Regent Cinema
189 Church Street,
Blackpool,
FY1 3NY
189 Church Street,
Blackpool,
FY1 3NY
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Opened on 17th January 1921, the Regent Picture House has a magnificent white faiance tiled facade on a corner site commanding the attention in the area. A tall domed tower is above the entrance foyer. The tiling is Middleton’s fireclay ceramo and it has proved to be a good choice of material, able to stand up to the elements in this northern seaside town.
In 1969 it began running bingo on several nights a weeks and by 1971 had become a full time bingo club. In recent years it has become a snooker hall.
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Ian Grundy
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The Regent Cinema was certainly not “single floored”! It had a circle on the first floor of approximately 200 seats AND a tiny back circle to the left. There were ladies and gents toilets at the end of the right and left hand walkways and a staff room with a tiny kitchen at the back. I loved that place, was an usherette there in 1970-71 and was brokenheated when it became a Bingo hall. I’ll send a picture soon – most of the tiles are still intact but the first few feet of the building have been coated in a white concrete-type substance. Best wishes and thank you for the site!
felixgarnet;Many thanks for your observations on this building. Amendments will be made to the opening description.
One of the most distinctive features of this cinema was an opening roof! The building costruction is unusual reinforced concrete beams with a virtually flat roof with no roof void. A hole in the roof was then covered with a structure with sliding panels, leading to possible “al fresco” viewing of films.
Two photographs of the Regent – in between bingo and snooker – here:–
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