Mural

The Regal, Edmonton

Erection date: /2/2010

Inscription

{On the mosaic mural:}
The Regal, Edmonton souvenir, 8th March 1934.

{On the brown plaque:}
The Regal, Edmonton 1934 - 1986
Opened on 8th March 1934 as one of 5 mammoth cinemas in Middlesex and said to occupy the largest site of any cinema in the world.
Created by Art Start with year 5 pupils from Brettenham Primary School.
Funded by the Heritage Lottery, February 2010.
Lost Treasures

Site: The Regal, Edmonton (1 memorial)

N18, Sterling Way, 6 - 16

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of plaquesoflondon.co.uk

This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
The Regal, Edmonton

Subjects commemorated i

The Regal Edmonton

One of the largest former cinemas in Britain. It had seating for 3,000 and st...

Read More

This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
The Regal, Edmonton

Created by i

Art Start

An organisation set up to provide after school activities for children in Edm...

Read More

Heritage Lottery Fund

The National Lottery Heritage Fund (rebranded 2019), formerly the Heritage Lo...

Read More

Brettenham Primary School

School in Edmonton.

Read More

Nearby Memorials

Windrush - Stockwell

Windrush - Stockwell

SW9, Stockwell Terrace

This triangle of land is all that remains of Stockwell Common. From London Gardens online: "Now rather isolated amid heavy traffic, Stock...

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator
Mosaic House, back - Angola Three

Mosaic House, back - Angola Three

W4, Cunnington Street

The Angola Three arch is above the first floor window on the left. The Kenny ‘Zulu’ Whitmore flying eyeball is at the right below the 2nd...

3 subjects commemorated, 1 creator
Fitzrovia Mural

Fitzrovia Mural

W1, Tottenham Street, Whitfield Gardens

A montage of scenes, all relevant to the area at the time: construction activities, the Post Office tower, an angry cat, a TV screen adve...

2 subjects commemorated, 3 creators
Hitchcock mosaics 06 - The Pleasure Garden, 1926

Hitchcock mosaics 06 - The Pleasure Garden, 1926

E11, Church Lane, Leytonstone tube station

6 artists/craftspeople and 5 organisations are named as creating this Gallery of 17 murals. Rather than repeat this information on all 17...

1 subject commemorated
St Mary's trompe l'oeil - Unknown 3

St Mary's trompe l'oeil - Unknown 3

W2, St Mary's Square, Blossom Lower School

This 1981 Quinlan Terry building was originally the vestry or parish hall. It is decorated with trompe l'oeil statuary, 2 items on each o...

Previously viewed

World War 1

World War 1

We'd always assumed that this war was known as the Great War until WW2 came along at which point it was renamed as World War One or the First World War. But the term was first used in print in 1920...

Event, Armed Forces, Tragedy

384 memorials
W. J. Stevens

W. J. Stevens

Other Departments

Person

War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Caxton Hall - head 2 - Caxton

Caxton Hall - head 2 - Caxton

SW1, Caxton Street, 10, Caxton Hall

Normally both Chaucer and Caxton are shown with full beards but the facial hair on head number 6 looks slightly more like Chaucer's, whic...

1 subject commemorated
Ricardo Street School air raid - Fire Brigades Union plaque

Ricardo Street School air raid - Fire Brigades Union plaque

E14, Kerbey Street, Lansbury Lawrence Primary School

We can't find an image of the school that was bombed. An early school appears on this 1895 map, occupying the northern part of the site, ...

Civilian war dead | WW2
7 subjects commemorated, 1 creator
niece of Ann E. L. Crofton

niece of Ann E. L. Crofton

 January 1904 erected a cattle trough in memory of her aunt, Ann E. L. Crofton.

Person, Friend / family

1 memorial