Arun Cinema
7 Queen Street,
Arundel,
BN18 9JG
7 Queen Street,
Arundel,
BN18 9JG
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Previously operated by: Wyanbee Cinemas
Architects: Eric Norman Bailey
Styles: Streamline Moderne
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Located in Arundel, West Sussex. The Arun Cinema was opened on 9th January 1939, the first film being Robert Taylor in “A Yank at Oxford”. It was opened by the Duke of Norfolk, and was a project of Herbert A. Yapp and partners. Seating was provided for 336 in the stalls and 120 in the circle. The proscenium was 32ft wide and it was equipped with a RCA sound system. There was a car park which had a capacity for 60-cars.
The Arun Cinema was closed in July 1959 and the contents, including CinemaScope lenses were ‘For Sale’ in August 1959. In April 1962 its frontage was demolished and the site became a petrol station, with the auditorium in use as a garage. This had closed by 1993 and the building stood derelict. Eventually a new Texaco petrol station was built on the site. In 2008, a block of flats named Caen Stone Court was built.
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The original proprietors were LF Richardson, AN Kendal and Herbert A Yapp from which the name Rickenya Cinemas was coined. However by closure the cinema was operated by MJ and ME Trenchard.
It was built on part of the site of the Swallow Brewery. It was opened on Monday 9 January 1939. The capacity was small, but thare was parking ‘for about 60 cars’. It had RCA sound. The proscenium was 32ft wide and the screen 17.5 ft (KYB 1957).