Regal Cinema
24 Church Street,
Ormskirk,
L39 3AG
24 Church Street,
Ormskirk,
L39 3AG
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Located in Ormskirk, Lancashire. The Regal Cinema was opened on 26th January 1936 with a stage production of Gilbert & Sullivan’s “Yeoman of the Guard”, presented by the Ormskirk Operatic & Dramatic Society. The first films were screened on 10th February 1936.
Designed by Liverpool based architect Lionel A.G. Pritchard, the Regal Cinema had seating provided in stalls & circle levels. It had a 34 feet wide proscenium, with a decent sized stage and an orchestra pit. Lighting in the auditorium was contained in troughs in the ceiling. It was equipped with a Western Electric(WE) sound system.
The Regal Cinema was operating as a part-time cinema in the early-1960’s, with bingo on certain nights of the week. It closed as a cinema on November 23, 1963 and converted to a full-time bingo club. This continued into the early-1980’s, when the bingo club closed.
The building was converted into a Tesco supermarket which closed as a Tesco Metro on 4th April 2015. It then became a Poundstretcher supermarket which had closed by 2020.
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Ken Roe
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This is a picture of the former Regal Theatre in Ormskirk. I don not think the building was demolished, but rather that the supermarket occupies the the building that housed the theatre.
Yes this is correct that the Tesco Metro have converted the original building.Its been a tesco since i moved to the area in 1986.
Above the suspended ceiling of the supermarket the circle has been extended forwards to create a warehouse/stockroom. The stepped floor of the circle is still there as are the portals of the projection room.
Closed November 23rd, 1963.
Regal Cinema closing 21 Nov 1963, Thu The Ormskirk Advertiser, etc. (Ormskirk, Lancashire, England) Newspapers.com