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Aimee Braniff Cree & Benedict Tetzlaff-Deas

Inside abandoned Mecca bingo hall with rows of tables still ready to be played

Eerie images show the remains of an abandoned Mecca Bingo hall that was once teeming with eager punters.

Though the building in Halifax, West Yorkshire still looks imposing and grand from the outside, inside images show rows of bingo tables completely deserted and waiting to be loaded up.

Photographs also show seating in the wide auditorium of the building, where people would have watched the goings on below.

Once an Odeon cinema, it was designed by the architect George Coles and opened in 1938, before closing in October 1975 and being damaged by a fire.

It was then converted for use as the Top Rank Bingo Hall in 1977, later becoming a Mecca Bingo. But its eventual closure last year was branded 'truly awful' by upset staff and customers, and cost 20 jobs.

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