Voices of Kingstanding
3 published memories in The Odeon from the 1950s.
Rob Andrews · 1950s · The Odeon, Kingstanding Circle
Did you ever sneak in the back door near the toilets? we used to put all our money together, one would pay to go in and then open the back door for the rest off us.
Read the full memory: The Odeon club song
Veronica Marshall · 1950s · The Odeon
A regular at the Saturday matinee — Roy Rogers and Trigger, Gene Autry — who once lost her teddy bear when a friend borrowed it during a screening. Years later she used the cine…
Read the full memory: Saturday matinees and first dates
Alan Hitchman · 1950s · The Odeon
Walked to the matinee from about ten years old, with his younger sister — cowboy films, cartoons, Flash Gordon serials. Remembers “a big foyer” and an organ that “popped up some…
Read the full memory: A grand place to a young boy