eastbank Posted December 30, 2009 Author Share Posted December 30, 2009 i used to go to the essoldo / capital at lane top around the early 60's and sometimes the ritz down wordsworth ave. can you remember "cheering " when the baddies got shot in westerns , and "booing " when the picture froze or started slipping ? i used to enjoy the lone ranger , but it used to p*ss me off when you had to go back the following week to see if he was still alive , happy days !! what a sight it must have been...seeing hundreds of screaming kids pouring out onto wordsworth avenue....me included....throwing stuff at the screen when the baddies were winning... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonjo2 Posted December 30, 2009 Share Posted December 30, 2009 hi i used to go to the star ecclesall rd free entry and a lolly on your birthday back in the 50,s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cal1943 Posted January 2, 2010 Share Posted January 2, 2010 Hi, I used to go to the Plaza Saturday mornings in the 50's. They showed mostly cowboy films and cartoons. It was sometimes like a madhouse! The usherettes always walking up and down the aisles with their torches, trying to keep the rowdy kids quiet. The big lights would be going on and off all the time. When it was over we would go for threepeneth of chips at the little chippy at the top of Handsworth. (gone now). Then all race down Church Lane, through the cow fields to the Ballifield Estate. Lovely innocent days!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allthegearno Posted February 5, 2010 Share Posted February 5, 2010 I used to get two bob (two shillings)10 pence after decimalisation spending money and used to go to the tanner (sixpence)or 2 and a half pence after decimalisation matinee at the ABC in town we watched some great things like Flash Gorden and The lone ranger.we would always sing the we are the ABC minors song and all of us stood as a mark of respect when the Queen appeared on screen on her horse after ice cream and bus fare i would still have tuppence left 2p after decimalisation enough for a penny lucky bag that was full of sweats you also got a toy and a copy of the Beno or Dandy happy days Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deedar Posted February 5, 2010 Share Posted February 5, 2010 Rex Cinema 1968 ish. Used to go to the Sattdy Mattneys to watch old Westerns and some supporting features, cartoons etc. Me and my pals used to go mainly to lob popcorn. Even as a 9 year old I remember thinking they were milking it a bit showing these ancient old films. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beesa rider Posted February 5, 2010 Share Posted February 5, 2010 The Gaumont circa 62/64 ??? I can't remember much about the films other than westerns being shown but I can remember Ronaldo the accordion player who used to feature at some point and was pelted with jelly babies and the like (not in the nice way that the Beatles later enjoyed) Perhaps we also had Laurel and Hardy ? It was also scene of my first ventures into the world of girls and I do have some vivid memories of a few attempts (failed) at making new friends in those cinema seats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soft ayperth Posted February 5, 2010 Share Posted February 5, 2010 I used to go to the Plaza in Handsworth late 50s early 60s.I used to have a shilling to go with .9d to get in and 3d for an ice lolly.I used to see Roy Rodgers ,Lone Ranger and Hopalong Cassidy .They are the only ones i remember. My husband used to go to The Star on Eccelsall Road in the 60s . Me too. Plaza early 50s. I remember those cheap war movies. German U boat settings with actors speaking in heavily accented guttural English. All the kids would boo whenever those scenes came up and cheer when the Allies were shown blowing them up. Cowboys and Indians, same reactions. The cowboys being the good guys of course. It wasn't just the film that was black and white. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
depoix Posted February 7, 2010 Share Posted February 7, 2010 Rex Cinema at Intake. The matinees were usually cowboys and indians. Rin Tin Tin was the best. Rin Tin Tin was a lassie-type dog and the closing scene was always the same - the dog pelting along at top speed, closely followed by the US Cavalry - every kid in the audience on his feet going bezerk.i used to go in the rex and the manor , zoro ,the kids would all turn out of the pictures with the duffel coats fastened only by the top toggle and fence each other all the way down pit lane ,or the coat could be turned into a superhero cape, sometimes i would be shoved in the cartoon theatre in the square if my mum was shopping in town Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ukdobby Posted February 7, 2010 Share Posted February 7, 2010 Used to go to Ritz,Forum and sometimes Capital,always came out running slapping our thigh(Hi oh Silver)and shooting with our fingers,do kids still do this today? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nosy nellie Posted February 7, 2010 Share Posted February 7, 2010 We used to go to The Oxford and The Roscoe in the fifties,I think it was sixpence and if we had no money we used to take bottles back or run errands for the neighbours. The films were Flash Gordon remember Emporer Ming forgot the ladies name I think it was Dale something. Hopalong Cassidy,Smilie Burnett, The Three Stooges,The Bowery Boys,The Little Rascals, Ther Lone Ranger and Tonto. Also we had a sing- a- long follow the bouncing ball does anyone remember that,the word came up on the screen and the bouncing ball followed the words:hihi::hihi:It was sometimes called The Tanner Rush. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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