Electric Cinema — red curtain with neon sign, Notting Hill London
Notting Hill pastel houses Portobello Road
Electric Cinema interior panorama — leather sofas, bar, barrel-vault ceiling
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Electric Cinema

Britain's oldest cinema, opened in 1910, and still the best one to sit in. The room alone is worth the price of the ticket — ornate plasterwork ceiling, brass chandeliers, a wall of deep red curtain hiding the screen until the lights go down.

The room itself is worth the ticket before the film even starts.

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