Progress Theatre

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Progress Theatre 1 Novian Street, Merlynston VIC - Reconstruction.

Dorothy Ferguson on 14/07/2015 said: My sister Jenny took me to the first movie of my life (The Blob) in 1968 at the flea house (Merlynston Progress Hall). Jaffles were rolled that day ! The manager with a full bouffant hairdo and packet of smokes in his rolled back white T-shirt sleeve, would prowl the aisle with his torch looking for baddies.

My neck was strained for a week looking almost straight up at the screen … we were so naive we thought the closer the better, right ?

I didn’t go to see another movie for years after that, the scare was too much. But I recently saw Steve McQueen in another bad B and he was a pretty bad actor. However, I still think he’s handsome as hell !

We lived just down the road and around the corner, 11 Marama street, Merlynston in what had been a chicken farm.

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