Cinema Ticket, 1946

Ticket costing 1/6 for a picture show organised by the Stay At Home Holiday Committee in aid of an Old Folks Re-Union Social. The Picture House was also known as the Regal for a time but many locals referred to it as “the Scratcher”.

Museum reference:
1996-60
Associated with:
1914 - 1960 · The Picture House was also known as the Regal for a period · Picture House · New Stevenston, Scotland · closed in early 1960s and lay derelict before being demolished in the 1980s

Dimensions:
height: 60mm
width: 90mm
Materials:
Paper

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By Mary Sweeney on February 11, 2026

I spent many a Saturday afternoon in the “ Scratcher” as a child, and never knew the proper name of the cinema.

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