My first visit to this cinemas was in the 1970’s for the screening of JAWS. A friend and I travelled by bus from the valleys and joined a huge crowd which trailed around the cinema. At this time it was a one screen ABC, the Odeon was not showing JAWS and it was the biggest movie that year.
Having seen movies in valleys cinemas this was our first big town cinema experience. The auditorium was massive and very impressive although lacked much of the art deco type features we were used to from the older valleys cinemas.
Even so it was a wonderful experience with a full house and a great size screen. There was also proper presentation in those days with the magic of the house lights and the tabs. I think there were also Pearl and Dean ads on screen with the famous two white pillars and blue background, which I always marvelled at when presented at the Welsh Valley’s cinemas.
My first visit to this cinemas was in the 1970’s for the screening of JAWS. A friend and I travelled by bus from the valleys and joined a huge crowd which trailed around the cinema. At this time it was a one screen ABC, the Odeon was not showing JAWS and it was the biggest movie that year.
Having seen movies in valleys cinemas this was our first big town cinema experience. The auditorium was massive and very impressive although lacked much of the art deco type features we were used to from the older valleys cinemas.
Even so it was a wonderful experience with a full house and a great size screen. There was also proper presentation in those days with the magic of the house lights and the tabs. I think there were also Pearl and Dean ads on screen with the famous two white pillars and blue background, which I always marvelled at when presented at the Welsh Valley’s cinemas.