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Report - The Royalty Cinema, Birmingham - Jan 2017

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Landie_Man

"Landie" or Harry
Regular User
The Royalty Cinema, Birmingham - Jan 2017

So yet again, a very slight backlog going on here but nowhere near as bad as before! Mookster, two Newbie explorers (friends of mine) and myself visited The Royalty in Birmingham on the start of a big road trip of the midlands.

I had wanted to do this one for quite some time, so I made it the main spot for the day. We arrived around 7am, but it was far too dark, so off to a greasy spoon we went till it got a bit lighter!

This is a bit of a funny one really as it used to be occupied by a Hand Car Wash who used the old car park, and access was allegedly through various different ways. I once rocked up outside about two years ago, but never actually explored it then so it was good to finally see it!


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The Royalty was opened on 20th October 1930 with Maurice Chevalier's "The Love Parade".The cinema was built for and operated by the local independent Selly Oak Pictures Ltd.

Eventually the site was taken over by the Associated British Cinemas(ABC) chain in March 1935.

The site was closed by ABC on the 2nd November 1963 with Cliff Robertson in "P.T.109".

It was later converted into an Alpha Bingo Club (operated by ABC) and later a Mecca Bingo Club. By 2010 it was operated as a Gala Bingo Club which closed around 2012.

In the summer of 2011, the Royalty Cinema was designated a Grade II Listed building by English Heritage.

in 2012, police raided the site when a large scale weed farm was found in the attic.

In 2017 the site stands derelict but there is hope on the horizon with local rumours of it reopening as a cinema.

What a beauty she is as well.

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Six

28DL Full Member
28DL Full Member
Nice!

Is the hand car wash not there anymore? I spent a lovely half hour sat on the wall outside being quizzed by police whilst the car wash owner threatened us :)
 

GRONK

Useful Idiot
Regular User
Fuck, where will I have the car washed now?

Great pics mate, did you get up on the roof?
 

Kelly marie

28DL Full Member
28DL Full Member
all im hearing so far is that it s dangerous place because you can get caught easily , i mean if you dont want people going in there then secure it maybe or get some one to keep on gard to it , i mean its great keepin all the pests an vandalds out coz just looking at it , its really nice i spose u just have to chance it weather u get caught , its got that old look to it , the 1920s , i love the 1920s an enjoyed looking at your pictures
 

Landie_Man

"Landie" or Harry
Regular User
all im hearing so far is that it s dangerous place because you can get caught easily , i mean if you dont want people going in there then secure it maybe or get some one to keep on gard to it , i mean its great keepin all the pests an vandalds out coz just looking at it , its really nice i spose u just have to chance it weather u get caught , its got that old look to it , the 1920s , i love the 1920s an enjoyed looking at your pictures

Meh, you get caught you get caught, I've had some lovely, long chats with people, I never run.

Thanks for the kind words :)
 

Stfc87

28DL Full Member
28DL Full Member
Theres a way in round the back. Seems like the only way in. Involves climbing. Car wash has gone & you can park right on the site. It's a little overlooked by a nearby pub.
 

CHEESYLL4M4

28DL Member
28DL Member
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Theres a way in round the back. Seems like the only way in. Involves climbing. Car wash has gone & you can park right on the site. It's a little overlooked by a nearby pub.
The one time a local YouTube got boarded into the place as the land owner came and drilled it shut.
 

Seffy

SWC
Staff member
Moderator
Good work mate. We looked at this before a piss up in 2015 but it'd just had a lot of mileage so was sealed haha.
 
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