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A small card folder that I found in an old telephone directory and that was issued to entice the inhabitants of Wembley in Middlesex to 'go to the pictures' in September 1951 at the Majestic, part of the Odeon circuit. It isn't dated but with the films showing that month - The Lavender Hill Mob, The Law and The Lady, The Frogmen and The Golden Horde I'd be willing to say 1951.
I suppose the card is a reminder that at the time the cinema was probably the most popular form of entertainment - just before the widespread ownership of television in the UK and that was to have a huge impact on cinema going.
Alongside the 'main attractions' the card shows the separate Sunday performances.
A small card folder that I found in an old telephone directory and that was issued to entice the inhabitants of Wembley in Middlesex to 'go to the pictures' in September 1951 at the Majestic, part of the Odeon circuit. It isn't dated but with the films showing that month - The Lavender Hill Mob, The Law and The Lady, The Frogmen and The Golden Horde I'd be willing to say 1951.
I suppose the card is a reminder that at the time the cinema was probably the most popular form of entertainment - just before the widespread ownership of television in the UK and that was to have a huge impact on cinema going.
The card also carries adverts for local businesses - Silvers, the tobacconists, the Stadium School of Motoring and Studio Grant, photographers. The telephone numbers show the three main local exchange codes of WEMbley, BYRon and ARNold.
This was opened as a cinema in 1922 and showed its first sound film in 1929. The architect was A E Cogswell, who was responsible for many beautiful buildings in Portsmouth, particularly pubs. This article says that it is a listed building but I can't find it on the online list. It must be though. Some people popped in for a look around in 2011 - some of the ceiling details are still intact.
This was opened as a cinema in 1922 and showed its first sound film in 1929. The architect was A E Cogswell, who was responsible for many beautiful buildings in Portsmouth, particularly pubs. This article says that it is a listed building but I can't find it on the online list. It must be though. Some people popped in for a look around in 2011 - some of the ceiling details are still intact.
I took my son to see Disney's 'Hercules' in this cinema- in 1997. Don't know when it finished being a cinema.
Just looked it up in Wikpedia- and apparently it closed in 1997!
