Bristol Cinema

The Regent Cinema, Castle Street, Bristol

1930s - Inside the Regent, Castle Street, Bristol BS1 (now Castle Park) where the fine decorations matched the escapism on the screen and where the organist's spot was appreciated as much as the film itself. The days of the Regent being Bristol's premier cinema were short-lived as, following the blitz on 24 November 1940, it was severely damaged. (Fortunately this was a Sunday night and it was closed - the following week was to have been the cinema's first Sunday opening and casualties may have been catastrophic).