The Real Regal that stood there was owned by B.T. Davis and K.B.K. Jones who bought if off The Rank Organisation I was B.T. Davis General Manager in Birmingham
The Birmingham Exhibitor Was BT Davis and K Jones Snr.
at the same time they bought Regal Henley on Thames
Will load Pictures when I can find where my mother put them for saftey
Kenneth Friese-Green was the sone of William Friese-Green. One of the Fathers of Cinema.. Kenneth’s brother was Claude. The founder of Elstree Studios.. Kenneth’s son carried on running the Family company Modernisation Ltd., They did copus works during the Cinemascope installing era. John developed multi cinema conversions that where sound proof.. Un like those who tried to copy..
Steve. A lot of the photos I have put on here, are from those I collected whilst working with ABC-EMI. My late mother had put my collection in safe places around the home and have been doing Time-team methods to find them. Its nice to get thanks for my efforts. As I am fing pictures I am loading onto my hard drive as some are now decaying with age. and the pencil is fading. :o) Like me… I must also thank Ken for doing infomation on Cinemas that I don’t have details of..
The Cinema Le Balzac has shut its doors in protest ??? I do not understand the point in shutting.. Being a retired Theatre – Cinema Owner I found there is no such thing as customer loyalty at the end of the day.. Shuting in protest serves no purpose, other then helping the Big boys..
In Birmingham there was the same problem with the Alexandra Theatre.. The original Bars where an after thought. Satchwell and Roberts where noted for their fine Cinemas.. They Did Art Deco first in 1924…. I Think They could have been the first in UK..
I thought that was odd when reading it.. I joined BT Davis July 1974 at one of his other theatres. Still Ken did do a lot of entries that day….. and Age comes into it.. :o)
I have loaded a pic of earlier Days. I did a 16 Day Relief (Management) in the 1970’s Saturday night The Ballroom was very loud. and had to work later.
The Real Regal that stood there was owned by B.T. Davis and K.B.K. Jones who bought if off The Rank Organisation
I was B.T. Davis General Manager in Birmingham
I will be loading Pictures of The Interior and Exterior pictures when I have found where my mother put them for saftey :o)
The Birmingham Exhibitor Was BT Davis and K Jones Snr. at the same time they bought Regal Henley on Thames Will load Pictures when I can find where my mother put them for saftey
Kenneth Friese-Green was the sone of William Friese-Green. One of the Fathers of Cinema.. Kenneth’s brother was Claude. The founder of Elstree Studios.. Kenneth’s son carried on running the Family company Modernisation Ltd., They did copus works during the Cinemascope installing era. John developed multi cinema conversions that where sound proof.. Un like those who tried to copy..
Steve. A lot of the photos I have put on here, are from those I collected whilst working with ABC-EMI. My late mother had put my collection in safe places around the home and have been doing Time-team methods to find them. Its nice to get thanks for my efforts. As I am fing pictures I am loading onto my hard drive as some are now decaying with age. and the pencil is fading. :o) Like me… I must also thank Ken for doing infomation on Cinemas that I don’t have details of..
Have loaded pictures of better times
What is of interest is that Harry Wheedon of Odeon fame was a junior archiect at the Harold Seymore Scott Practice..
I have found the picture from the other side…
The Cinema Le Balzac has shut its doors in protest ??? I do not understand the point in shutting.. Being a retired Theatre – Cinema Owner I found there is no such thing as customer loyalty at the end of the day.. Shuting in protest serves no purpose, other then helping the Big boys..
I have a picture of the of the stage. My late Mother put a load of my photos in a safe place.. Will load when I find them…
In Birmingham there was the same problem with the Alexandra Theatre.. The original Bars where an after thought. Satchwell and Roberts where noted for their fine Cinemas.. They Did Art Deco first in 1924…. I Think They could have been the first in UK..
See My comments of the Picture
Had added a picture of the Regal ballroom after its refurb 1959
I have load a picture of the interior View (i hope I have loaded right one. (The pencil on back faded)
Have post picture of part of the 60’s foyer refurb
Picture Taken During Flood.. The Regal was that Posh it had Three Entrances. This was the Front Stalls entrance
Have loaded a live show poster from the 60’s
Have Loaded a picture of the Sales Kiosk.. The Scala before ABC. was part of the B.T. Davis Group of Birmingham…
Have Loaded a picture of Foyer pior to opening
Have loaded picture from the ABC Refurm..
Well I am loading a picture It was called the Bioscope and miniature railway dated 1911 The Miniature Railway was a great success
I thought that was odd when reading it.. I joined BT Davis July 1974 at one of his other theatres. Still Ken did do a lot of entries that day….. and Age comes into it.. :o)
I have loaded a picture of Oscar Deutsch The Founding Father of Odeon The counties Leading Brand in Cinemas
The Seats where made to a 20th Century Fox design for the Cinemascope 4 track Mag times….
I have loaded a pic of earlier Days. I did a 16 Day Relief (Management) in the 1970’s Saturday night The Ballroom was very loud. and had to work later.