I am thinking of going to the cinema next week, the first time for years and the first at the pier cinema.
The film, How Goes The Day, first shown in 1942 at the height of the war, depicts a village occupied by German paratroopers, with a host of actors who became stars.
Made by Ealing Studio, famous for its comedies, it is, unusually, serious.
By coincidence, Penarth pier, a regular location for cinema and television films, was busy for many days recently with the latest tv film.
It was closed during the war when Rosemary and I went to the town’s two other cinemas, the Windsor and Washington.
The Paget Rooms, built in the early 20th century, originally the Regal Cinema, was acquired in 1950 from the Kibbor cinema company. It was occupied by the RAF during the war.
We used to go regularly to the Penarth Windsor and Washington cinemas but we never went there together, preferring those in Cardiff. Our first date was to the Olympia, one of several in Queen Street.
Our wedding reception in1952, with seventy guests, was one of the first events to be held at the Paget Rooms, now run by Penarth town council.
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