Saturday Morning Matinee At The La Scala

A Memory of Motherwell.

Saturday morning was the highlight of the week for me I put on my ABC badge and made my way from Hope Street to the La Scala picture house near Motherwell Cross in Brandon Street were I duly paid my entrance fee I think sixpence and sat amongst a crowd of other excited boys and girls to see Flash Gordon, Tom Mix, Lash Larue and other favourites. Before the show started Mr. Richie the theatre manager appeared on stage with the old fashioned stand up mike and led us in the ABC Minors song, then we settled down to two hours of cartoons and serials. I also remember when I was a couple of years older taken the newsreel up to the Rex cinema from the La Scala which got you free entry.

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