George’s Hall was designed as a Theatre and Dance Hall on the first floor with the Liberal Club and two lock-up shops on the ground floor and the caretaker’s house at the rear. It was designed by Charles Owen Jones, a local architect and built by Charles Wright of Langford at a cost of £2,831. Named after David Lloyd George (1863-1945) the Liberal Statesman, it was completed in September 1912. Two months later building work commenced on the new Empire Cinema in Hitchin Street and Georges Hall was hurriedly fitted up to show films. Georges Picture Palace opened to the public at 6pm on Saturday 23rd November 1912. Popular variety shows were staged from time to time and Harry Houdini the famous escapologist appeared at Georges Theatre in February 1920.
