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Regent Cinema, Deal

Regent Cinema, Deal is a engineering topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Regent Cinema, Deal rather than just read about it. In short: The Regent Cinema is a former cinema and bingo hall in Deal, Kent, England. It was originally built in 1928 as a simple pavilion for musical concerts but this proved unprofitable and in 1933 it was converted into a cinema, with an Art Deco-style entrance.

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Reference excerpt

The Regent Cinema is a former cinema and bingo hall in Deal, Kent, England. It was originally built in 1928 as a simple pavilion for musical concerts but this proved unprofitable and in 1933 it was converted into a cinema, with an Art Deco-style entrance. The cinema closed in 1963 and was briefly used as a wrestling venue before being converted into a bingo hall. The bingo hall closed in 2009 and the site has lain derelict since then. The Regent was sold to developers by Dover District Council in 2011. It was sold at below market value on the understanding that it would be restored as a cinema for the use by local people. Initial plans, presented by the new owners in 2014, were unpopular owing to a residential element. The site lay dormant for a period and a campaign group, Reopen the Regent, formed to encourage its restoration. The group successfully campaigned to have the site designated an asset of community value. The owners submitted new plans for the site in 2019, including a two-screen cinema. Works did not proceed, with the owners blaming the COVID-19 pandemic and planning permission has since expired.

History The structure is located on Beach Street, Deal, Kent, on the English Channel seafront. It was originally constructed in 1928 as an iron and glass pavilion for musical performances, particularly by military bands (the town was home to a Royal Marine depot). Although the structure was basic, providing little more than shelter from poor weather, there was criticism over its cost. At its opening the Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports, William Lygon, 7th Earl Beauchamp, stated "It is the duty of everyone to make this enterprise go." The opening coincided with a decline in interest in musical concerts as well as variety performances and dances, owing to the rise of cinemas. The pavilion was loss making and the owner, the borough council, were approached by businessmen Harry Carey and Henry Boyer who proposed to rent the structure and convert it to a cinema. The conversion, Art Deco in style, was designed by Margate architect Percy Levett. The works had a low budget but included the addition of a domed frontage, moving of the original stage, construction of a cafe and erection of a first floor extension to house the projection box and offices. The cinema boasted 911 seats and was the largest in the town until the opening of an Odeon in 1936. The cinema opened in July 1933 and its first showing was that year's King of the Ritz, a musical. The cinema was regarded as draughty, suffering from its exposed seafront location. During the Second World War the roof of the building was used to house a searchlight, used for anti-aircraft defence. In the mid-1940s operation of the cinema was taken over by ASER. Later in its life the cinema switched from showing general releases, to specialising in X-rated films. The cinema closed in 1963 and it was briefly used to stage wrestling matches. It afterward became a bingo hall, operated by Bloom Circuit. The hall closed in 2009, blaming the effects of the 2006 indoor smoking ban.

Proposed redevelopment

First plans Ownership lay with Dover District Council until 2011 when it was sold to James Wallace and Mark Digweed. The sale price was £385,000; a below market value on the understanding that it would be restored and reopened as a cinema. The town had no other cinema. Wallace and Digweed presented plans for redevelopment in 2014. These included a residential element that proved unpopular with local residents and were never presented for planning permission.

Hiatus For a period no further plans were presented, though the owners met with the council for pre-planning talks in early 2016, and a local campaign group, Reopen the Regent, was formed to promote the building's restoration. In May 2016 actor Neil Stuke, a member of the group, apologised for implied threats made in an email to Wallace and Digweed. Stuke said "I allowed my frustrations to get the better of me as saving The Regent is something I believe very passionately about". The owners reported the email to the police who investigated and found no offence had been committed. Actor Mark Rylance was another supporter of the campaign group. The group have successfully had the Regent designated an asset of community value. In 2018 the council issued a notice under section 215 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990, ordering the owners to make essential repairs by August, but these were not carried out. On 25 October 2018 Reopen the Regent held a protest at the site with DIY-related props to raise awareness of the need for repairs.

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Example 1 — a first encounter with Regent Cinema, Deal

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Regent Cinema, Deal claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In engineering, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

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Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Regent Cinema, Deal ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Regent Cinema, Deal

In research: Regent Cinema, Deal appears in engineering research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Regent Cinema, Deal in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Regent Cinema, Deal is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1929 establishments in England, 2009 disestablishments in England, Buildings and structures completed in 1928, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Regent Cinema, Deal outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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