What is recorded here
Risca Palace Cinema stood on Tredegar Street through the twentieth century, projecting light into darkness for neighbours who followed its programme. Whether it still shows films or holds another use, the name preserves the age when a small town gathered to watch distant lives move across a white wall.
The National Monuments Record of Wales records Old Palace Cinema, Tredegar Street, Risca, Newport; Risca Palace Cinema as Cinema from the 20th Century period. The saved point comes from the official national record. Inclusion does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
Old Palace Cinema, also known as Risca Palace Cinema, was a 20th-century cinema built to serve the local community in Risca, Newport. It is remembered as part of the cultural and social history of the area during the early to mid-20th century.
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