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The cinemas of your life - and beyond
by The Call of the Wendigo Thu Dec 09, 2021 9:49 pm
A thrilling new thread for discussion of cinemas. 
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Re: The cinemas of your life - and beyond
by Nightjar Thu Dec 09, 2021 9:52 pm
And wistful sadness. 
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Re: The cinemas of your life - and beyond
by SiberianPrincess’sMidriff Thu Dec 09, 2021 10:34 pm
One day I'll go past this and it'll be gone.
I don't go past there very often.
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Re: The cinemas of your life - and beyond
by The Call of the Wendigo Thu Dec 09, 2021 11:08 pm
The old Manor Cinema in Sheffield still exists. It is now a glamorous Poundland and I have been in it.
Before the days of the Internet, I never even realised it had once been a picture house.
Before the days of the Internet, I never even realised it had once been a picture house.
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Re: The cinemas of your life - and beyond
by The Call of the Wendigo Thu Dec 09, 2021 11:12 pm
The last film it showed starred Jon Pertwee. 
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Re: The cinemas of your life - and beyond
by The Call of the Wendigo Thu Dec 09, 2021 11:13 pm
SiberianPrincess’sMidriff wrote:
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by The Call of the Wendigo Thu Dec 09, 2021 11:24 pm
The West Bar cinema is still there and is now a bright yellow self-storage place.
The Sheffield Star has listed it as one of the 13 most haunted places in Sheffield, thanks to the presence of a ghost called Mr Porter.
https://www.thestar.co.uk/news/these-are-13-scariest-and-most-haunted-places-sheffield-819343
The Sheffield Star has listed it as one of the 13 most haunted places in Sheffield, thanks to the presence of a ghost called Mr Porter.
https://www.thestar.co.uk/news/these-are-13-scariest-and-most-haunted-places-sheffield-819343
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Re: The cinemas of your life - and beyond
by Fangirl Three Fri Dec 10, 2021 6:55 am
The cinema I saw Star Wars in was demolished and replaced by a roundabout in 1995. It is now known as the Odeon Roundabout.
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Re: The cinemas of your life - and beyond
by Nightjar Fri Dec 10, 2021 8:42 pm
The small green area just to left of the image was where I was once approached by someone whom I subsequently have realised was almost certainly a p*edophile.
I was probably about 10 or 11 years old and was mooching about wondering whether to come back later and see, I think, A Bridge Too Far.
Anyway, he wanted to know if I was going to come back and clearly knew what time the late afternoon showing was and, despite my vague dimmery, I knew he was creepy and all wrong.
I didn't go back to watch the film.
This obviously saved me from a terrible fate.
Being bored out my mind for nearly 3 hours basically.
I was probably about 10 or 11 years old and was mooching about wondering whether to come back later and see, I think, A Bridge Too Far.
Anyway, he wanted to know if I was going to come back and clearly knew what time the late afternoon showing was and, despite my vague dimmery, I knew he was creepy and all wrong.
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I didn't go back to watch the film.
This obviously saved me from a terrible fate.
Being bored out my mind for nearly 3 hours basically.
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Re: The cinemas of your life - and beyond
by Nightjar Fri Dec 10, 2021 8:54 pm
It was then that I realised that I was attractive.
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Re: The cinemas of your life - and beyond
by Fangirl Three Sat Dec 11, 2021 6:34 am
You seem to have a very long-running association with that part of London.
Just how many decades have you been standing outside Smokers Junction?
Just how many decades have you been standing outside Smokers Junction?
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Re: The cinemas of your life - and beyond
by cosmictanya Sat Dec 11, 2021 12:58 pm
I don't remember a cinema there. That's the junction I saw a cyclist disappear under a bus. I didn't know it was called Smokers Junction. I had a flat up at the top of that road, so I'm more familiar with that junction than I care to recall.
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Re: The cinemas of your life - and beyond
by Nightjar Sat Dec 11, 2021 1:13 pm
It's not called Smokers Junction.
Smokers Junction is a 10 minute walk away from there.
Smokers Junction is a 10 minute walk away from there.
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