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Topic: Tivoli, Tiverton, Devon
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Martin Jones
Phenomenal Film Handler
Posts: 1269
From: Thetford , Norfolk,England
Registered: May 2008
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posted June 12, 2008 04:10 AM
This is a reflective moment... we would not have our hobby, or any of the many offshoots resulting from it... if it were not for the professional film industry and the movie theatres it produced in their hundreds of thousands across the world. It is those theatres that initially fired our enthusiasm for things cinematic, and the inexorable closure of small local theatres is a pain we have all had to bear.
Such was the Tivoli in Tiverton , Devon. It had shown films continuously from 1932 until last year, when with the expiry of the lease to the then lessor (himself a small film enthusiast and former school projectionist, like many of us, who was aided by a number of volunteers of similar enthusiasm) it closed it's doors and the building and its surroundings were put up for sale by its non-cinematic businessmen owners. For sale to any developer prepared to provide the expected price. A sad end to a glorious era.....
Well the good news is (and we should all celebrate it) that the Tivoli has now been sold..... to a local Independant Cinema Group, Merlin Cinemas, and will reopen as a movie theatre once more. Thanks are due to the new owners and to the dedicated campaigners who maintained a media publicity campaign throughout.
Martin
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Retired TV Service Engineer
Ongoing interest in Telecine....
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