Monument record 10099 - Regal Cinema, Foregate Street

The Regal cinema was built in 1937 by the Associated British Cinemas Ltd with seating for almost 2000 people. It was built in a restrained Art Deco style. The Regal was renamed the ABC cinema in 1959 and the Cannon in 1987, it finally closed in 1990 but the building so far survives. (1)

<1> Lewis C.P & Thacker A.T. (eds), 2005, Victoria County History - A History of the County of Chester: Volume Vii, The City of Chester - The City of Chester, Culture, Buildings, Institutions (Book). SCH6522.

<2> Howe, S, 2012-Present, A Virtual Stroll Around the Walls of Chester, http://www.chesterwalls.info/gallery/cinema5.html (Web Site). SCH6990.