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Yes, its the Rex in Wilmslow,
http://www.wilmslowguardian.co.uk/news/16612345.re...
The support and excitement is massive, funny how the high street had to wane and make it unviable as a retail space, the town has loads of restaurants and bars but cant think of much in the way of leisure venues, it closed 23 years ago as a cinema, 3 years before we moved here.
Its sad that MultiYork (Last Occupant, a furniture shop) went into administration and people lost their jobs but I never went in there, but a cinema, definitely will use that, its like it being taken away all those years ago has made us all appreciate having a local cinema.
Multiplexes have their place but our nearest is Parrs Wood and its ok but its a 20 minute drive and a bit soulless, consequently we dont generally bother.
Be interesting so see how this pans out.
Shame about my childhood cinema, the Tatton in Gatley, the frontage is still there, in desperate need of renovation but the bulk of the building was bulldozed, cant see that being brought back as its only a mile from the multiplex.
http://www.wilmslowguardian.co.uk/news/16612345.re...
The support and excitement is massive, funny how the high street had to wane and make it unviable as a retail space, the town has loads of restaurants and bars but cant think of much in the way of leisure venues, it closed 23 years ago as a cinema, 3 years before we moved here.
Its sad that MultiYork (Last Occupant, a furniture shop) went into administration and people lost their jobs but I never went in there, but a cinema, definitely will use that, its like it being taken away all those years ago has made us all appreciate having a local cinema.
Multiplexes have their place but our nearest is Parrs Wood and its ok but its a 20 minute drive and a bit soulless, consequently we dont generally bother.
Be interesting so see how this pans out.
Shame about my childhood cinema, the Tatton in Gatley, the frontage is still there, in desperate need of renovation but the bulk of the building was bulldozed, cant see that being brought back as its only a mile from the multiplex.
Roofless Toothless said:
I have very fond memories of the Odeon at Gants Hill, a fine art-deco cinema, now unforgivably demolished.
I never knew there was a pukka cinema/theatre organ there until one day at some sort of event there was a mighty rumbling and this glorious apparition emerged from the pit in front of the screen. We were entertained royally for some time before it sank down into the depths once more.
In the days before super-loud rock bands, these old cinemas had the most powerful amplification systems around. I remember seeing Woodstock in Leicester Square and staggering out afterwards with my ears ringing.
I went there on a school trip to see Macbeth, hated it. Nice cinema though which as you say should never have been demolished.I never knew there was a pukka cinema/theatre organ there until one day at some sort of event there was a mighty rumbling and this glorious apparition emerged from the pit in front of the screen. We were entertained royally for some time before it sank down into the depths once more.
In the days before super-loud rock bands, these old cinemas had the most powerful amplification systems around. I remember seeing Woodstock in Leicester Square and staggering out afterwards with my ears ringing.
J4CKO said:
Yes, its the Rex in Wilmslow,
http://www.wilmslowguardian.co.uk/news/16612345.re...
The support and excitement is massive, funny how the high street had to wane and make it unviable as a retail space, the town has loads of restaurants and bars but cant think of much in the way of leisure venues, it closed 23 years ago as a cinema, 3 years before we moved here.
Its sad that MultiYork (Last Occupant, a furniture shop) went into administration and people lost their jobs but I never went in there, but a cinema, definitely will use that, its like it being taken away all those years ago has made us all appreciate having a local cinema.
Multiplexes have their place but our nearest is Parrs Wood and its ok but its a 20 minute drive and a bit soulless, consequently we dont generally bother.
Be interesting so see how this pans out.
Shame about my childhood cinema, the Tatton in Gatley, the frontage is still there, in desperate need of renovation but the bulk of the building was bulldozed, cant see that being brought back as its only a mile from the multiplex.
The Tatton? My 1st gf and I saw Murder on the Orient Express there. Much better than the glum remake. http://www.wilmslowguardian.co.uk/news/16612345.re...
