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Coatbridge

11 buildings

11 cinemas recorded in the Scottish Cinemas archive.

3 mapped cinemas · View map →
Demolished

Main Street

Empire

Other names: Odeon

View location on Google MapsEmpire / Odeon, CoatbridgeOdeon photos courtesy of www.mawgrim.co.uk

Opened 1912 as live theatre.

Sold to Singleton's. c.1920. Sold to Odeon & renamed, September 1936.

Closed September 1976. Demolished for shops.

Odeon photos courtesy of www.mawgrim.co.uk

BB Cinema

Water Street

[Click to see full version of postcard]

o. by JJ Bennell. Sold to Gaumont, 12.28?. Cl. 1956.

Cinema

o. 1913 by local syndicate. Purpose-built. Cl. Mid-60s. Dem.

Closed/Repurposed

1, Ellis Street, at the Cross

Regal

Other names: ABC

View location on Google MapsRegal / ABC, Coatbridgedownstairs. Archive image courtesy of ' dusashenka '.

Ellis Street / The Cross

Opened as the Regal in 1936, and

originally seating 1,958. Renamed ABC in 1960s. Subdivided into cinema

in circle and

bingo in stalls in 1973. Cinema closed in 1983, becoming a snooker

club. Bingo ceased in 1996, and the snooker appears to have moved

downstairs. Archive image courtesy of ' dusashenka '.

c1984

c1993

Archive photos above courtesy Chris Doak.

Images below February 1983, just after closure of the cinema, courtesy

of the Scottish Screen Archive at the National Library of Scotland.

Demolished

Main Street

Theatre Royal

View location on Google MapsTheatre Royal, CoatbridgeImage courtesy of the Cinema Theatre Association Archive (Tony Moss Collection)

o.1875 as theatre. s. 2,000. Sold to RC Buchanan, 1.07. Cine-variety

from 1919. Sold to W Regent, full-time cinema, 1938. Sold to Green's ,

  1. s. 460 + 206 balc. Cl. 9.8.58. Derelict. Dem. for road widening,

1966.

A page for the Showcase

Coatbridge can be found here .

DATABASE RECORDS

Other Coatbridge cinemas

These cinemas are recorded in the database but do not yet have a linked photographic page. Do you have a photo or other information? Email us!

NameAddressWhat we know
Garden KinemaNewlands St, off Dundyvan Rd, Whifflet Capacity: 1000 · Source: KYB1928 · Coordinates: 55.853096, -4.026124 · Info from EarlyCinema.org.uk
PavilionAddress not recordedOpened: 1911 · Closed: 1914 · Source: Bio 19.10.11, The Bioscope 05.12.12, The Bioscope 04.06.14, The Bioscope 27.08.14, The Bioscope 17.09.14 · Coordinates: 55.865758, -4.038939 · Info from EarlyCinema.org.uk
PicturamaSunnyside Programme: Cine-variety · Capacity: 450 · Opened: 1914 · Coordinates: 55.865758, -4.038939 · Info from EarlyCinema.org.uk
Town HallDunbeth Road Building type: hall · Opened: 1909 · Source: The Bioscope 29.04.09, The Bioscope 30.11.11 · Coordinates: 55.865758, -4.038939 · Info from EarlyCinema.org.uk
WhiffletOther names: Garden(on LHS of) Newlands St, off Dundyvan Rd Opened as Garden. Had a small circle. Projection room on girders external to main building. 1000 seats. Renamed Whifflet 1935. Closed 1960s. · Demolished

Last updated: 18/8/26 at 19:31 by gbarr