The Regent Cinema : Magazine Articles

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The Regent Cinema : Magazine Articles

Description

Two page article showing a photograph of the Regent Cinema, Marple in 1986, from unknown publication under the headline "Marple" giving a brief history of The Regent Cinema.
Includes mention of first Marple film hall in 1911 at Shepley Hall ( now Conservative Club) on Church Lane, which moved in 1915 to premises in Church Lane, named The Gem. At the advent of "the talkies" and with the danger of the cinematographic licence being withdrawn, film shows stopped there in 1931.
Article details that thereafter the Union Rooms and adjoining houses were converted to the Marple Regent, which continues to flourish today under stewardship of Lillis father and son after overcoming threat of Compulsory Purchase Order in 1969. 

Item from Marple Review (Spring 2022) detailing survival of cinema during Covid lockdowns of 2020 - 2021 and modernisation of booking system. Also brief history and memoreis from local people.

Source

Peter Clark : 2018

Identifier

CIN/01/09
Louiset

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Citation

“The Regent Cinema : Magazine Articles,” Marple Local History Society Archives, accessed November 21, 2024, https://mlhs.org.uk/archives/items/show/2308.

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