No supersized popcorn or giant fizzy drinks
Sweets and refreshments at the cinema were quite a treat for many of the child cinema goers growing up through the 30’s to 60’s. For several of these years sweets were on ration {up until 1953} and for...
View ArticleAdditional entertainment at the Cinema matinees
Some cinemas would have additional entertainment such as educational or community talks, yo yo competitions, singing and talent shows. Sometimes these would take place before the film screening or...
View ArticleConfessions of bunking in at the Pictures
Bunking into the Pictures is a common theme remembered by cinema goers of the 30’s to the 60’s is that of ‘bunking in’ or not paying to get into the children’s matinees. One child would pay and upon...
View ArticleMorality at the Cinema
Morality at the cinema From the early days of moving images through to today issues regarding morality and censorship have been in the fore. After the Second World War, the church and educationalists...
View ArticleJ. Arthur Rank and Children’s Entertainment Films
Children’s Entertainment Films 1947 – 1950 and The Children’s Film Foundation 1951 -1987 In the early days of cinema films for children would often be of American origin and sometimes just be adult...
View ArticleReels would sometimes break down or get mixed up
Films came to the cinema on large reels which would make up parts of the film ready to be projected onto the screen. The reels would have to be put through the projection machines and match up at the...
View ArticleMy first visit to the Winter Gardens, Waterloo.
“In 1933/34 I went to “The Pictures” for the first time paying 1d. each to go in for about 2 hours. The Winter Gardens was not the best place to go to. The film was a Western, in black and white of...
View ArticleVisits to various picture houses in the area with family and friends
“My father did shift work, so every third week we would all go to the pictures either to the Regent, Plaza or the Corona. If it was the Corona we would have an early tea, rush from Brownmore Lane down...
View ArticleThe happy memories of the Odeon Cinema, Waterloo (now the Plaza)
” I am one of seven children and live in Waterloo. In the late 1950s and early 1960s, when we were all younger, we used to go to the Odeon cinema (now the Plaza) on Crosby Road North, Waterloo. On...
View ArticleOdeon Saturday Club song
“I remember there were two screenings in the evenings. The first house started at around 6 o’clock, with the second at around 8:15pm. It was a real rush for workers to get to the first house. Sometimes...
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