{"id":4287,"date":"2021-01-15T19:37:37","date_gmt":"2021-01-15T18:37:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fass\/projects\/cmda\/?page_id=4287"},"modified":"2025-05-01T16:34:06","modified_gmt":"2025-05-01T15:34:06","slug":"ccintb-documents","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fass\/projects\/cmda\/index.php\/ccintb-documents\/","title":{"rendered":"CCINTB&#8217;s Documents"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"Page from Jean Gowing's 1937 diary - opens in new tab\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fass\/projects\/cmda\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/MS-CMDA-JG-96003-PW-00002-000-00017.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-9830\" style=\"border-radius: 10%;\" title=\"Page from Jean Gowing's 1937 diary - opens in new tab\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fass\/projects\/cmda\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/MS-CMDA-JG-96003-PW-00002-000-00017-1024x804.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"322\" height=\"253\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fass\/projects\/cmda\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/MS-CMDA-JG-96003-PW-00002-000-00017-1024x804.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fass\/projects\/cmda\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/MS-CMDA-JG-96003-PW-00002-000-00017-300x236.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fass\/projects\/cmda\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/MS-CMDA-JG-96003-PW-00002-000-00017-768x603.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fass\/projects\/cmda\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/MS-CMDA-JG-96003-PW-00002-000-00017-1536x1206.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fass\/projects\/cmda\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/MS-CMDA-JG-96003-PW-00002-000-00017-2048x1608.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fass\/projects\/cmda\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/MS-CMDA-JG-96003-PW-00002-000-00017-484x380.jpg 484w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 322px) 100vw, 322px\" \/><\/a> The Cinema Culture in 1930s Britain (CCINTB) collection contains correspondence with several hundred men and women from all over the British Isles who contacted the project with letters, inquiries and offers of information. Some of the correspondents were later interviewed, while others took part in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fass\/projects\/cmda\/index.php\/questionnaires\/\">postal questionnaire surveys.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This correspondence includes written communications varying in length and detail&#8211;ranging from simple notes expressing interest in taking part in the project to letters setting out, over several pages, writers\u2019 cinemagoing memories. Many of those who took part in questionnaire surveys enclosed along with their completed forms lists, compiled from memory, of films and stars of the 1930s. Others sent clippings of local press articles about the heyday of cinemagoing where they lived; as well as <a title=\"Essays and Writings page\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fass\/projects\/cmda\/index.php\/2023\/09\/15\/the-composed-and-the-heartfelt\/\">essays and other writings<\/a>, some produced in local history, reminiscence group or creative writing settings, informed and inspired by their youthful cinemagoing<\/p>\n<p>Most of these documents have been scanned and many transcribed. Numerous items have been included in the CMDA database, with more being added as they become available. If you would like to explore these and learn about the people who sent them, please visit the &#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fass\/projects\/cmda\/index.php\/searcharchive\/\">Search the Archive<\/a>&#8216; page.<\/p>\n<p><!--\n\n\n\n<hr \/>\n\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size: 15px;\"><em>Related publications<\/em>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size: 15px;\">Kuhn, A. (1999). 'Cinemagoing in Britain in the 1930s: Report of a Questionnaire Survey', <em>Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television<\/em>, 19<em>(4)<\/em>.\n<a title=\"Cinemagoing in Britain in the 1930s - PDF opens in new window\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fass\/projects\/cmda\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/kuhn-questionnaire-hjrft.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> <i class=\"fas fa-file-pdf\" style=\"font-size: 16px;\"> <\/i> Cinemagoing in Britain in the 1930s: Report of a Questionnaire Survey<\/a>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size: 15px;\">Smith, Sarah J. (2005), <i>Children, Cinema and Censorship: From Dracula to the Dead End Kids<\/i> (London: I.B. Tauris).<\/p>\n\n\nThe documents featured here are associated with fourteen individuals who responded to calls for interest in 1992 and 1995, and who had varying degrees and kinds of contact with the project. All of the fourteen sets of documents include letters sent to CCINTB from various parts of Britain, some of them setting out their memories of cinemagoing at length and in detail. Six of the fourteen eventually became part of our group of 78 core interviewees and, of the others, six took part in the 1995 questionnaire survey and one completed a Tarzan questionnaire.\n\n\n<div class=\"w3-panel w3-light-gray\">\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size: 15px;\">Note: If you would like to explore more of the documents held in our database, please visit the '<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fass\/projects\/cmda\/index.php\/searcharchive\/\">Search the Archive<\/a>' page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size: 15px;\"><em>Related publications<\/em>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size: 15px;\">Kuhn, A. (1999). 'Cinemagoing in Britain in the 1930s: Report of a Questionnaire Survey', <em>Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television<\/em>, 19<em>(4)<\/em>.\n<a title=\"Cinemagoing in Britain in the 1930s - PDF opens in new window\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fass\/projects\/cmda\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/kuhn-questionnaire-hjrft.