London's Cinema Museum is devoted to keeping alive the spirit of cinema from the days before the multiplex. Based in Elephant & Castle, the Cinema Museum houses in historic surroundings a unique collection of artefacts, memorabilia and equipment that preserves the history and grandeur of cinema from the 1890s to the present day.
I remember going to the Beachcomber bar during the day to take a look As during the evening it was obviously for adults only ..I was about 10 at the time, now 63 . My mum n dad are now 91 and 88 . Absolutely loved Butlins went to pretty much all the camps from the late 60,s 70,s
@@janeokeeffe5297 It was a magical time as a kid .We couldn't wait to get to the camp .we used to stop half way at the side of the road and eat sandwiches that mum had prepared for us ,and a flask of tea with a red tartan pattern on it lol . When we finally arrived ,seeing the gates and the funfair in the background was just brilliant 😁👍. A whole week of doing what we wanted .Mum n dad let us go off and we'd just meet up for dinner at the dining room ..Happy days indeed. I remember the music🎶 they used to play over the tannoy to wake us up in the mornings .There was a speaker 🔊 in every chalet if I remember rightly 😁
@@spud912 yes it was a great time, I remember it all so clearly , even the time my sister an I got stuck in the chair lift half way up because of the wind🤣seemed like we were there for ages, , fantastic times wish we could go back it was like you said magical 👍yeah I do remember the music 🎶 they played in the chalet’s radio butlins calling 🤣
@@janeokeeffe5297 😂👍. I'd love to go back in time to about 1974 .I remember going into a daytime disco and hearing Rock your baby by George mcrae 🎶 Whenever i hear that song it instantly takes me back to that day aged 13 . The last time I went to Butlins was a Filey in 1977 age 16 I'd been to pretty much all the camps including bognor ,Minehead, Clacton, Skegness, Filey , Yarmouth. Such a shame they closed a lot of them ,and are not the same
@@spud912 yeah same we went to all the butlins from the 60s through to the 80s the only one we didn’t go to was Ayr, it was just a bit to far, 1974 was a great time for music, I remember the disco at Filey was great, I was at Skegness the year Elvis died and they played his songs the whole time, we were probably at one of the camps at the same time 😀it’s a small world
This was lovely. I can't believe I've lived in north London for ten years and never watched a movie at The Phoenix. Just you wait till this lockdown's over!
What beautiful memories of the museum and it truly showcases the importance of why you should continue to be supported. We cannot wait till you're allowed to open again.
What a lovely, and very poignant, reminder of what we are all missing so badly. Let's hope it's not too long before we are back at this wonderful Museum.
Brings back fond memories of visits to the Museum, soon to be rekindled, let's hope! Of course we can all make a contribution to making that happen by signing the petition.
Dear Jess, thanks for your lovely message. We are working with Neil and Francesco on a post-COVID companion film starring our friends and focusing on activity, energy, interaction and celebration. Meantime please help us resist being forced from our home by signing and sharing the 'save the cinema museum' petition link (that way you will also get updates on when we are reopening). Love from The Cinema Museum X
Thanks for your lovely message. We are working with Neil and Francesco on a post-COVID companion film starring our friends and focusing on activity, energy, interaction and celebration. Meantime please help us resist being forced from our home by signing and sharing the 'save the cinema museum' petition link (that way you will also get updates on when we are reopening). Love from The Cinema Museum X
I like to think that I have a special affinity with the Cinema Museum because in the 1950s I was a Saturday-afternoon-at-the-movies, film-mad kid in Aberdeen, where much of the basis of the Museum collection originated. Not only that, but many of the films I saw would actually have been shown by Ron Grant, who was a projectionist in the city at the time. You might say he has a lot to answer for, but my childhood was cinema heaven, and I loved every one of Aberdeen’s picture houses. Ron saved as much as he could; tragically the rest was lost forever, thrown into Aberdeen’s Rubislaw Quarry. This touching and perceptive film clearly shows how the impressive collection now has items from far and wide since its early days. Francesco Zavattari’s evocative images and Neil Brand’s music, with its flavour of Cinema Paradiso swept me back over fifty years; a reminder that nostalgia is a hugely powerful and important part of cinema history. Congratulations to everyone involved in the making of The Love Letter. PLEASE sign the petition if you haven't already done so!
Hello Starrman, thank you for your very lovely message - we will make sure that Ronald reads it today - he will be thrilled to bits with your memories. After all - 'committed to memory' is the Museum's strapline. You will be pleased to know that we are working with Neil and Francesco on a post-COVID companion film starring our friends and focusing on activity, energy, interaction and celebration. Thanks so much for the shout out for the petition - we are still resisting being forced from our home and we need supporters more than ever now. Love from The Cinema Museum X
thanks for your lovely message Cherie. We are working with Neil and Francesco on a post-COVID companion film starring our friends and focusing on activity, energy, interaction and celebration. Meantime please help us resist being forced from our home by signing and sharing the 'save the cinema museum' petition link (that way you will also get updates on when we are reopening). Love from The Cinema Museum X
Lauren, thanks for your lovely message. We are working with Neil and Francesco on a post-COVID companion film starring our friends and focusing on activity, energy, interaction and celebration. Meantime please help us resist being forced from our home by sharing the 'save the cinema museum' petition link. Love from The Cinema Museum X
@@TheCinemaMuseumLondon Hello Nigel, thanks for your lovely message - looking forward to having you back - and welcoming your grandson. We are working with Neil and Francesco on a post-COVID companion film starring our friends and focusing on activity, energy, interaction and celebration. Meantime please help us resist being forced from our home by signing and sharing the 'save the cinema museum' petition link (that way you will also get updates on when we are reopening). Love from The Cinema Museum X
thanks for your lovely message - looking forward to having you back - and welcoming your grandson. We are working with Neil and Francesco on a post-COVID companion film starring our friends and focusing on activity, energy, interaction and celebration. Meantime please help us resist being forced from our home by signing and sharing the 'save the cinema museum' petition link (that way you will also get updates on when we are reopening). Love from The Cinema Museum X
hello Colleen, thanks for your lovely message. We are working with Neil and Francesco on a post-COVID companion film starring our friends and focusing on activity, energy, interaction and celebration. Meantime please help us resist being forced from our home by signing and sharing the 'save the cinema museum' petition link (that way you will also get updates on when we are reopening). Love from The Cinema Museum X
Wonderful, looking forward to (a) a revisit to the Cinema Museum, and (b) hearing Neil again with Mark & Co performing as The Dodge Brothers alongside the 'silent' films
thanks for your lovely message - we can't wait to welcome you back. We are working with Neil and Francesco on a post-COVID companion film starring our friends and focusing on activity, energy, interaction and celebration. Meantime please help us resist being forced from our home by signing and sharing the 'save the cinema museum' petition link (that way you will also get updates on when we are reopening). Love from The Cinema Museum X
what's more beautiful, the photographs or the music - hard to tell - just lovely - I have signed the 'save the cinema museum' petition because this sort of thing matters to me. Sign it; save it; keep it - or its gone!
Sad to hear of Burt's passing. I remember him so well from The Inn of the Sixth Happiness, which I went to see in 1959, when I was a 12 years old boy. Barry Littlechild, who's interviewing him here, passed away himself in April, 2016, at the age of 69. So they're both gone now and within a month of each other.
