The Regent – Amersham’s lost cinema

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by Alison Bailey March 2021

 LAST HOUSE FOR THE REGENT

In Amersham-on-the-Hill, 59 years ago this week, 100s of people could be seen queueing down Sycamore Road. They were waiting in line for the Regent Cinema box office to buy tickets for the Oscar winning Audrey Hepburn film, Breakfast at Tiffany’s. Although a popular film, the high demand for tickets was because the final show, on Saturday 10 March 1962, was to be the last ever screening at the cinema and everyone in the town wanted to be there.

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1580 1775 1892 1939 1964

Plan Your Visit

Opening hours:

Wednesday to Sunday, and Bank Holiday Mondays, 12noon to 4:30pm

49 High Street
Old Amersham
Buckinghamshire
HP7 0DP

01494 723700
[email protected]

 

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