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Kevan
Kevan commented about Continental Cinema on Dec 21, 2015 at 5:11 am

In the eighties, up until closure, the Continental was well run by a young guy (and mother on tickets & ice creams) who showed stuff that wasn’t on in town, including a repertory evening on Tuesdays showing classic. We were in there every week. He had a great stash of old adverts and public information films from the 1960s which all got an airing. “How to raise a dog” was a good one. One evening, when the February temperature inside the cinema was colder than outside, he treated us to “Exploring in the Antarctic”, which seemed a little cruel at the time.

Kevan
Kevan commented about Empire Cinema on Dec 21, 2015 at 5:02 am

I do remember films being shown here after it closed as a cinema. In 1969 I saw Burt Lancaster in “The Train” here. I also remember walking down the Empire from Hamworthy Primary, as we had our school assemblies in there, not to mention the Christmas play.