I used to take care of ‘old man’ Edwards' old ‘rum runner’ boat when I worked at Lido Shipyards. The old man loved his boat second only to the Lido Theater (I am not referring to his son who ran his business, Edwards Cinimas, into the ground in less than 4 years after he took over!) . The old man told me he would NEVER get rid of the old Lido because he had so many fond memories of the island kids and their love for the place. It was his favorite theater. My wife and I still love to go down and sit in the balcony and kiss… everyone should do that once in their life. It is a shame though that the only showings now are the artsey fartsey ones. Us old folks really do like to see some of the better big show moives out these days and in the past five years the management was doing a good job of selecting movies…now the selection is really only for the eclectic crowd… no harm. We just love that the historic old place is getting some use. It really is a joy to see a movie in that place…
I used to take care of ‘old man’ Edwards' old ‘rum runner’ boat when I worked at Lido Shipyards. The old man loved his boat second only to the Lido Theater (I am not referring to his son who ran his business, Edwards Cinimas, into the ground in less than 4 years after he took over!) . The old man told me he would NEVER get rid of the old Lido because he had so many fond memories of the island kids and their love for the place. It was his favorite theater. My wife and I still love to go down and sit in the balcony and kiss… everyone should do that once in their life. It is a shame though that the only showings now are the artsey fartsey ones. Us old folks really do like to see some of the better big show moives out these days and in the past five years the management was doing a good job of selecting movies…now the selection is really only for the eclectic crowd… no harm. We just love that the historic old place is getting some use. It really is a joy to see a movie in that place…
Peter Jones