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===Dorking Halls===
[[File:Dorking Halls (June 2021).jpg|thumb|Dorking Halls]]
The [[Art Deco]] Dorking Halls building, designed by the architect Percy W. Meredith for the Leith Hill Musical Festival (LHMF), was opened in 1931. The Grand Hall was intended to be used for performances of the [[Passions (Bach)|Passions]] by J. S. Bach, but two smaller halls (the Masonic and Martineau) were also constructed as part of the same complex. During [[World War II]], the building was used by the Meat Marketing Board and the [[British Army|Army]], and it was then sold to Dorking UDC. A major refurbishment was undertaken by Mole Valley District Council between 1994 and 1997.<ref name=Dorking_Halls_History>{{cite web |url=https://www.dorkinghalls.co.uk/history/ |title=Our History: Serving the community for more than 85 years |author=<!--Not stated--> |publisher=Dorking Halls |access-date=23 December 2020 |archive-date=2 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210102102150/https://www.dorkinghalls.co.uk/history/ |url-status=live}}</ref> The Martineau Hall houses the Premier Cinema.<ref>{{cite news |date=4 June 2010 |title=Dorking could be forking out for 3D |url=https://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/local-news/dorking-could-forking-out-3d-4819492 |work=Surrey Live |access-date=28 January 2021}}</ref>{{refn|There have been a number of [[movie theater|cinemas]] in the town. The first to open (in 1910) was the Cinema Royal in the High Street, but it closed after WWI. The building is now used by [[The Salvation Army]].<ref name=Jackson_1991_pp104-105>{{harvnb|Ettinger|Jackson|Overell|1991|pp=104–105}}</ref> The Royal Electric Cinema (later the New Electric and then the Regent) opened in 1913 and closed in 1938.<ref name=Jackson_1991_pp104-105/><ref name=Jackson_1989_p98>{{harvnb|Jackson|1989|p=98}}</ref> The Pavillion, also in South Street, opened in 1925 and closed in 1963.<ref name=Jackson_1991_pp104-105/><ref name=Jackson_1989_p98/> The Playhouse, at the Public Hall in West Street, showed [[silent film]]s from 1913 to 1930.<ref name=Jackson_1991_pp104-105/> The largest cinema was the Embassy on Reigate Road, opposite the Dorking Halls, which opened as the Gaumont in 1938. After closure in 1973, it served as a [[Kingdom Hall|meeting hall]] for [[Jehovah's Witnesses]] until its demolition in 1983.<ref name=Jackson_1991_pp104-105/><ref name=Jackson_1989_p98/>|group=note}}