I Remember When
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papgeno replied on 13/11/2016 18:47
neveramsure replied on 13/11/2016 18:58
Posted on 13/11/2016 18:58
I remember it well. I also remember the usherettes showing you to your seat with a torch. That cinema building in Worthing facing the sea front is still there. It's outside appearance hasn't changed since I was a child!
I love the look of the old cinema buildings; it’s a pity so many have been demolished.
Our nearest town had four cinemas at one time, now it has none, just a multiplex about 8 miles away.
Spriddler replied on 13/11/2016 19:09
Posted on 13/11/2016 19:09
..and the Fire Curtain during the ice cream or coconut ice interval. And ashtrays on the seat backs.
In the late '50's and the early 60's my school pal's father owned (yes owned) the Duke of York cinema in Brighton (a bit of a flea pit). The usherettes were well trained and always showed us to seats either side of girls - much to the girls' surprise in a mostly empty auditorium. I can't remember it being very productive though. There were double 'snogging seats' in the expensive balcony......or so my pal told me
Spriddler replied on 13/11/2016 19:27
Posted on 13/11/2016 19:27
I remember playing for my school on some rough pitches. Some didn't have much in the way of grass and were laid on all sorts of ground. Sliding tackles could take acres of skin off your knees.
One of the away pitches (Whitehawk) sloped so much that when I took a corner all I could see was the top 2 feet of the goal post and the crossbar...
and another (Clayton) where we had to clear the sheep doo-dah before playing.
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