Biggleswade : former Regal cinema
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Biggleswade : former Regal cinema
Image: © Jim Osley Taken: 8 Apr 2022
"The Regal Cinema was opened in 1936 ... in 1975 it was sold to the Regent Entertainment Company, [whose] main business was bingo clubs. Films were retained on certain nights of the week for a while, but by Easter 1976 it went over to full time bingo." - http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/43553. According to a progress report on the construction of the cinema in the Biggleswade Chronicle of 13 December 1935 the architect was Arthur Singleton of Burgess Hill.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.085326
Longitude
-0.263074