Picture House is now a Category A listed building

[Malky]

Following on from the article in the Courier a few weeks back, it's been confirmed that the Picture House has been upgraded from a B listing to A listing. There is a news item on the front page of the website at http://www.weepictures.co.uk that will give you more info. There are only 7 A-listed cinemas in Scotland.

Malky

[Tom B]

Great news - so much nicer than the soul less boxes that pass for cinemas in the central belt

[vanadium]

Yes, it's a rarity nowadays to see such an awesome building. Most in the town are probably ignorant of it's worth though.

A pity too that no-one seems to bother going to the pictures much now. How the place keeps going is amazing.

[Goldielocks]

[ How the place keeps going is amazing.[/quote]


With great difficulty I believe,
And if they dont get more people going the place will close !!!!
Then what will we do? travel to Oban or Glasgow? What with the price of fuel these days !
The people of Campbeltown dont realise what a great asset The Picture House is, and we really need to use it.

[Kevin Mc]

The town I live in is 6 or 7 times the size of Campbeltown, and we have no cinema. (Old cinema is now a Bingo hall). Having said that, within 15miles there are several multiplexes to choose from.

Every time we're up there, we'll go as a family to the Picture House (assuming there's a suitable film on). Remember seeing Basic Instinct there in the early 90's and it was packed. Didn't there used to be a Youth Club type place round the back (that would have been in the 80's).

Glad to hear the building is now A listed, though hope the Picture House gets the support it needs to keep going.

[witchnettle]

i agree it would be such a shame to lose the cinema, but i really feel they don't help themselves.
Childrens films never start til 8pm and this makes it a really late night and usually ends up with my youngest falling asleep halfway through. I know many parents feel this could be amended for childrens films, by starting them earlier, and what about putting on a matinee on a saturday i expect that most of us who grew up in the toon spent many a happy hour at the matinee. It would be so much easier for families.
I personally have suggested this many times to the picture house management either personally or through a questionaire that was going around, and i know many others who have done the same and for a wee while the pics started earlier but it seems to have drifted back to the 8pm start.
to be honest it is easier to wait for the DVD to come out than drag the kids out to a film and then have to deal with them falling asleep in the car on the way home and being miserable the next day.
x

[Malky]

Actually, all 'U' films start at 7pm and always have.

Matinees sound great except that after a week or 2 the novelty wears off and no-one goes to them so that's why they're not run. It's been tried before numerous times. And really you need a rainy day to get any audience.

Malky

[witchnettle]

well i've been to many a film ( PG, 12A etc) with my kids and the picture hasn't started til 8pm which means the actual film doesn't start til about 8.20pm. These were very obviously films aimed at children so why the late start for these yet "U" films get an earlier start.

BUT......
Just noticed that when "Nim's Island"(U) was on it was a 8pm start, so not sure how that fits in with your statement Malky!

I've lived back here for nearly 5 years and don't remember any matinee trial runs. Perhaps its time to try another one.

To be perfectly honest taking three children and myself to the cinema takes a HUGE bite out of my weekly budget, so much so that it is a rare treat for us. And thats before we even start buying popcorn etc to eat, (i smuggle in bottles of water, much to the stress of my law-abiding daughter).

Sadly it seems that to me and my family the pros of waiting for the DVD to come out hugely outweigh the cons. Which of course doesn't help the cinema much but i'm afraid i have other charities which i would rather support than this one. x

[petewick]

I agree that the Saturday matinee would be a great thing, after all look at
the wet Saturdays we get in this part of the world and the kids are sitting around bored.