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Topic Originator: jake89
Date: Tue 2 May 17:07
I saw an old aerial photo of Dunfermline and a building caught my eye that I didn`t recognise. I think it`s the old Regal Cinema. I know it once stood on the High Street opposite what is now the Kingsgate. Can anyone confirm that it`s the building in this picture with the curved roof (white at the side and grey on top)?
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It looks like it would have occupied what now the land Primark sits on. If it is then I`d never appreciated the size of the building.
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Topic Originator: buffy
Date: Wed 3 May 00:14
Yes. People queued along the high street and down the lane next to WH Smith. It closed permanently when it went up in flames.
”Buffy’s Buns are the finest in Fife”, J. Spence 2019”
Post Edited (Wed 03 May 00:15)
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Topic Originator: Buspasspar
Date: Wed 3 May 18:32
I remember taking my future wife there on our first date
She says Oh great its a Japaese love film
I says how do you know that
She says look at the sign board .. Mon Tue Weds Thu Fri Sat
Ach weel I still married her 52 years ago
We are forever shaped by the Children we once were
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Topic Originator: Highway_Star
Date: Thu 4 May 13:09
Here`s some more info:
http://www.scottishcinemas.org.uk/scotland/dunfermline/regal.html
I think it had closed and been stripped of seats, projection equipment etc. Developer wanted the site for Littlewoods and it mysteriously went on fire. Amazing how often that happens.
I was a wee boy when it burned down, my dad took us up Townhill way someplace to see the flames.
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Topic Originator: LochgellyAlbert
Date: Thu 4 May 15:50
Quote:
Buspasspar, Wed 3 May 18:32
I remember taking my future wife there on our first date
She says Oh great its a Japaese love film
I says how do you know that
She says look at the sign board .. Mon Tue Weds Thu Fri Sat
Ach weel I still married her 52 years ago
They black and white films were great!🤔😲🤣😎
Sorry for not being PC!
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Topic Originator: Ghoulz
Date: Thu 4 May 17:51
My late father William WM Gourlay was the last Manager of the Regal.
Info from my website here: https://www.kinemagigz.com/cinemas%20and%20theatres.htm#The_Regal_Picture_House
Your friendly neighbourhood Ghoulz.
The Whole Story of The Famous Kinema Ballroom
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Topic Originator: jake89
Date: Thu 4 May 21:32
Amazing how many building mysteriously burned down in the 80s.
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Topic Originator: LochgellyAlbert
Date: Fri 5 May 11:07
Quote:
jake89, Thu 4 May 21:32
Amazing how many building mysteriously burned down in the 80s.
I could list them for you!🚒🚒🚒
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Topic Originator: Buspasspar
Date: Fri 5 May 19:14
Remember sitting in the Regal with the wife to be
We were the only two there .. Pitch black .. freezing cauld
No lights on the screen .. So I says to her
Are you sure Closed for Renovation was the name of the film ??
We are forever shaped by the Children we once were
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Topic Originator: wee eck
Date: Fri 5 May 19:19
Did you see the sequel, `Closed for Demolition`, Bpp?
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Topic Originator: Buspasspar
Date: Fri 5 May 19:33
Topic Originator: wee eck like
Date: Fri 5 May 19:19
Did you see the sequel, `Closed for Demolition`, Bpp?
Saw the Guns of Navarone wee eck .. which I suppose could have caused the demolition :-)
We are forever shaped by the Children we once were
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Topic Originator: wee eck
Date: Fri 5 May 19:42
I remember seeing `Cockleshell Heroes` with my family which I see was made in 1955 so I was far too young to understand it.
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Topic Originator: Buspasspar
Date: Fri 5 May 19:48
Aye ye probably all got in wi jam jars back then :-)
We are forever shaped by the Children we once were
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Topic Originator: LochgellyAlbert
Date: Fri 5 May 20:02
Was in the Alhambra for a show last night, was last in there June 67, "Sink the Bismarck" I think!🤔
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Topic Originator: Thaipar
Date: Sat 6 May 02:25
Quote:
Ghoulz, Thu 4 May 17:51
My late father William WM Gourlay was the last Manager of the Regal.
