Royalty Cinema Birmingham 2015

Located in the Harborne district of southwest Birmingham, at the corner of High Street and Greenfield Road. The Royalty Cinema was opened on 20th October 1930 with Maurice Chevalier in "The Love Parade". It was built for and operated by the local independent Selly Oak Pictures Ltd. The Royalty Cinema was taken over by the Associated British Cinemas(ABC) chain in March 1935. ABC closed the cinema on 2nd November 1963 with Cliff Robertson in "P.T.109". It was converted into a Mecca Bingo Club, and in 2010 it is operating as a Gala Bingo Club.In 2011 however,the police raided the building and found a cannabis growing factory in the attic..the building has remained closed ever since.

As she looked in the mid 1960`s
And now in 2015 she looks very neglected indeed.
The Royalty is a mixture of Art Deco and Neo Classical in styling.
If I had a time machine.I sure would love to have seen her in her hey-day
Lovely detail
One of several exit`s
Inside the main lobby
Behind the ticket counter
Inside another ticket office on the ground floor under the balcony seating
Lovely window frames in very good nic
I could hear water running so investigated..found this
A few bingo relics
Electrical cupboard
Alarm controls
Incoming mains electricity
Near where I heard the water running
That ticket office to the right..I could hear the car cleaners on the other side of this office,but they had no idea I was in here!
Now on the ground floor,I will now attempt to photograph this most majestic of buildings
This one is a phone pic
I have chosen to layer my exposures then combining them into one
Normal exposure
As is this one
Long exposure of one of the bars
If you look hard,you can see me walking up and down holding the torch

klempner69

Royalty Cinema Birmingham 2015