The Regal, Carlton Road
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The Regal, Carlton Road
Image: © Alan Murray-Rust Taken: 4 Oct 2015
Most urban cinemas are hemmed in by other buildings, but in this case the layout of the building with auditorium and fly tower is very clear. It was built in 1926 as the Miners' Welfare Hall, briefly becoming the Pavilion Cinema in 1929, then being rebuilt with fly tower in 1930 to become the Regal. Converted into a 3-screen cinema in 1972, its final version from the 1990s saw the stalls area being used for live theatre with a cinema in the balcony, all under the Regal Centre name. In this form it closed in 2013 following the opening of the new Savoy Cinema.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.308851
Longitude
-1.12245