In 1987 I was hired by the owners of the cinema on Bradford Street in Bristol. At that time it had two screens. Originally I sold concessions and ushered. I then became a projectionist, cutting together the films and winding them on the platts, starting them up and taking them off to pack into the film cases. I had had experience when I lived in Alaska. I remember Empire of the Sun played that year. There were two women that owned the theater and they lived close by as roomates. They had a daughter, a preteen. I left to go to the Marriott in Newport when they opened. I know that the Theater stayed open for a few years more at least. I miss this theater as it was a neighborhood fixture and I have good memories of it.
http://www.thepastime.org/history.html Unfortunately this link does not work anymore. Is there another link for it?
In 1987 I was hired by the owners of the cinema on Bradford Street in Bristol. At that time it had two screens. Originally I sold concessions and ushered. I then became a projectionist, cutting together the films and winding them on the platts, starting them up and taking them off to pack into the film cases. I had had experience when I lived in Alaska. I remember Empire of the Sun played that year. There were two women that owned the theater and they lived close by as roomates. They had a daughter, a preteen. I left to go to the Marriott in Newport when they opened. I know that the Theater stayed open for a few years more at least. I miss this theater as it was a neighborhood fixture and I have good memories of it. http://www.thepastime.org/history.html Unfortunately this link does not work anymore. Is there another link for it?