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Ritz Cinema / Buzz Bingo Associated British Cinemas (ABC) opened this cinema in 1938 under the name of the Ritz Cinema. It was renamed ABC in 1971 and screened films until 1974. It was converted to a bingo club, operated by Coral and then Gala Bingo, becoming a Buzz Bingo Club in 2018.

History The Ritz Cinema opened on 23rd July 1937 with James Melton in "Melody for Two" and James Dunn in "Mysterious Crossing", plus a live show on-stage. Located on the corner of Abbey Street and Newtown Road, it was built for, and was initially operated by the Union Cinemas circuit, but they...

History The Ritz Cinema was constructed for Ritz (Ilkeston) Ltd., independent exhibitors, and was designed in a modern Art Deco style by Nottingham-based architect Reginald W.G. Cooper. This was Cooper’s seventh cinema design project. The cinema opened on May 20, 1938, with Barbara Stanwick’s...

Hi, This building is still occupied, but the projector room and back of stage haven't been touched in years as it is now a Bingo Hall. Attached are photos of the projector room and parts of old stage. I also laser scanned and 360 photographed the projector room and main hall. Projector Room...

10 minute walk from the front door and it took me a year to even realise this was closed and derp because the amount of times i venture into town in the evening i can honestly remember picking someone up from here with 2 inch of snow on the ground, next time I'm there in the dark I'm climbing...

Some history borrowed from Cinema Treasures; Missed out on this one last year, so was nice hear it was open and finally get it ticked off. Currently up for sale for £660,000 if you fancy it! Aside from some slight pikey and idiot damage the inside is in fairly good order...

We originally had other plans for this day in March but the pouring rain made the spot we intended to do not the best idea, so we made tracks down south instead to visit this beautiful cinema, hot on the exploring market at the time it seemed as we met a few others in there. Ritz Cinema...

Not got too much to say about this one, i checked it back in July last year not long after it closed and it looked very promising (and was also tantalisingly close to being accessible) I imagined it would get sealed up a bit better sooner or later but it appears it hasn't. The amusement arcade...

Visited with prettyvacant71, @jsp77 and @Terminal Decline after the Birmingham meet up. This was our chosen accommodation for the night. After having had less than 10hrs sleep in nearly 3 days and covered just over 1000 miles by that point, laying on the disgusting ground in here after getting a...

History    The Art Deco cinema was designed for the Union Cinema Circuit by renowned architects Verity and Beverley. It opened on 23rd July 1937 but was shortly taken over by ABC (Associated British Cinemas) in October that year. It became a Ritz in the 60’s and was used as a cinema up until...

History The Art Deco cinema was designed for the Union Cinema Circuit by renowned architects Verity and Beverley. It opened on 23rd July 1937 but was shortly taken over by ABC (Associated British Cinemas) in October that year. It became a Ritz in the 60’s and was used as a cinema up until it’s...

The building in Abbey Street opened in July 1937 as a Union Cinema but, a company taken over by ABC Cinemas later that same year. Fast forward to the 1960s when the cinema became a Ritz Cinema until 1984. Next, the stunning Art Deco inspired interior was fully restored before opening as a bingo...

I grew up in Nuneaton, and ever since I was a lad I've wanted to have a mooch in this building. My grandfather was actually a projectionist here in the mid 40's and was telling me only recently about switching on the spotlights to illuminate the organ just before a performance. I used to look up...

A Brief History - The Ritz opened in 1937 and was operated by the Union Cinemas circuit. The cinema was taken over by ABC later that year. It underwent refurbishment in the 50's and was later renamed 'ABC', as with many other cinemas across the UK. The cinema closed as the ABC on 29th October...

My first ever report - please be nice to me :D I have a dreadful camera - and I'm no photographer! So I must apologise in advance for my efforts on that front! I am a lover of Art Deco / 1930s modernism bar none! I have followed the fate of many buildings from this period around the UK - and...