The films may sometimes wobble but local people in Headingley pack the place out for classic movie nights - and regular shows. Guest blogger Jill Armstrong is one of them
The Olympic Games may have been grabbing most peoples' attention at the weekend but in Headingley, Leeds, there was something else rather special going on.
On Sunday the venerable Cottage Road cinema celebrated its 100th birthday. The playwright Kay Mellor, who lives nearby, was unveiled a Leeds Civic Trust blue plaque; there was a poetic tribute entitled Havoc in Far Headingley by Linda Marshall,who is also local, followed by the showing of a classic film, The Smallest Show on Earth.
The Cottage Road is the oldest cinema in Leeds and probably one of the oldest cinemas in the country to have been open and continuously showing films since 1912. It is also one of the few remaining independently run cinemas in the country.
The Olympic Games may have been grabbing most peoples' attention at the weekend but in Headingley, Leeds, there was something else rather special going on.
On Sunday the venerable Cottage Road cinema celebrated its 100th birthday. The playwright Kay Mellor, who lives nearby, was unveiled a Leeds Civic Trust blue plaque; there was a poetic tribute entitled Havoc in Far Headingley by Linda Marshall,who is also local, followed by the showing of a classic film, The Smallest Show on Earth.
The Cottage Road is the oldest cinema in Leeds and probably one of the oldest cinemas in the country to have been open and continuously showing films since 1912. It is also one of the few remaining independently run cinemas in the country.
- 7/30/2012
- The Guardian - Film News
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