What is recorded here
This blue commemorative plaque records: Architect Arthur S. Hewitt. Windmill Theatre 1908. Opened as the Gem The 3rd Picture Palace in Great Britain, women and men were segregated. 1947 Renamed the Windmill by Jack Jay
The Windmill Theatre, originally opened as the Gem in 1908, was the third picture palace in Great Britain and initially segregated men and women; it was renamed the Windmill in 1947 under Jack Jay's management.
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