The support and excitement is massive, funny how the high street had to wane and make it unviable as a retail space, the town has loads of restaurants and bars but cant think of much in the way of leisure venues, it closed 23 years ago as a cinema, 3 years before we moved here.
Its sad that MultiYork (Last Occupant, a furniture shop) went into administration and people lost their jobs but I never went in there, but a cinema, definitely will use that, its like it being taken away all those years ago has made us all appreciate having a local cinema.
Multiplexes have their place but our nearest is Parrs Wood and its ok but its a 20 minute drive and a bit soulless, consequently we dont generally bother.
Be interesting so see how this pans out.
Shame about my childhood cinema, the Tatton in Gatley, the frontage is still there, in desperate need of renovation but the bulk of the building was bulldozed, cant see that being brought back as its only a mile from the multiplex.
My great aunt lived next to an old cinema and she would babysit me on a Friday when I was a kid so we used to go next door to the pictures every week.
Oddly, my main recollection was that we would go in at whatever random time suited her rather than at the start of any movie so would sit through the whole double bill till we got to the point in the re-run where we had come in then we would leave. Seems odd now but seemed normal then.
Oddly, my main recollection was that we would go in at whatever random time suited her rather than at the start of any movie so would sit through the whole double bill till we got to the point in the re-run where we had come in then we would leave. Seems odd now but seemed normal then.
I used to go to the Market Hall in Brynmawr which is the oldest Cinema in Wales. It’s now run by a trust that relies on volunteers. They sometimes show older films and have events such as an all night horror showcase for Halloween. Their Facebook account is regularly updated with whatever scheme Blaenau Gwent council are using to try and bankrupt them. There’s local gossip that they want the building for a Weatherspoons.
https://www.markethallcinema.co.uk
I’d still go there if I lived in the area but sometimes go to the small one in Illfracombe. That’s just a big house!
https://www.markethallcinema.co.uk
I’d still go there if I lived in the area but sometimes go to the small one in Illfracombe. That’s just a big house!
davhill said:
J4CKO said:
Yes, its the Rex in Wilmslow,
http://www.wilmslowguardian.co.uk/news/16612345.re...
The support and excitement is massive, funny how the high street had to wane and make it unviable as a retail space, the town has loads of restaurants and bars but cant think of much in the way of leisure venues, it closed 23 years ago as a cinema, 3 years before we moved here.
Its sad that MultiYork (Last Occupant, a furniture shop) went into administration and people lost their jobs but I never went in there, but a cinema, definitely will use that, its like it being taken away all those years ago has made us all appreciate having a local cinema.
Multiplexes have their place but our nearest is Parrs Wood and its ok but its a 20 minute drive and a bit soulless, consequently we dont generally bother.
Be interesting so see how this pans out.
Shame about my childhood cinema, the Tatton in Gatley, the frontage is still there, in desperate need of renovation but the bulk of the building was bulldozed, cant see that being brought back as its only a mile from the multiplex.
The Tatton? My 1st gf and I saw Murder on the Orient Express there. Much better than the glum remake. http://www.wilmslowguardian.co.uk/news/16612345.re...
The support and excitement is massive, funny how the high street had to wane and make it unviable as a retail space, the town has loads of restaurants and bars but cant think of much in the way of leisure venues, it closed 23 years ago as a cinema, 3 years before we moved here.
Its sad that MultiYork (Last Occupant, a furniture shop) went into administration and people lost their jobs but I never went in there, but a cinema, definitely will use that, its like it being taken away all those years ago has made us all appreciate having a local cinema.
Multiplexes have their place but our nearest is Parrs Wood and its ok but its a 20 minute drive and a bit soulless, consequently we dont generally bother.
Be interesting so see how this pans out.
Shame about my childhood cinema, the Tatton in Gatley, the frontage is still there, in desperate need of renovation but the bulk of the building was bulldozed, cant see that being brought back as its only a mile from the multiplex.
Last thing I saw there was Eyes Wide Shut, what a load of old toss that was !
