A view of the front of the ABC Cinema from the south, showing the billboard promoting shows featuring Russ Abbot and Roger De Courcey

Date:
1982
Location:
ABC Cinema, Regent Road, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk
Reference:
NWC01/01/1009
Type:
Photograph (35mm Slide)
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Description

This cinema building opened in 1934 under the name of the Regal Cinema. In 1937 it was taken over by Associated British Cinemas (ABC) and operated as a cinema but also put on stage shows. It closed in 1988 and was subsequently demolished.

Archival History

This slide was in a box marked Banbury, Didcot, Oxford, but has been identified as Great Yarmouth.

Content

This is part of the Series: NWC01/01 Norman Walley: Series of slides; within the Collection: NWC01 Norman Walley Cinema Collection

Rights

© Historic England Archive

People & Organisations

Photographer: Walley, Norman

Keywords

Mid 20th Century Cinema, Mid 20th Century Theatre, People, Street Scene