Going To The Pictures » Tag: dating https://goingtothepictures.org.uk Tue, 23 Apr 2013 16:18:42 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6 Hugging and kissing in the back row of the movies https://goingtothepictures.org.uk/hugging-and-kissing-in-the-back-row-of-the-movies/ https://goingtothepictures.org.uk/hugging-and-kissing-in-the-back-row-of-the-movies/#comments Wed, 06 Feb 2013 17:39:04 +0000 admin http://goingtothepictures.org.uk/?p=663 The cinema has provided a popular venue for dating and through the 30’s to the 60’s was the first choice for many first dates and courting couples.

Due to the rolling and changing film program and the large number of cinemas, there was always lots of choice.

It was a warm, dark environment away from family and friends. That was until the lights would go on and many friends in courting couples would be scattered around the cinema especially on the back row. The cinema acted a social venue in which people from the community could come together, meet and find out who was dating who.

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