The phone number for The Rex was the same as my parents number but with two digits transposed. We used to get a lot of calls asking for tickets and I may, when I wasn't the mature and responsible person I am now (ha), have told people that their tickets had been reserved and would be available at the box office.
The funniest thing about that cinema was that the higher up the stairs you went, the older the staff were. Mrs C and I used to frequent The Tatton too when we lived in Sale.
The funniest thing about that cinema was that the higher up the stairs you went, the older the staff were. Mrs C and I used to frequent The Tatton too when we lived in Sale.
as a very young child in the early 90s I remember their being an Odeon cinema in Barking (east london). sadly closed, torn down and became a block of expensive flats as it's so close to the station.
I'm actually quite glad that the cinema near the boelyn in newham, on barking road is still around and still showing bollywood movies, even though i'm not asian and have never been there.
I'm actually quite glad that the cinema near the boelyn in newham, on barking road is still around and still showing bollywood movies, even though i'm not asian and have never been there.
CobolMan said:
Would that be The Rex in Wilmslow OP?
Venue of my 1st ever movie sometime late 70s, my GPs took me - saw White Fang (Not the later versions, some early version, might not have even been White Fang, might have been that Swiss girl with the hel(p)ful hound) there! We didn't even have TV at home, used to watch the news at the next door neighbours, so as an eight / nine year old that was ace.Then as the floodgates had opened, not long later my other GPs took me to see Ghostbusters in a Retford cinema. God what a hole compared to the Rex.
First Movie alone (with a mate from school) was Teenwolf.
First date movie Dirty Dancing.
First date movie with the popcorn trick Dirty Dancing.
First successful date movie with "wetness achieved" was Top Gunn (just after "Yo, Goose").
devnull said:
john2443 said:
The Curzon in Clevedon is similar age and is a community/trust/charity run place.
Love the Curzon, still has shrapnel marks on it from WW2 and an organist plays before some showings. My wife rented it out for a private viewing of back to the future for my 30th, so lots of memories for me!!
Although my favourite Curzon memory is more recent... it's got quite a well-known following, and Terry Gilliam had a preview of his "Brothers Grimm" film there, and I managed to get a ticket. My misses managed to approach him at the end as he was fleeting around greeting everyone, and suggested he looked in to doing a new Wizard of Oz film, but dark and mean like the original book is supposed to suggest. He said he had always wanted to do that, and we ended up chatting (well, my misses did) for 10 minutes about how this might work... still waiting for "Oz by Gilliam" to come out...
ETA: it opened just weeks after the Titanic sank in 1912, and is supposedly the oldest purpose-built continuously-operating cinema in the world... or something like that.
Edited by GappySmeg on Friday 7th September 22:01
Jacko,
If you like the idea of the rex (we do as well), then check out curzon in knutsford. Tiny, really nice, proper.old school curtains and they serve beer.
Lame to fame - one of th e key leaders of the project / campaign was my lad's pre school teacher. She's really passionate about it and i hope it does really well.
If you like the idea of the rex (we do as well), then check out curzon in knutsford. Tiny, really nice, proper.old school curtains and they serve beer.
Lame to fame - one of th e key leaders of the project / campaign was my lad's pre school teacher. She's really passionate about it and i hope it does really well.
Some Gump said:
Jacko,
If you like the idea of the rex (we do as well), then check out curzon in knutsford. Tiny, really nice, proper.old school curtains and they serve beer.
Lame to fame - one of th e key leaders of the project / campaign was my lad's pre school teacher. She's really passionate about it and i hope it does really well.
Yeah, aware of the Curzon, not been despite working in Knutsford until recently.If you like the idea of the rex (we do as well), then check out curzon in knutsford. Tiny, really nice, proper.old school curtains and they serve beer.
Lame to fame - one of th e key leaders of the project / campaign was my lad's pre school teacher. She's really passionate about it and i hope it does really well.
The Rex in Berko http://therexberkhamsted.com/ and the Odeon in Snorbans http://odysseypictures.co.uk/ have been saved and are prospering. Check out the cabaret style seating.
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