Archive for February, 2008
Collectors corner updated
A number of posters have been added to the “For Sale” section of Collectors Corner.
(Entries are FREE for members, and 4 x 34p. stamps per ten words (name & address free) for non-members. Copy for this service to the Administrator.
This also appears in the Bioscope colour supplement)
Notes and queries updated
An enquiry about Francis Percival, Ashington Theatre Manager, has been added to the notes and queries page.
Manchester Paramount Explored
On the fringes of legality, urban exploration is an unusual hobby where people get into abandoned spaces and document them. Provided that the UrbExer doesn’t actually break into a premises, they are only committing the civil offence of Trespass for which the owner can sue but the Police cannot arrest. (There are a number of [...]
Another Basingstoke review
BASINGSTOKE ENTERTAINED
Mervyn Gould
Mercia Cinema Society, 2007
Paperback, 98pp., £8.95
ISBN 10: 0-946406-62-6
Since Basingstoke has never had a purpose built theatre this book, perhaps naturally, centres on the history its cinemas. However there is a record of plenty of live entertainment within its pages and its author, long time SMA member, Mervyn Gould, in his fourth book (and [...]
A fresh new look
As announced in the flyer accompanying the brand new February Bioscope (now posted out), the website has a fresh new look and articles are progressively being decanted into Wordpress, our content management system (which also doubles as a Weblog).
Further developments are in the pipeline, pardon our dust…