Vol 55 No 1 ISSN 1479-0882 January / February 2021
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Vol 55 No 1 ISSN 1479-0882 January / February 2021 The building that is to house the new three-screen in Pitfield Street, Hoxton, London. See Newsreel p26; photo taken March 2019 The Grade B listed façade of the former / / in Hamilton (South Lanark), which will be restored and used as the entrance to apartments to be built behind, where the auditorium once was. See Newsreel p24; photo taken August 2009. In mid-December my personal email [[email protected]] was hacked, along with my Facebook and several other accounts. Luckily my bank details don’t appear to have been compromised. It took me Company limited by guarantee. Reg. No. 04428776. Registered address: 59 Harrowdene Gardens, Teddington, TW11 0DJ. several days to sort out the problem. I have changed all my pass- Registered Charity No. 1100702. Directors are marked in list below. words. If you emailed me at that address on 17/18 December I almost certainly won’t have got it. If you received a strange email purporting to come from me, please simply delete it and ignore it. Please can you all use the Bulletin account [address opposite] in Full Membership (UK).....................................................£31; under 25s, £16 future – it comes through a different server to my private one. It’s a Overseas (Europe Standard Air Mail & World Economy)...........................£40 Overseas (World Standard Air Mail)...........................................................£52 pity these nerds haven’t got anything better to do. Associate Membership (UK & Worldwide).................................................£10 Again, things are moving so fast that some of the information here Life Membership (UK only)................................£480; aged 65 & over, £380 Life Membership (Overseas).........................Air Mail, £750; Economy, £600 may be out of date by the time you read this. Some cinemas have reopened, closed, reopened and closed again. Let’s hope that the All membership and subscription enquiries should be sent to promised ‘light at the end of the tunnel’ isn’t too far away. It’s ironic that the only place in England that is in tier 1, where cinemas may be allowed to open, is the Isles of Scilly – and they don’t have any cinemas! Items for possible inclusion in the Bulletin should be sent to On the back page of the last Bulletin, amongst the holiday snaps, was a photo I took in Moscow in 1973. I should have checked Cinema Treasures as it is listed there. [[email protected]] {27271}. It is the [ 47 The Street, Old Basing, Basingstoke, RG24 7BX ] Cinema, built in 1967 to com- 11 Tarrant Avenue, Witney, OX28 1EE th memorate the 50 Anniversary of [[email protected]] the October Revolution. The photo 59 Harrowdene Gardens, Teddington, TW11 0DJ on Cinema Treasures [R] of the [[email protected]] 2,450-seat auditorium looks magnificent but sadly it was subdivided Flat One, 128 Gloucester Terrace, London, W2 6HP in 2005 into eleven screens, although screen � has 1,518 seats. Chairman: 45 Arnold Road, Bow, London, E3 4NU [[email protected]] Please can you check that you have put the correct postage on Members: as main committee plus Rob Chesterfield, Tim Hatcher, anything you send me? In particular, be careful of slightly oversized Jane Jephcote, Mark Price, Vicky Simon & Peter Wylde items that need a ‘large’ stamp. If they are bigger than A5 (half the [[email protected]] size of a Bulletin page) they need more postage. 14 Ivychurch Gardens, Cliftonville, Margate, CT9 3YG I have again been sent some photos that are obviously copyright. The [[email protected]] ones in question were photocopies from the Daily Telegraph. I certain- 228 Malpas Road, Brockley, London, SE4 1DH ly can’t print such pictures but they will be passed on to the Archive. Can I please make another request? When sending in press cuttings, 34 Pelham Road, London, N22 6LN [[email protected]] make sure the date is available. If you have to cut it off, please write 69A Mill Street, Kidlington, Oxford, OX5 2EE [[email protected]] it in the margin. It makes collating items much easier. [[email protected]] Thanks to all those who respond- 66 Woodside Road, High Wycombe, HP13 7JB ed to my request in the last Bulle- [[email protected]] tin for some more Holiday Snaps; 13 Tennyson Court, Paddockhall Road, Haywards Heath, RH16 1EZ [[email protected]] I have printed some on the back 11 Merker Terrace, Linlithgow, EH49 6DD page. I have also been sent some / [[email protected]] historic [well, 1970s and 1980s] 3 Swan Lane, Ystalyfera, Swansea, SA9 2JB photos of cinemas in the UK, some of which have been demol- [[email protected]] ished. I’ll try and include a few of Far Ends, 28 Courtenay Road, Lower Parkstone, Poole, BH14 