First film you remember seeing and where.

[tex]

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Ha ha ha. What are the odds? Stowells 71-78 then Ordsall. I don't know Pete. Which corner shop are you talking about? There were 3. The butchers, Graham's and the chippy down at the other end. I know the Sloans. Used to knock about with David from time to time in my younger days. Bill is one of my Facebook friends.

Small world indeed eh Branny?...Pete rushby lived at what used to be a greengrocers right at the bottom end but may have become something else later on. Bill is an old school pal of mine from Stowells, he later became a good friend to my brother Colin and i see him from time to time at family events...smashin bloke!

[branny]

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You may also know Bill sloane ,he also lived on school st

Ha ha ha. What are the odds? Stowells 71-78 then Ordsall. I don't know Pete. Which corner shop are you talking about? There were 3. The butchers, Graham's and the chippy down at the other end. I know the Sloans. Used to knock about with David from time to time in my younger days. Bill is one of my Facebook friends.

[tex]

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Stowells memorial was where i went from 1965-1972 then on to Clarendon park....yourself?..I knew a lad who lived at the corner shop on school st ,Pete rushby he worked with my dad later in life.

You may also know Bill sloane ,he also lived on school st

[tex]

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Apologies to all, seems Branny and myself have hijacked the thread, please feel free to work around us.

[tex]

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Oh yes, West Ashton St was the other end of Montford. The street i was thinking of was West Clowes. I lived off Montford myself, School St.

Stowells memorial was where i went from 1965-1972 then on to Clarendon park....yourself?..I knew a lad who lived at the corner shop on school st ,Pete rushby he worked with my dad later in life.

[branny]

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Yeah, ofcourse the Princess was a good cinema, i think the ABC closed in the late 70s. West ashton st was off montford st and south ann st, opposite the old railway footbridge

Oh yes, West Ashton St was the other end of Montford. The street i was thinking of was West Clowes. I lived off Montford myself, School St.

[tex]

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West Ashton St was the one that ran across the top of Zion St and Zacariah St wasn't it?

I must admit I don't remember the ABC in Eccles. I went to the Princes in Monton a couple of times but other than that it was the Carlton or the cinemas in the City centre at the time.

Yeah, ofcourse the Princess was a good cinema, i think the ABC closed in the late 70s. West ashton st was off montford st and south ann st, opposite the old railway footbridge

[branny]

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Me too!...West ashton st, Remember it?....We were moved to Broadway when the streets were demolished. As well as going to the Carlton we would go to the ABC in Eccles, did you ever go?

West Ashton St was the one that ran across the top of Zion St and Zacariah St wasn't it?

I must admit I don't remember the ABC in Eccles. I went to the Princes in Monton a couple of times but other than that it was the Carlton or the cinemas in the City centre at the time.

[tex]

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Yes that's right Tex. I lived off Eccles New Rd until the late 70s and used to go regularly, especially in the school holidays. My final visit was the meaning of life in 1983. I 'd always wondered what studio 2 was like and finally got to see. I'm not far from you. Lived in Pendlebury for 16 years.

Me too!...West ashton st, Remember it?....We were moved to Broadway when the streets were demolished. As well as going to the Carlton we would go to the ABC in Eccles, did you ever go?

[branny]

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Hey Branny! seems we are neighbours, i live in swinton and used to go to the carlton all the time....Cross lane right?

Yes that's right Tex. I lived off Eccles New Rd until the late 70s and used to go regularly, especially in the school holidays. My final visit was the meaning of life in 1983. I 'd always wondered what studio 2 was like and finally got to see. I'm not far from you. Lived in Pendlebury for 16 years.

[tex]

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My local cinema (The Carlton in Salford) was the scene of most of my cinematic firsts. First movie was Herbie rides again for my 7th birthday. First date (Jaws 2), first AA, The Incredible melting man and first cert X, Monty Pythons meaning of life when I was 16. I spent a lot of time there during my childhood. Sadly the cinema is no longer there. Great memories though.

Hey Branny! seems we are neighbours, i live in swinton and used to go to the carlton all the time....Cross lane right?

[branny]

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My local cinema (The Carlton in Salford) was the scene of most of my cinematic firsts. First movie was Herbie rides again for my 7th birthday. First date (Jaws 2), first AA, The Incredible melting man and first cert X, Monty Pythons meaning of life when I was 16. I spent a lot of time there during my childhood. Sadly the cinema is no longer there. Great memories though.

[Clare]

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"Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs", about 1979, at the Curzon cinema, Eastbourne. The second film I saw was "ET" (was it 1981?) at the ABC, also Eastbourne.

[Donald the Great]

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One of the first flicks i recall was the Hitchcock classic PSYCHO. That shower scene scared the bejesus out of me. It still does.. the shrilling violin score as the knife is thrust into Marion Crane's body. Goose bump stuff.
I found this online.
https://youtu.be/0WtDmbr9xyY

[Donald the Great]

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Not precisely sure which was the first film I ever saw. It would have been at my Masonic-run boarding school on the outskirts of Sydney. It was either The Vikings with Kirk Douglas and Tony Curtis or a film about Genghis Khan with the unlikely Mongol you will ever find in John Wayne. May have been titled The Conqueror?