The Flicks
This is the first cinema I ever went to! I even went to see 'The Circus of Horrors' X-rated film here, I was smuggled in by my mum and her friend Long Lil (Lillian Smith), it's ok, I''ve had no real side effects from it, ha ha. I think I was between 6-8 years old. I remember I had to hide under Lil's coat (it had a flare type bottom) and Mum and Lil walked in from the ticket booth arm in arm, into the darkened cinema. How funny it must have been, you couldn;t get away with it now. Ahhh, the good ol' days. I would love to live from anyone who lived or stayed at the Glen Faba or Riverside.
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RE: RE: The Flicks
i remember the clock tower and there were some public baths within that building too. I seem to remember a Fordhams furniture store next to the Pavilion. There were quite a few pubs in that area too, and surprisingly they all seemed to do good business. I lived in Broxbourne from 1939 - 1952 and left the C of E school there in 1945 and remember having many of my lessons in the air raid shelters.
Comment from Peter Benfield on Wednesday, 23rd March 2011.