Monthly Archives: December 2011

I constantly go to the cinema, I’d say I would go maybe every week or everyone second week. It’s something me and my boyfriend of 4 years do together it’s kind of a ritual.

The first film I went to see was ‘The Muppet’s Christmas Carol’, but I was so young I hardly remember anything about it, I’ve a few other ones, though, that might be useful.

The country town where I grew up had two cinemas.  One was called the Capital and I don’t recall the name of the other as they were always referred to as ABOVE and BELOW.

I was born in 1938 and lived in the country outside Foynes in Co. Limerick in the days when there was no TV, no phone, no running water, no nothing.

The first cinema I recall in Westport was in the Town Hall. The Town Hall at that time had various rooms with activities such as cards and billiards. It became a sort of gambling den, so the church were put … Continue reading →

My parents, who came from the English midlands, were quite keen on the cinema, though not I think in any “arty” sense. They went to be entertained rather than harassed or shocked or even “educated”.

I grew up in Borris Co Carlow where in the old days we had one cinema with one projector so we had the breaks for reel change.  The breaks were longer when the projectionist was a bit tipsy and sometimes … Continue reading →