Byker, Shields Road, Black's Regal Cinema

HER Number:
11347

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Byker, Shields Road, Black's Regal Cinema

Place:
Byker

Map Sheet:
NZ26SE

Class:
Recreational

Site Type: Broad:

Site Type: Specific:
Cinema

General Period:
Modern

Specific Period:
C20

Form of Evidence:
Demolished Building

Description:
Opened in 1934 and closed in 1972. Site now occupied by a petrol station.

Easting:
2731

Northing:
6495

Grid Reference:
NZ27316495

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Up & Down Shields Road - a local area heritage guide, Elders Council of Newcastle, Newcastle City Council, Newcastle Community Heritage Project Down Your Way?; Frank Manders, 1991, Cinemas of Newcastle, pages 105-107; Frank Manders, 2005, Cinemas of Newcastle, pages 78-80, 120-121, 154, 157