With the Premiere of the Bond Film Skyfall, it occurred to me that my fist ever trip to the cinema ("the Pictures" we called it) as a young boy was The Man With The Golden Gun starring Rodger Moore as 007. What was the first film you were taken to see?
Mine was "The Jungle Book" at North End Odeon.......Drove past it the other day and its been turned into a pound shop - shame! Infact, "the pictures" don't exist anymore - Cosham and Commercial Road ABC/Carltons have now gone too.....the old cinema in Albert Road is now a big Co-op too.... Sigh.....off to Vue to watch skyfall then.....will be taking food with me so i don't get fleeced.
Believe from memory it was one of the 'Carry On' films - quite apt really, bearing in mind the recent goings on at Fratton Park
I remember my old man taking me to see "Live and let Die" ...I'm not sure if that was before I saw Disney's "The Aristocats", I can also remember "The Jungle Book", but that must've been a reshowing as it was made in 1967 and I watched it in the early 70's
I remember the Jungle Book being the film of choice if you wanted to take a girl to the pictures - everyone had seen it before so you could just get down to business in the back row. e:
It's a Mad, mad, mad, mad, world, probably because my aged P wanted to see it and couldn't get a sitter. I didn't have a clue what was going on. I love the film now of course. North end Odeon is now a mini Sainsburys Mike, you may be interested to know.
