Christchurch: the Regent Centre
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Christchurch: the Regent Centre
Image: © Chris Downer Taken: 22 Sep 2013
Looking across the High Street towards the town's theatre and cinema. Originally opened on Boxing Day 1931 as a cinema, it closed in 1979 and was taken over by the Mecca bingo club company. The bingo ceased in 1982 and the borough council bought the building later that year, since which time it has become an important arts centre in the town - cinema, theatre and live performance venue.
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Image Location
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50.734152
Longitude
-1.777054