The Savoy/ABC/Cannon

Commercial Road, Portsmouth

1937-2002

The Savoy/ABC, corner of Commercial Road and Fitzherbert Street, opened in 1937, with a Compton Theatre Organ installed. It was renamed ABC in 1964, a triple screen was installed in 1982, became The Cannon Film Centre in 1986, reverting back to ABC in 1996. It closed in 2002.