ABC
Regal
Princess Street
Opened 1934 by ABC, a partial rebuild of the earlier Grand Theatre.
Architect was CJ McNair. Original seating was for 1,996.
Tripled in 1973, then seating 704 (old
balcony); 128; 126.
Closed, 27.5.01. In 2008, was being gutted for conversion into a large sports bar.
Exterior pics above courtesy of Graham Kelly; interior pic courtesy of Alan
Bunting
Archive photos of the exterior are
and
here,
and a photo of one of
the original projectors is
- all courtesy Andy Simmonds.
Entrance
Decorative mosaic detail
Rear showing areas of old brickwork
reused from Grand Theatre
Side entrance to cinema cafe
Image above courtesy of ' dusashenka '
Picture of an entrance to the Grand Theatre:
