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COATBRIDGE CINEMA RECORD

Regal

Other names: ABC

1, Ellis Street, at the Cross

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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.

Last updated: 29 July 2026