ABC Walham Green
392 North End Road,
London,
SW6 1LU
392 North End Road,
London,
SW6 1LU
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Built for and operated by Associated British Cinemas (ABC) the Regal Cinema opened on 2nd August 1935 with Shirley Temple in “Bright Eyes” and Will Rogers in “The County Chairman”.
It was designed by ABC’s in-house architect William R. Glen with seating provided for 1,129 in the stalls and 800 in the balcony. The Regal was equipped with a Compton 3Manual/6Rank theatre organ.
It was re-named ABC from 9th July 1962 and closed on 12th February 1972 with Richard Rowndtree in “Shaft”.
The building was then used as a recording studio for a while, and then lay derelict. It was converted into a Dickie Dirts shop selling cheaply priced jeans and clothing. It was demolished in December 1984 and a mixed use retail and office building was built on the site, currently ABC Pharmacy operates from there.
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Can remember in the early 1960’s being in the balcony on a Wednesday afternoon when we were ask to move as there was a very important person coming to watch a preview of a film not advertized ..called the Removal Men..and was ask to move because this person likes sitting in the middle of the balcony..And i said let this person sit somewhere else..in the end i did moved and in walks Cliff Richards…to this day i have always wanted to ask him why he never sat somewhere else
Bruce Cooper