Scala Worcester has received £104,158 from the National Lottery Heritage Fund to document the building’s years as a cinema and explore how cinemagoing shaped the city.
The Reel Memories project will run until May 2028. It will collect recollections and records from the period between 1922 and 1973, when the Scala operated as a cinema.
The team plans to share that material through film, exhibitions, tours and digital experiences. The programme gives people who remember the cinema a chance to add their own accounts to its history.