winks Posted October 19, 2009 Share Posted October 19, 2009 Had my first date with my husband at the ABC, the film was The Getaway with Ali Mcgraw and Steve McQueen that was March 1973. Been married 34 yrs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OwlsChick Posted October 19, 2009 Share Posted October 19, 2009 I remember the queue to see Grease...It went up and down the tunnel,down the ramp to the hole in the road,right round and finished at the fish tank..phew. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teabag Posted October 19, 2009 Share Posted October 19, 2009 I remember the "Minor's Matinees" on a saturday morning, with Those awful films starring a very youthful Keith Chegwin, ("Young Robin Hood", among others!!) I remember it cost five pence (!) to get in to the Minors Matinee, and my first boyfriend (we were 13!) was a rotten skinflint (lol), and he'd make me pay my five pence myself! (what?? I'll meet you inside??!! pah! can't you guess... he didn't last long!) You'd be brought out onto the stage with your cards if it was your birthday, and they's sing happy birthday and that dire song about "the minors of the ABC!" aand the manager always used to look uncomfortable as he tried to control the little hoolicans chucking boiled sweets at him and the birthday boys and girls, such as Dixon's mint-rock. Crikey, it was bedlam! Do you remember, you got badges with letters of the alphabet on them, if you were a regular attender, and you tried to build up the whole alphabet..? Plain Talker I bet you had all the badges plaintalker and stop knocking Keith Chegwin in the CFF.s I remember throwing Polo mints at the kids on the front row and walking down from Pitsmoor on a Saturday morning with my sis in tow My favourites were the cartoons...Mighty Mouse My Nan worked in the cafe part of the ABC and I often popped in to see her. When the manager was diverted we would be treated to tea and cake gratis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muddycoffee Posted October 19, 2009 Share Posted October 19, 2009 I notice that someone made a link to my Sheffield cinemas website at the begginning of this thread. I moved it to a better webhost and now the info is here.. http://thewookie.co.uk/cinemas/gone3.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bullerboY Posted October 19, 2009 Share Posted October 19, 2009 Me and my wife to be went to the premier of Zulu and were introduced to Patrick Macnee we had a great night,the queues always went round the corner up Watsons walk and the manager always came round checking on the size. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longy67 Posted October 20, 2009 Share Posted October 20, 2009 Remember going to see Jaws when i was about 9 at the ABC, absolutely cacked myself, spent most of the movie hiding under my snorkel jacket!!! Another one i remember was Rocky 4 (sad, i know) and it was just like being at a real boxing match, everyone was up on their feet screaming and shouting for Rocky an the place eruppted when he knocked the russian down!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrs grissom Posted October 20, 2009 Share Posted October 20, 2009 I remember seeing the first showing of Superman at the ABC. Remeber coming out and everyone looking at the sky lol I can remember going to see this with my OH when we were courting. We lined up with everyone else in the covered passage down the side of the pictures and when we got to the front the Manager was standing here shouting"Superman to the left, Ordinary people to the right" ( the two films that were being shown) He looked bemused when everyone fell about laughing:hihi: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vague_Boy Posted October 20, 2009 Share Posted October 20, 2009 Remember going to see Jaws when i was about 9 at the ABC Me too (I was 9 as well, my mum had to take me as it was a AA certificate). Do you remember them selling merchandise in the foyer? I got a Jaws pendant thingy, featuring the head of the shark (as seen the movie poster) with a tasteful touch of red around the mouth. I think I've still got it somewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darra Posted October 20, 2009 Share Posted October 20, 2009 My mates mum worked at the ABC concourse so we used to get free tickets,must have seen Kelleys Heroes a dozen or more times Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
best sheff Posted October 20, 2009 Share Posted October 20, 2009 I remember watching Jaws there, the first film. I was about 11, wow what a film, seemed so real at that age. The effects, wow, when the head rolled out of that boat, sent a shock wave through me. Also when he scraped his fingers down the blackboard, my teeth hurt. I wish I could watch films now as I did at that age, fill of wonder and delight. Shame Jaws went silly after that, in the last Jaws film the shark was following the family around where-ever they moved too, who said sharks aren't intelligent, Jaws must have been educated at Oxford University with the intelligence he gained throughout the jaws saga. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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