The Grand Cinema in Brigg town centre - next to what's now Wetherspoon's White Horse pub/restaurant - closed during the mid-1960s.
However, we will be able to recapture the fun of "going to the pictures" later this month.
Brigg Live Arts will be screening a top film at Brigg & District Servicemens Club, Coney Court, on Friday,January 27 at 2pm.
On offer will be The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel.
Tickets cost £4 - pay at the door. Or reserve seats in advance by calling 01652 658995 or by contacting Brigg Tourist Information Centre at The Buttercross, Market Place.
What happy days they were for Brigg kids on Saturday afternoons in the 60s, attending the old Grand, where seats were 9d or 1 shilling - prices that left you with sufficient pocket money to enjoy a Zoom or Fab ice-lolly during the interval.
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Any chance of a bucket of popcorn?
During my formative years, kids' Saturday matinees were a mad house - screaming, shouting, a continous rumble of raw noise....then the film started....Flash Gordon: Roy Rogers or the Lone Ranger, then the noise became selective.
The goodies (often those wearing white hats) were cheered, while the baddies (usually those wearing black hats) were jeered.
The goodies always won....but the hero was often left in dire straits as the film ended....it was vital to go to the flea pit the following Saturday....the films were the first soap operas with the addition of rattle snakes, silver bullets and ray guns....
When we left the flix, we barged out assuming the role of the silver screen hero, shooting everybody and slapping an imaginary horse....forget sugar hypes, this was kids just expressing temporary mob hysteria.....long before many families had a tv set..
Any chance of a bucket of popcorn?
During my formative years, kids' Saturday matinees were a mad house - screaming, shouting, a continous rumble of raw noise....then the film started....Flash Gordon: Roy Rogers or the Lone Ranger, then the noise became selective.
The goodies (often those wearing white hats) were cheered, while the baddies (usually those wearing black hats) were jeered.
The goodies always won....but the hero was often left in dire straits as the film ended....it was vital to go to the flea pit the following Saturday....the films were the first soap operas with the addition of rattle snakes, silver bullets and ray guns....
When we left the flix, we barged out assuming the role of the silver screen hero, shooting everybody and slapping an imaginary horse....forget sugar hypes, this was kids just expressing temporary mob hysteria.....long before many families had a tv set..
....then there were the feature films that we kids went to the flix with out parents.....Cinderella, the Lady and the Tramp, 2000 Leagues Under the Sea....
Attendance was quite formal...hair combed, best clothes, polished shoes and no screaming.....
....then there were the feature films that we kids went to the flix with out parents.....Cinderella, the Lady and the Tramp, 2000 Leagues Under the Sea....
Attendance was quite formal...hair combed, best clothes, polished shoes and no screaming.....
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