Missing the Regent Cinema?

Graham Davies
Oct 9, 2023
1 min read

Updated: Nov 1, 2023

These monthly programmes listing all the films shown there between July 1948 and December 1955 might make you feel worse, reminding you just how lucky Lyme was to have such up-to-date films each week...........but they are also interesting in their own right. A real glimpse into popular culture post WWII.

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