MAIN MENU
EXPLORE BY THEME
EXPLORE BY TYPE
EXPLORE BY CINEMA
Posts Tagged "children’s matinees"
Odeon Saturday Club song
“I remember the club song which went like this: “To the Ode – Odeon we have come…”
The happy memories of the Odeon Cinema, Waterloo (now the Plaza)
When we were all younger, we used to go to the Odeon cinema for the the Saturday Morning Club. We would pay our 6(d) pence to go in, buy our sweets and walk into the main auditorium were a man played the organ.
Visits 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…
Reels would sometimes break down or get mixed up
Films came to the cinema on large reels which would be projected onto the screen, the reels would sometimes break and get mixed up
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
“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?
The Picture Palace of Bootle Knowsley Road Bootle
The Picture Palace of Bootle held film show matinees for children on Saturdays at 1pm and 3pm with prices of 1d and 2 d.
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
