Regal

Hamilton Street , and was Kemps first purpose built cinema in the area

when it opened on 6th October, 1913.

On the occasion of its golden jubilee in 1963

it again showed Quo Vadis. La Scala was twinned in the 1970s and

continued as a cinema until a few years ago when it became a

Weatherspoons public house. The interior is now unrecognisable as a cinema.

Click

for an archive shot

courtesy of Norrie Mcnamee, or

Golden Jubilee image courtesy of Michael J. Timmons.