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A group of men in flat caps poses in front of a building facade with a semi-circular Art Deco sign reading The Rex.

Rex Cinema, Market Street, Ely, 1929

Rex Cinema, Market Street, Ely

History of Rex Cinema

1929 Rex Cinema opened opposite Post Office

1930s remodelled with new frontage

1981 closed and demolished and new branch of Boots the Chemist built

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