo) later in 1973, and it remained in use as a bingo hall until the facility closed in 2015...
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  • established land based operators including Mecca and Gala also entering the market. More recently "charity bingo" has become established. From April 2009...
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    have sold the Hipp to Mecca Entertainments for use as a bingo hall, contrary to official records. He claimed he was paid in Mecca shares reportedly worth...
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    into a Mecca Bingo hall; the conversion work included the insertion of a raised floor above the stage and through the proscenium arch. Mecca was bought...
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    building was refurbished and opened as a Top Rank Bingo Club, subsequently becoming a Mecca Bingo Club, in which use it continues. It was given Grade-II...
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    Library". London Borough of Islington. Retrieved 9 October 2019. "Former Mecca Bingo, 161–169, Essex Road N1 – Islington". historicengland.org.uk. Day & Reed...
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    as office space. It stands on the site of the former All Saints Green Mecca Bingo hall, which was demolished in 2014. It stands at a height of 46.2 metres...
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    the upper parts of the theatre. From 1972 until 1979, Mecca Bingo took over as the final bingo operator. The building remained closed until 1989 when...
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    to Mecca Leisure Group in 1948. The Olympia was converted to a Ballroom, and was renamed the Locarno. The Locarno was then converted into a bingo hall...
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  • 2000–2002 Adidas JJB 2003–2005 Patrick 2006–2007 JJB 2008 Kooga 2009–2010 Mecca Bingo 2011 Applicado FS 2012–2013 ISC 2013 DW Sports 2014 Houses for Homes...
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  • It then bought Express Dairies in 1969, the Berni Inn chain, and the Mecca bingo halls in 1970. Next came its move into brewing, when in 1972 it bought...
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    to remove some of the upper floors and the redeveloped site housed a Mecca bingo hall, with part of the ground floor space being subsequently occupied...
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    group just beyond the Castle Bow archway from Fore Street. A plain brick Mecca Bingo hall fills the west side of it. The frontage of the Fore Street Tudor...
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    GracePoint church (originally the Carlton Cinema, Essex Road, and later a Mecca Bingo Hall) St John's Church, Duncan Terrace St Mary's Church, Upper Street...
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  • large operators, including Gala Bingo (130 clubs) and Mecca Bingo (87 clubs), to smaller operators like Majestic Bingo (16 clubs) and Carlton Leisure (13...
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  • Britain after the end. The Betting and Gaming Act 1960 allowed commercial bingo halls to be set up, provided they were established as members-only clubs...
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    During the late 1960s, it was converted into a Bingo Hall - known to many locals as the Mecca Bingo Hall. In August 2017, the building was listed as...
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    building was converted into an Essoldo Bingo Club; it became a Ladbrokes Lucky 7 Club, then a branch of Mecca Bingo. A bingo hall since 1967, residents fought...
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  • cinema closed and the building was repurposed for a bingo hall, eventually taken over by the Mecca Bingo chain. The building was listed on 4 October 2000...
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    Manners at Bridgwater Carnival. In 2023 he became a calling host at Mecca Bingo Luton Ritchie and fellow contestant Chloe Jasmine Whichello began dating...
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    some major events. MECA is a 2,000-capacity music venue in the former Mecca bingo hall. The Arts Centre is a theatre in Old Town which seats 200 and has...
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    on Phoenix Leisure Park on the edge of the town centre, as well as a Mecca bingo hall and a Tenpin bowling alley. Queens Park is the town's main park;...
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