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THERE was once a farmer who decided to become a
monk so he could be like the men he observed working steadily at the nearby monastery. They never seemed to be harassed in any way and always seemed to have a
unprepared for what came. Looking at his expect:
partner to help them. When he had worked hard and got on with his jobs on his farm, he would buy another milking cow and finish up withi more work than before. It was when he began to feel the strain of toil that the idea of joining the brothers appealed to him as a better
way of life. The abbot welcomed him with enthusiasm and soon
the farmer began to settle down to h.s new way of livintr Everything seemed strange at fiist, especially
communal prayer time in the early hours of the morn ing, even though he was an early riser. He soon rea lised why the monastery crowd never seemed to allow themselves to be nished. They went about then- busi ness slowly, because, in this way, they could conserve their strength for the extra work that came then way. As his farm became a part of the monastery, the farmer was glad to feel familiar with the new tasks undertaken by the brothers who worked together to
make things easier for each other. It came as quite a shock for him to learn that his
name was on the list of preachers for Sunday He learned that he was to occupy the pulpit of the local church. He thought that, as m the rest of his new life,
and the organist played the introduction to the n hymn. R was the shortest sermon on record and was \
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I about the history of the silver screen than Clitheroe’s Mr and Mrs Cinema, Derek and Bar
A
S a century of the film in d u s t ry is celebrated, there can be few people who know more
bara Pearson. After clocking up around 100
Mr and Mrs Cinema: Derek and Barbara Pearson
iectionist in his home town of Accrington in 1943, Mr Pearson worked in numerous cinemas in East Lancashire and spent around
40 years as the Civic Hall s
years in the industry between them, it is hardly surprising that the cou ple, who met while working at Clitheroe Civic Hall, are often described as film buffs. There is no doubting their cre
| Cullen, started the cinema era in Clitheroe at the beginning of the century. The family went on to run what is now the town’s only remain ing cinema, the Civic Hall. Her husband’s record is equally impressive. After starting as a pro-
dentials for holding such a title. Mrs Pearson’s father, Ignatius
Pr?hetcouple learnt their trade dur ing the golden age of cinema in the 1940s and 1950s, a time when Errol Flynn was Robin Hood, Rita. Hayworth was every man’s dream woman, and the musical reigned
supreme. In cinema’s heyday, the film com
panies were pumping out thousands of films and the Civic Hall would screen around 100 films each year. The couple, who live on Brennand
to the Regal in Accrington just after it opened. I t was all about luxury
and glamour.”
made the cinema so popular. Mrs Pearson (68) explained: A lot of films made were about glamour.. The films took people out of their own mundane world which they had
His wife believes this is what . , ,
to live for the rest of the week.’ Cinema was certainly popular in
Clitheroe. The town had three pic ture houses in this golden age — the Grand on York Street (now known
Street, have witnessed the changing face of cinema, from the start of the talkies and colour films to the intro duction of Cinemascope and 3D
ePMr Pearson (71) looks back on this era with nostalgia. He said: 41 remember as a little lad of 12 going
Cinema: how it all began ...
• CULLEN is a name synony mous with Clitheroe’s cinematic
j past. Mr Ignatius Cullen started the
town’s first picture house in Par son Lane at the beginning of the
century. It was at the Empire that he met his future wife, Rose, who sold the admission tickets and
l transferred to the Palace, now Dawson’s department store, in King Lane. From there, Mr Cullen moved to the Grand Cinema in York Street in 1920, following his
refreshments. When they married, Mr Cullen
King Lane Cinema, which was owned by the Co-op, and the Pal ladium, where Tesco car park is
now sited. Marie Cullen died in 1989, and
same year.
Barbara married Mr Pearson in 1993. The couple retired in the
| return from the Forces. Before the talkies were intro-
i duccd, Mr Cullen would play the | piano for the silent films at the Grand. His daughters, Marie and Bar
bara, took over the running of the cinema following his death in 1946. Marie actually began work in the cinema as an usherette
our main story, started as a pro jectionist at the cinema in 19a.i, after a spell at the King Lane
more than 10 years earlier. Mr Pearson, who is featured in
Cinema.
In 1963, the Grand became the council-owned Civic Hall cinema.
, , ,, I The other two cinemas were the
O READERS eager to share their cinema-going memories with us include Gisburn resident Mr Wil liam Whittaker, who recalls a visit to the King Lane Cinema on August 23rd,
1926.Ml- Whittaker (82), of Church View, said: “I went to see an Alla Nazimova film with my aunt at the King Lane Cinema and, just as we were about to leave, an announce ment was flashed up on the screen that Rudolph Valentino had died.
dozens of women, young and mid dle aged, all standing around in the street crying their eyes out.” If you want to share your
•T always remember there were
memories, contact reporter Stewart Pimbley on 01200 22324.
2,000 seats and, with two different films showing at each cinema each
lot of people in Clitheroe who would see a different film every night of the week. They would go to the Pal ladium on Monday, King Lane on
week, there was plenty of choice. Mrs P earso n said: “T h e re w e re a
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as the Civic Hall), the King Lane Cinema, and the Palladium, off
Waterloo. They had a combined capacity of
Tuesday, and to us on Wednesday. With the programmes changing on a Thursday, they would start again at the Palladium.” The cinemas regularly enjoyed full houses, but there were certain
films which really caught the imagi nation of the town’s cinema-going public. Mrs Pearson commented: “The two films that came nearest to suiting everybody were ‘Mrs Min iver,’ the 1942 Oscar winner, and The Sound of Music’.” In fact, due to demand, the Julie
Andrews' classic had a three-week run at the Grand Cinema. But not all films were so popular.
The 1973 Charlton Heston film, “Soylent Green”, lasted just one night after the Pearsons agreed it was, as the critics say, a turkey. Films containing bad language,
blood and guts, ana sex were never screened at the Civic Hall. How ever, the occasional film slipped through the net and one war film, in particular, proved all too real for one usherette. Mr Pearson said: “One of our
older usherettes was watching •Beach Red’ and an injured solder appeared on the screen. She said: ‘He must have got a lot of money for having his arm taken off like that’.” Sadly, Mr and Mrs Pearson
believe the golden age of cinema has now passed. Since leaving the Civic Hall m 1993, they have only been to see three films at the cinema and they were not very impressed. Mrs Pearson said: ‘‘After watch
matkters today think it However, good cinema was around U/nirairai*
I t amuses me, because film is all new.
a rrnnA m'«nMn . . . . . _____j tninK
a long time before these fanev spe cial effects.”
ing ‘Jurassic Park1, we agreed that we had seen it all before. The origi nal 1933 ‘King Kong’ was a lot bet ter.
congregation at sermon time, he asked them if t) knew what he had to say. They shook their heads : heard him announce, “And neither do I!” He sat do
received, though he did think it was possibly his 1 pulpit appearance. He was surprised to find that was due there again on the following week Mavbe was being specially called for, becaule they wante
dofft As he left ?Lth n Th°uknow telt those ’
Reaching days wire L * Ua t u he felt sulie « » t the abbot on his return ’ WaS ret»ulred to smTlLhandUS n ^ t i l ,ateg
you gave this morning/’ he sa id ^ I f i ' a * know would tell those who L n ’i i
teach them more than thp a de5u\ed ‘hat he practice.
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