Marple - Regent Cinema
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Marple - Regent Cinema
Image: © Dave Bevis Taken: 15 Mar 2014
On Stockport Road. Originally built as the Union Rooms. It was converted into a cinema to the designs of architect R. Sampson and the Regent Cinema opened on 22nd August 1931 with a total seating capacity of 545. The Regent Cinema was closed on 3rd August 1968. In 1969 a new owner refurbished the Regent Cinema and it re-opened in May 1969 as the New Regent Cinema with 285 seats. It has been operating ever since. The preceding information has been obtained from http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/23948 . For an alternative view of the cinema, please see Image
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Image Location
Latitude
53.394756
Longitude
-2.061917