regal

Opened as a Regal Cinema in the mid 1930s this building was a cinema for 30 years until becoming a Mecca Bingo in 1966 until March 2007 when because of the Smoking ban they shut the doors for good, there were proposals to turn it into a indoor market but still 19 years later its decaying away.

September 2025 On the way up to Scotland in September, @Mr Budge, @MotionlessMike and I made a quick stop in Bacup to check out the old Regal Cinema. The place is in a very sorry state — you can tell it’s seen far better days. Getting inside was probably one of the sketchiest accesses I’ve...

(I know there was a report on the hall very recently but I've dug up some interesting information and history about the site that I think is worthy of posting) History Hello again! Finally fixed this thread hopefully. Also added some bonus pics at the end that I managed to fit in. The Regal...

1. The History The Regal Cinema is located in the centre of Rotherham, South Yorkshire. It opened in December 1934. Owned by Thomas Wade Cinemas Ltd of Wrath-upon-Dearne. The first show to grace the 1,800 plus seater was “Girls Please” staring Leslie Howard. Designed by Hull-based architectural...

January 2024 The Visit Visited with @stranton and @coolboyslim, we didn't really know what to expect with this one having only seen a few reports from several years ago. I managed too find some chatter online that the building had been stripped for conversion into a restaurant, as we were in...

One thing i have noticed over the years is that epic cinema explores seem to come in two flavours. The standard being your Streatham Hill, Grays State, Hulme Hippodrome examples of amazing untouched originality and then the other being your Preston, Bournemouth, Aylesbury and of course Bradford...

COLCHESTER ODEON/REGAL CINEMA HISTORY The original Odeon cinema in Colchester was formerly known as the 'Regal Cinema'. It was designed by Mr. Cecil Masey, whom was well known architect that specialised in the cinema industry, The Regal was built in cc1931. The structure has a Spanish-style...

Been seeing a load of lower grade Liverpool derps on Facebook over the summer, so on the way home from Scotland (and badly needing a break from the M6) me and a friend stopped off and had a look at a fair amount of stuff including a pair of former cinemas, neither of them worth a thread of their...

A brief history - The Regal was opened in 1934, designed by Hull based architects "Messrs Blackmore & Sykes" who also designed the Carlton cinema in Hull, which explains the architectural similarities between the two buildings. Report on the Carlton in Hull here - Report - - Carlton Theatre -...

A very brief history - This grand building began its life as the Regal Cinema in 1936 and ran as such until 1955 when it was bought and renamed "Essoldo". Essoldo stopped showing films in the 1960's and ran as a bingo hall until its closure in November of 2018, being taken over by Carlton Clubs...

Judging by what id seen of this cinema before i wasn't expecting it to be report worthy but actually there was quite a few more details to see than any other reports would suggest. This was one of the original derp cinemas on my list in 2009, i didn't have much luck back then and not for many...

This location was posted by @Speed last week and he mentioned others had been a few weeks prior and found a weed grow, and left that story for us to tell. So here it is... but first a bit of history and a few snaps of place. Visited with @SpiderMonkey and @slayaaaa. Check out Slayaaaa's rather...

Thought id sort out a load of cinema photos to keep you entertained during lockdown. Heres one we did back in March last year, it was kind of a weird one with a bit of a story! Quite a few of us had been talking about having a look at this particular theater as everyone was going to be over...

A local one on the map for a while after seeing it on a flickr post - we decided to check it out however it wasn't right for a video, so this is just a regular report. Regal Cinema It opened on 7th September 1931 as the New Regal Super Cinema with 960 seats split between stalls and balcony...

Kettering Regal and Granada Cinema As the Regal Having spotted a very cinema looking building on google maps I went for a look and discovered it had closed as a bingo hall in summer last year. I found a way in and me AndyK and Spidermonkey gave it a look! As usual, art deco epic architecture...