The Regal (on the Finchley Road at Childs Hill) opened in 1929 as an ice rink. It was reopened as a cinema and dance hall in 1932, before closing in 1956. It was reopened yet again, four years later in 1960.

The Ritz was considered to be one of the best suburban picture houses. Designed in an art deco style with a tea lounge, the local newspaper said that the cinema would establish Edgware as the pivotal centre of a large and increasing district. The cinema changed names several times before being demolished, as an Indian cinema called the Belle Vue, late in 2001. The site is now occupied by Centurian House.

The Hippodrome at Golders Green was built in 1913. With the ability to hold an audience of 2000 people, it was intended to attract customers from much of North London through the tube railway and trams that had been running since 1907.

Sidney Road commenced building in the 1870s of terraced houses intensively developed on an area known as The Freehold in Friern Barnet. Provision of housing on The Freehold was said to attract newcomers employed on building Alexandra Palace. On the same road lived Robert Paul 1897- c.1920 , pioneer of cinema whose laboratory and scientific instruments factory lay adjacent to his house. His early films were shot in streets around his home.

Source: Barnett online