Ellen Cheshire

Former Carlton Cinema, now Gracepoint church It’s been 828 days since I joined Nigel Smith’s Islington’s Big Screens  walking tour back...

In my quest to visit theatres I've not been to before, this week I found myself at the Park Theatre in Finsbury Park to see an adaptation...

One of my planned stopping off points in Spain was the port city of A Coruña on the Northwest coast. If people have heard of A Coruña at...

Today is the last day working for a charity based in Colindale which saw me visiting North and North West London on occasion for work...

A teaching gig in Gerrards Cross and the desire to see Giffords Circus which at the time was pitched in Barrington, Oxfordshire saw me...

A stint of cat sitting coincided with a special opening event of the Brighton Hippodrome, which is undergoing extensive restoration. I...

On a wild and windy July day I took my pier themed handbag for a walk along the promenade at Bognor Regis, stopping for a drink at the former Pier Cinema and Pier Electric Theatre now Legends bar and Shieks Nightclub . We also passed by and admired the new (replacement) plaque dedicated to Tony Hancock outside the hotel where he stayed whilst filming Punch and Judy Man (1963). Bognor Regis Pier, Legends Bar and Shieks Nightclub The Royal Norfolk Hotel where Hancock staye

"I do like to be beside the seaside..." a perfect place, as this penny shuffle in Swanage Pier Amusement arcade calls it, for Jolly...

Continuing my chronicle of cinematic adventures in London on Wednesday 28 June... Having booked an afternoon guided walking tour, I was...

First of two posts from my busy day in London on Wednesday 28 June when I took part in two film and cinema related walking tours. By the...

This week’s work trip to London saw me in my old stomping ground of Muswell Hill and East Finchley. Therefore, there was no need to ask...

This week I was in London for a couple of days for meetings in Harrow and Burnt Oak. On both days my post-meeting bus stop was opposite a...

A last minute change of plans of what to do during my day trip from the South Coast to Birmingham (yes I know it's 174 miles!) led me to...

Whenever I visit a new town or city, I am keen to combine my love of film and cinema with exploring places off the beaten track. This may...

Once a month the village hall in the sleepy Sussex village of Slindon gets a Hollywood makeover when it is transformed into Slindon Cinema, screening classic films on 35 mm film. This mini dream palace was a labour of love for student Joe Cornick who, for an A Level Film project, brought the projection box in the Coronation Hall back to use. The box was built in the 1930s but no projector was ever installed. Well, there's one there now and they are currently screening via 35

After popping to the University of Southampton, Avenue Campus I made a detour to a suburb of Southampton to hit the charity shops in...

Visiting Gerrards Cross to deliver a study day as part of the Gerrards Cross Summer School. A free evening and the lure of a new cinema...

125 years ago on the 31 August 1896 audiences expecting a usual night of traditional music hall entertainment at the Pier Pavilion, Worthing were in for a big surprise. For that week’s booking, showman Lt Walter Cole was bringing something special, ‘The new wonder – electric animated pictures’. The Worthing Gazette’s review the following week noted that “the most novel item of the evening’s entertainment is the series of animated photos, the newest and most striking electri

On the 9 Janaury 2020 the Bognor Regis Picturedrome celebrated 100 years as a cinema, with a fabulous Black Tie event... Here's an overview of the evening: - two spotlight light beams could be seen for miles -local dignitaries and industry people arrived in their finery -via red carpet we were taken in through a secret entrance, we were greeted and had photos taken with 'Marilyn Monroe' and 'Charlie Chaplin'. - the entrance took us straight through to the newest screen 2 wh