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2017
This building is occupied by the Christian Life Centre church. According to the CLC website, the church was founded by Pastor Grady Reid in 1996.
1937
The building opened on April 19, 1937 as The Regal cinema. It was designed by Robert Cromie, a noted architect of cinemas in England during the inter-war years [1] It first opened on April 19, 1937, when much of Britain was still facing hardship under the Depression. But the assembly lines at Morris Motors in Cowley were booming, and at the Regal's opening ceremony, deputy mayor Mary Townsend celebrated the building's construction as a sign of Oxford's growing prosperity.
82-year old Graham Wintle, still resident in Oxford, was projectionist at the Regal in its early days. He recalls that although colour films had already arrived before the Second World War, the hues were garish.
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References
- ↑ Oxford Times, 11 July 2008: http://www.oxfordtimes.co.uk/lifestyle/arts/2391546.The_old_lady_of_Cowley_Road/
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