Info from my website here: https://www.kinemagigz.com/cinemas%20and%20theatres.htm#The_Regal_Picture_House
Did yir dad work in Gateway where wee asda is now?
Post Edited (Sat 06 May 02:26)
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Topic Originator: Parboiled
Date: Sat 6 May 10:22
Dumfy Press has a photo feature on big fires of the past, including the Regal.
Another one pictured is St Margaret’s Hall, destroyed by fire in 1961.
It was a very large building on the site where the library extension is now. I must have walked past it hundreds of times going to/from the lower bus stance, but was never in it!
Any oldies on here ever inside it?
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Topic Originator: LochgellyAlbert
Date: Sat 6 May 11:04
Quote:
Parboiled, Sat 6 May 10:22
Dumfy Press has a photo feature on big fires of the past, including the Regal.
Another one pictured is St Margaret’s Hall, destroyed by fire in 1961.
It was a very large building on the site where the library extension is now. I must have walked past it hundreds of times going to/from the lower bus stance, but was never in it!
Any oldies on here ever inside it?
Must have walked past it many times, but never in it, understand a lot of boxing matches took place there.
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Topic Originator: Parboiled
Date: Sat 6 May 11:41
Yes, a boxing event took place earlier that night..apparently a haunting whistle of Ring of Fire can sometimes be heard by the late night boozer wending their unsteady way doon the road…
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Topic Originator: LochgellyAlbert
Date: Sat 6 May 13:36
Quote:
Parboiled, Sat 6 May 11:41
Yes, a boxing event took place earlier that night..apparently a haunting whistle of Ring of Fire can sometimes be heard by the late night boozer wending their unsteady way doon the road…
Coming out the Imperial or Guildhall Arms?🤔👍
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Topic Originator: Buspasspar
Date: Sat 6 May 19:49
Topic Originator: LochgellyAlbert like
Date: Sat 6 May 13:36
Quote:
Parboiled, Sat 6 May 11:41
Yes, a boxing event took place earlier that night..apparently a haunting whistle of Ring of Fire can sometimes be heard by the late night boozer wending their unsteady way doon the road…
Coming out the Imperial or Guildhall Arms?🤔👍
Naw coming out Parboiled`s erse :-))
We are forever shaped by the Children we once were
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Topic Originator: Ghoulz
Date: Thu 11 May 00:18
No Taipar, he only ever worked in cinemas and later inevitably bingo halls as the cinemas closed down in the 70s/80s and he retired.
He mostly managed The Alhambra and The Regal (& occasionally The Cinema) in Dunfermline and the Palace Rosyth locally. He had The Rio Rutherglen and a few others in Fife for short periods in a long career.
He was always in a tux for the evening shows, greeting patrons.
Your friendly neighbourhood Ghoulz.
The Whole Story of The Famous Kinema Ballroom
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Topic Originator: Thaipar
Date: Thu 11 May 02:30
Quote:
Ghoulz, Thu 11 May 00:18
No Taipar, he only ever worked in cinemas and later inevitably bingo halls as the cinemas closed down in the 70s/80s and he retired.
He mostly managed The Alhambra and The Regal (& occasionally The Cinema) in Dunfermline and the Palace Rosyth locally. He had The Rio Rutherglen and a few others in Fife for short periods in a long career.
He was always in a tux for the evening shows, greeting patrons.
No worries,just I worked with a Bill Gourley in Gateway,he was from Crossgates if I mind right.
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Topic Originator: red-star-par
Date: Thu 11 May 13:32
I`m sure there is a huge team photo in East End Park, showing a Pars Team from a bygone era in front of a stand which has Regal Cinema advertised on its roof
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Topic Originator: Ghoulz
Date: Fri 12 May 19:48
This may be the Bill Gourlay of local camcorder club / Talisman Films Scotland.
They are responsible for recording some important local history such as The Opera House and further afield to The Glasgow Apollo etc.
Your friendly neighbourhood Ghoulz.
The Whole Story of The Famous Kinema Ballroom
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Topic Originator: jake89
Date: Fri 12 May 21:42
Did Talisman films once do a sort of Mad Max spoof where Dundee was the forbidden zone?
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Topic Originator: Buspasspar
Date: Sat 13 May 08:20
It still is jake .. :-))
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