Lazy Grange Bay 3...a new start

[mike]

Bit of paint on today

 

[Paul M]

Hi Andrea's,
It's all foambord/foamex..same thing different trade names. .
A large wire brush...a large bastard file..
A small needle file ,a craft. knife ..
Simply score in the desired flags, cobbles ,stones , distress the foambord with your weapon of choice(see above)
And yes, I wrote for garden rail..and the g scale society,.. but I don't think there's much interest in the builds to be honest.

I'm sure there is, but you don't get much feed back from magazines. I'm certainly interested!

 

[mike]

Thank you Paul,
Bit more painting done.. then it snowed and I thought bugger that for a game of soldiers...and stayed in..and started printing the name of the cinema

 

[mike]

Enjoyed the show in the Midlands, just home , a ebay seller has gone above and beyond...printed on viynal...on plastic..
Hopefully ..it will work

 

[mike]

We had some snow , made a started on the stone work..
Painted the name, printed the name, ect

 

[mike]

Birthday loco arrived, a long sort after unicorn. .from USA..
Painting continues, widows and frames

 

[Rhinochugger]

Enjoyed the show in the Midlands, just home , a ebay seller has gone above and beyond...printed on viynal...on plastic..
Hopefully ..it will work View attachment 311156

I had wondered whether you might have opted for 'Gone with the Wind'

 

[mike]

A good day in da shed...well it was moist out. windows fitted .,lamps fitted over exits and posters,posters fitted,,as is the name of the film showing now..
Tichfeild thunderbolt
3 parts of building joined up as 1 now..

 

[trammayo]

Wow!

 

[dunnyrail]

Remember when all cinemas were like that not just like a shed in an industrial estate. How standards have been reduced whilst dumbing down the U.K. Your line remind us of a nicer more relaxed country.

 

[Paul M]

Remember when all cinemas were like that not just like a shed in an industrial estate. How standards have been reduced whilst dumbing down the U.K. Your line remind us of a nicer more relaxed country.

'Tis a shame, but unfortunately things changeand the cost of running or renovating those old cinemas is astronomical. And nowadays the out of town leisure parks are de rigour. With the obvious problem of totally dead town centres.

 

[Rhinochugger]

It;s the image that used to come into my mind when Steve Wright in the afternoon used to have a voice that advertised the Asoldo cinema (can't find any details on Google, but I'm sure it was him).

But it's a cracker; evocative of the age

 

[DafyddElvy]

'Tis a shame, but unfortunately things changeand the cost of running or renovating those old cinemas is astronomical. And nowadays the out of town leisure parks are de rigour. With the obvious problem of totally dead town centres.

Fortunately the old cinema in Bo'Ness was saved and is run as a cinema, two drinks and a box of popcorn plus a chocolate bar each with change from £10, you won't get that from your so called modern cinema.

 

[SevenOfDiamonds]

the Asoldo cinema

Actually Essoldo . . .



Cheers

David

 

[Rhinochugger]

Actually Essoldo . . .

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Cheers

David

Cracker

Being a southerner, I would not have picked that up.

Gottit! Fred Crosswell from the Essoldo Cinema I can hear the voice and see mike's cinema

Fred Crosswell from the Essoldo Cinema was actually based on Fred Crossley, former manager of the ABC cinema, Reading!

A presenter named, Gavin McCoy did the voices and wrote Sid the Manager, Gervaise the Hairdresser, Fred Crosswell and another called Malcolm from the Arts Council.

 

[PhilP]

Ah!
Saturday evening. Home after the 'Saturday job'. Bath (no shower, in those days). Tea. Then walk, bus, or if really lucky, dropped-off by Dad, to meet the girlfriend.
Film, then a snog in the alley, and walk her home..


PhilP

 

[Rhinochugger]

Fortunately the old cinema in Bo'Ness was saved and is run as a cinema, two drinks and a box of popcorn plus a chocolate bar each with change from £10, you won't get that from your so called modern cinema.

The trouble with many of the old cinema buildings were that they, like many of the screen stars they portrayed, were all front, with fairly basic construction behind, and were difficult to convert to smaller, multi-screen auditoria.

 

[Paul M]

The trouble with many of the old cinema buildings were that they, like many of the screen stars they portrayed, were all front, with fairly basic construction behind, and were difficult to convert to smaller, multi-screen auditoria.

Also full of asbestos, really dodgy wiring etc. Our local cinema was so bad, it had to be demolished as any renovation work would have had to practically demolished it anyway. Very sad really, but last time we went is was unbearably uncomfortable and the screening was awful. Unfortunately it was owned by an elderly couple who had decided to run it into the ground.

 

[Gizzy]

The trouble with many of the old cinema buildings were that they, like many of the screen stars they portrayed, were all front, with fairly basic construction behind, and were difficult to convert to smaller, multi-screen auditoria.

There's one in Bury St Edmunds still going strong, despite a Multiplex being built at the edge of the town centre. It's been run by Mr Pat Church for many years.

And it seems another cinema will be built there in the old Debenhams store....

 

[mike]

Called in to nuffys ( Mike lowes lads shop) and collected this rather nice series 1 landrover..not cheap£65 , but very nice..