Michael Fabricant has issued a challenge to enterprising Lichfeldians to
find a new use for an abandoned supermarket and open a specialised
cinema in the City. "There are a number of small towns in the midlands
with newly opened specialist single-screen cinemas able to offer
different choices from the usual multi-screen complexes. They have
become very popular. With the unfortunate closure of Kwik Save in
Lichfield, and the Kwik Save website saying that the building is
available for sale, which bold Lichfeldian will convert it back to a
cinema?

"Although a multi-screen cinema is on the cards for Lichfield in the new
Birmingham Road development, an enterprising group could restore the
glory of the old cinema in Tamworth Street and make it into something
really special and different. Many of these new bijou cinemas have
luxury seating with the ability to take a glass of wine in to see a
quality movie. Wouldn’t this be something really special for Lichfield
and Burntwood?" asks Michael.

The building which until recently housed Kwik Save in Tamworth Street,
Lichfield was originally opened in 1932 as the Regal Cinema and designed
in the classic art nouveau style.