The main facade of the Top Rank Bingo Club, formerly the Gaumont Cinema, from the north-west

Date:
1973 - 1989
Location:
Top Rank Bingo Club, 12-16 Regent Street, Weston-Super-Mare, North Somerset
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Regent Street Picture House, Regent Street, Weston-Super-Mare, North Somerset
Regent Cinema, Regent Street, Weston-Super-Mare, North Somerset
Gaumont Cinema, 12-16 Regent Street, Weston-Super-Mare, North Somerset
Reference:
NWC01/01/1724
Type:
Photograph (35mm Slide)
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Description

The Regent Street Picture House opened in 1913. It was renamed as the Regent Cinema after 1930, and became the Gaumont Cinema in 1954. The cinema was converted into a bingo hall in 1973. It was demolished in the late 1980s.

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

Architect: Watkins, William Henry

Keywords

Early 20th Century Cinema, Late 20th Century Bingo Hall, Leisure And Recreation