Film screening at the Welfare Hall in Cherbourg c1960

“Mr Short was one of the government workers here in Cherbourg and he used to do the picture shows twice a week, Friday and Saturday nights. They used to have the news reels first and we’d stand up for the Queen, same as everywhere else. There was a little shop there – I used to eat Golden Rough, Wagon Wheels and pies. That’s where the Scouts used to sell their pies. Luke Bond was the ticket man. We used to see everything. People in my generation used to get names after movie stars – like I’m named after Rory Calhoun. Him and Glen Ford were her two favourite actors. Gary, Errol – they’re all the stars. They used to have dances and everything in this place. Balls – little concert nights. There was a little balcony inside. The white officials used to sit up there and the black fellers down the bottom. This is the Community Hall nowadays.”
— Uncle Rory Bond Sept 2011