The Regent Centre
Introduction
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The Regent Centre
Image: © HelenK Taken: 16 Feb 2019
The Art Deco Regent Centre. "The Regent opened on Boxing Day 1931 as the town’s cinema... The Regent retained this important role in the life of the community for over forty years until July 1973, when it was closed as a cinema and then re-opened as the Mecca Social and Bingo Club. The final cry of ‘house’ was sounded in February 1982. The need for an arts centre in Christchurch had already been well established in the town and in November 1982, Christchurch Borough Council purchased the Regent. A unique relationship was formed between the local authority and a group of over 100 enthusiastic volunteers. Together, they lovingly restored the Regent to all its early Art Deco glory. The Regent Centre in its present form was finally opened on June 11th 1983 by the actress Dora Bryan. Today, the Regent Centre is one of the finest examples of an early 1930s cinema to survive in Britain." https://regentcentre.co.uk/article.php?sec=aboutus The Regent still shows films but also stages amateur and professional stage productions and concerts.
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Image Location
Latitude
50.734152
Longitude
-1.777338