Regent Cinema

Regent Street,
Newtownards, BT23

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Torchlight
Torchlight on March 26, 2019 at 4:53 am

The Regent was opened on Christmas Eve 1938 by Solar Cinemas Ltd of Belfast. It was a new building designed by architect T. R. Eagar; the first manager was Harris Percy. The building was destroyed in an incendiary bomb attack on Sunday 9 October 1977; the final films shown were screened the day before. See also entry on Cinema Treasures for Ritz Cinema, Newtownards, which in its final years was also owned by Solar Cinemas Ltd.

popcorn_pete
popcorn_pete on July 9, 2016 at 5:52 am

The Regent opened on 24 December 1938 and closed as a result of fire on 10 October 1977.