0HD these next time. I also have a cou- Emma Beeston, Kevin Gooding, Lynda Hillman, Frame courtesy Kevin Wheelan Rachel Marks, Tim McCullen, Ken Roe. ple of articles sent in that I’ll print Please use [ ] if uncertain to whom to address an e-mail next time. This is a big 36 page edition and I simply ran out of space. enquiry; this address will be monitored and e-mails redirected if necessary. At least with most of us being in tier 3 or 4 where our movement is restricted, you’ll have lots to read! Harry Rigby, CTA Bulletin Editor Members are invited to submit items for possible publication to the Bulletin Editor. However, it is stressed that the publication of an item does not necessarily imply that it reflects the views of the Cinema Theatre Association, its Committee or its Bulletin Editor. It is assumed that submissions are for publication, unless stated otherwise; items may be shortened or edited at the discretion of the Editor. Please state if you require items to be returned and enclose SAE, otherwise everything will be passed on to the CTA Archive. Members and non-members are reminded that they attend visits entirely at their own risk and no responsibility can be accepted by the Cinema Theatre Association or the owners of the buildings for any The 2020 edition of Picture House is in the final stage of production accidents or injury sustained during the course of any visit. after delays mostly the result of Covid-19. This issue is the largest ever : The Cinema Theatre Association does not necessarily recommend or endorse any products or services advertised in the with 100 pages. We are quietly confident that it will reach you around Bulletin or in any flyer or document included in any mailings to members. the end of January if not before and thank members for their patience. Allen Eyles CTA on Facebook – [www.facebook.com/cinematheatreorguk] CTA on Twitter – [twitter.com/Ctheatreassoc] 2 At the end of last year, the CTA launched its on-going series of Zoom talks and presentations. During these difficult times these events will be as varied and interesting as attending our ‘real’ meetings with the added benefit that we are now able to share the programme of talks A new feature bringing members a variety of topics of interest, intrigue far and wide, delivering them into members’ homes using their PC, and reminiscences. This is will include: laptop or tablet. Following the talk, for those who would like to partic- ipate, there will be an ‘open-channel’ for members to discuss and Examples of this style of architecture in the UK and other countries. comment on the talk and any other cinema-related topic of interest! Talk by Richard Gray. We are trying to establish a regular monthly Zoom meeting date and WARNER time and for the next phase we have decided on the first Saturday of American movie studios established flagship cinemas in the UK dur- every month at 5:30pm (note this has changed from the previous time ing the 1930s. A brief history in pictures of the former cinema, of 6:30pm). Of course, it’s difficult to satisfy everybody’s preferred Leicester Square is presented by Adam Unger. time but please let us have your feedback. We hope that as many members as possible (and their families and friends too) will find time to participate in the new world of on-line virtual meetings. Simply follow the registration method below – it’s FREE! Members may wish to contribute by way of a donation to support this new way of involving a wider audience. A donation may be sent using PayPal with your computer or smartphone to [[email protected]] or by cheque or credit/debit card directly to the Membership Secretary, address on p2. Zoom talks will also be promoted using the CTA e-news service seven days in advance of the talk, with a reminder on the day before it takes place. The Zoom channel will open 15 minutes prior to the advertised time of the meeting to allow members to settle in, during which time a series of CTA information slides will be displayed. We’d like to receive your suggestions for topics to present and if you would perhaps be willing give a presentation from home (either live or pre-recorded) this can be easily arranged by us on-line. Talks based A discovery of hidden architecture by Urban Explorers on a previous PowerPoint presentation or video can adapted for showing to our audience. A new breed of person with an interest in cinema buildings – Urban It is evident that our virtual talks programmes are an expanding Explorers reveal the hidden treasure of concealed architecture of a operation and to cope with the new technology we would be pleased famous cinema theatre, now closed for ever, built to provide entertain- for hear from any member with a familiarity of the following skills – ment to holidaymakers on the South coast.