At The Flicks

260: 50 Years of Cinema

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Sinopsis

Welcome to one of the most personal At The Flicks podcasts. It was 50 years ago, on 10th January 1975 that I, Jeff, went to a vampire double bill in my home town of Pontypridd that changed my life.  Up to that point I had always had a fascination with cinema and TV (TV in the 60’s for a child was amazing, but that’s another story).  However after that visit I resolved to try to once a week and learn as much about cinema as I could. 50 years later I couldn’t always keep to the once a week rule, life and work sometimes got in the way, but overall was fairly successful.  As for my knowledge on cinema, without blowing my own trumpet, I would say it’s pretty good.   So in this podcast Graham and I reminisce about the past and that most holy of holies – the cinema buildings themselves.  We talk our favourite cinemas and how things have changed over the decades.  Give us a listen and please let us know your cinema memories, we would love to hear them. However this isn’t just a nostalgia kick – it’s the start of