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Cinema in Kingston

With funding from the National Lottery Heritage Fund we have teamed up with Kingston Heritage Service on a new project to explore the rich history of the Royal Borough's cinemas.

Working with volunteers who have been trained in oral history, interviewing techniques and sound recording, 15 interviews with projectionists, usherettes, house managers, cinema-goers and local historians have been filmed.

These have been used to create a film to make the project easily accessible to all, while the full interviews and photographic and other material collected will be deposited with the Kingston Heritage Service. The film and interviews are housed on this site for everyone to access.



Do you have memories of Kingston’s cinemas you would like to share?

The team at Kingston Heritage Service are looking for more people who can come and share their memories. These will be added to this important and growing archive held at the History Centre in Kingston. So whether you are a cinemagoer or an ex-worker, please do get in touch via local.history@kingston.gov.uk


Cinema in Kingston from digital:works on Vimeo.


You can also watch the film in Full HD on YouTube.


The Interviews

 

 

 

 


Anne Edwards

Anne Edwards - Usherette [Summary]


Bob Ward

Bob Ward - Cinemagoer [Summary]


John McCarthy

John McCarthy - Local Historian [Summary]


Victor Gallucci

Victor Gallucci - Projectionist [Summary]


John Allison

John Allison - Musician/Performer


Mary Greenslade

Mary Greenslade - Cinemagoer [Summary]


Nigel Wolland

Nigel Wolland - Projectionist [Summary]



Barrie Gilbert

Barrie Gilbert - Projectionist


Gerald Glover

Gerald Glover - House Manager


Stephen Barber

Stephen Barber - Muybridge Historian [Summary]


Simon Brown

Simon Brown - Cinemagoer [Summary]


Yvonne Robinson

Yvonne Robinson - Cinemagoer


Daphne Steele

Daphne Steele - Usherette


Seoyoung Kim

Seoyoung Kim - Muybridge Historian


Kevin Wheelan

Kevin Wheelan - Collector