"Thank you for this little bit of history norrie. I live on Broomfield Rd from 1943-1951 and went to films at the film house at the bottom of Wellfield St. I don't remember the name of the film house--but I do remember how I got there. Someone can correct me here but there was a long row of tenement houses on the left going down the hill as you approach the film house from Broomknows Rd. I can remember the brick walls in front of each of the closes entering into the tenements. As I remember it there was a large open space on the other side of Wellfield St. There was also a large open space betwween the end of the tenement row and the film house. I used to go to the films with my brother, cousins and local friends for bthe Saturday matrinees. At first we used to queue up to get in, and once in a while we figured out how to jump the queue. In my day the usher controlled where you sat starting at the front row and filling the seats row by row towards the back. If you came into the picture a little--or a lot late--largely due to the long queue you entered a pitch black picture house---you needed an usher with a torch. On one occasion was admitted late--say half way through the film---but at the end of the film I and all like me in the rows of seats in front of me were ushered out--to make room for the next cohort of viewers. My next memory is of when we changed our strategy and decided to pay the extra thrupence and go through a different door to get to the balcony. what a luxury. Let's say there were seven of us and we had the whole balcony to ourselves. Naturally we did not sit beside each other --- we spread out. I'm over the limit--more in the next narrative.
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"Hi J. I think she was referring to the wooden houses,not the steelies,yes I was surprised too as that was the going price over two years ago when things were kinda' normal--Merry Christmas to you and your Family"