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Childrens Matinées
sneaking in through the fire-exit…
Children’s Cinema Club Monitors
Some young cinema goers were given the responsibility of being a monitor – providing help and assistance to the cinema staff
Children’s Cinema shows and Matinees
Children’s Cinema shows and matinees hoped to develop young cinema goers into life long film and cinema fans
To be continued…The Serial at the cinema
Cinemas would show episodes of a serial each week which would be left on a cliff hanger, this was a way of having regular cinema patrons return each week
Playing games relating to films and film stars
The films watched at the childrens cinema matinees would absorb and excite many children watching from the 1930′s to 60′s and would influence the games that the children played
Exchanging jam jars for Cinema entrance
In some cinemas admission could be obtained by exchanging jam jars if you had no money. This practice was especially true at the children’s cinema matinees where some children would take them to the cinema with jam still in.
“We come along on a Saturday morning, greeting everybody with a smile…”
We come along on a Saturday morning, greeting everybody with a smile….
Children’s Matinees
Saturday morning, hundreds of unsupervised rowdy children. What could it be?
Cinema audiences
Cinemas accommodated for different audiences by holding film programs which catered and entertained many tastes.
More memories of the Children’s Cinema Matinees
Watch some more short clips from people sharing their memories of the Children’s Cinema Matinees of the 1930′s to 60′s
“We are the ABC Minors happy girls and boys ….and we were”
Happy memories of The ABC Minors and dates at the pictures