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> <i class=\"fas fa-file-pdf\" style=\"font-size: 16px;\"> <\/i> Cinemagoing in Britain in the 1930s: Report of a Questionnaire Survey<\/a>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size: 15px;\">Smith, Sarah J. (2005), <i>Children, Cinema and Censorship: From Dracula to the Dead End Kids<\/i> (London: I.B. Tauris).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n<hr>\n\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"w3-card-4\" style=\"width: 100%;\">\n\n\n<header class=\"w3-container w3-dark-gray\">\n\n\n<h5>Iris Alder (Andover, Hampshire)<\/h5>\n\n\n<\/header>\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"w3-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-2943 w3-padding-16\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fass\/projects\/cmda\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/AlderExtract.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"465\" height=\"132\">Early in 1995, Iris Alder (b.1924) saw a request for 1930s cinemagoers to get in touch with Cinema Culture in 1930s Britain. This letter is her response: in it she writes about her early years in London, where she saw Madeleine Carroll, Herbert Lom, and other British film stars in the flesh; about moving to Hampshire during the war and frequent visits to the cinema there; and about her enduring appreciation of wartime British films. Later in 1995, Mrs Alder took part in CCINTB's formal questionnaire survey.<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"w3-container\"><a title=\"Iris Alder - scan of document opens in new tab\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fass\/projects\/cmda\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/PR-CMDA-IA-95079-PL-00001-000-00001.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><i class=\"fas fa-file-pdf\" style=\"font-size: 16px;\"> <\/i> Scan of letter (IA-95-079PL001)<\/a>\n<a title=\"Iris Alder - PDF document transcript opens in new tab\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fass\/projects\/cmda\/archive-data\/document_transcripts\/IA-95-079PL001_DT.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><i class=\"fas fa-file-pdf\" style=\"font-size: 16px;\"> <\/i> Transcript&nbsp;<\/a>\n<a title=\"Iris Alder - PDF questionnaire transcript opens in new tab\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fass\/projects\/cmda\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/PR-CMDA-IA-95079-GQ-00001-000.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><i class=\"fas fa-file-pdf\" style=\"font-size: 16px;\"> <\/i> Scan of questionnaire<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n<hr>\n\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"w3-card-4\" style=\"width: 100%;\">\n\n\n<header class=\"w3-container w3-dark-gray\">\n\n\n<h5>Dorris Braithwaite (Bolton)<\/h5>\n\n\n<\/header>\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"w3-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-2943 w3-padding-16\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fass\/projects\/cmda\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/braithwaiteextract.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"466\" height=\"85\">Early in 1995, Dorris (aka Doris) Braithwaite (b.1922) of Bolton, Greater Manchester, saw a request for 1930s cinemagoers to get in touch with Cinema Culture in 1930s Britain. She responded with this brief letter setting out her childhood cinemagoing memories and highlighting her love of musicals and lifelong admiration of the singing duo Nelson Eddy and Jeanette MacDonald. With her friends Vera Entwistle and Kath Browne, Mrs Braithwaite was among the 22 individuals living in the Manchester area who were interviewed for the project during 1995.<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"w3-container\"><a title=\"Doris Braithwaite - scan of document opens in new tab\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fass\/projects\/cmda\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/PR-CMDA-DB-95038-AL-00001-000-00001.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><i class=\"fas fa-file-pdf\" style=\"font-size: 16px;\"> <\/i> Scan of letter (DB-95-038PL001)<\/a>\n<a title=\"Doris Braithwaite - PDF document transcript opens in new tab\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fass\/projects\/cmda\/archive-data\/document_transcripts\/DB-95-038PL001_DT.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><i class=\"fas fa-file-pdf\" style=\"font-size: 16px;\"> <\/i> Transcript<\/a>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size: 15px;\"><em>Related publication:<\/em>\nKuhn, A. (1999). \u2018That Day Did Last Me All My Life\u2019: Cinema Memory and Enduring Fandom\u2019, in Richard Maltby and Melvyn Stokes (eds.), Identifying Hollywood\u2019s Audiences: Cultural Identity and the Movies (London: British Film Institute).\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<a id=\"EC\" name=\"EC\"><\/a>\n\n\n\n<hr>\n\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"w3-card-4\" style=\"width: 100%;\">\n\n\n<header class=\"w3-container w3-dark-gray\">\n\n\n<h5>Ethel Cullum (East Anglia)<\/h5>\n\n\n<\/header>\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"w3-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-2943 w3-padding-16\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fass\/projects\/cmda\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/letterextract-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"465\" height=\"105\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fass\/projects\/cmda\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/letterextract-4.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fass\/projects\/cmda\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/letterextract-4-300x68.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fass\/projects\/cmda\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/letterextract-4-768x173.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 465px) 100vw, 465px\" \/>Ethel Cullum (b.1908) wrote this letter to Stephen Peart (author of <em>The Picture House in East Anglia<\/em>) in response to his call in the East Anglian press for volunteers to take part in Cinema Culture in 1930s Britain. In it she recalls the Saturday afternoon film shows that she attended from the age of 13, and mentions the names of the cinemas in Norwich that she patronised regularly after leaving school. Mrs Cullum and her husband were later interviewed as part of CCINTB (see link below).<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"w3-container\"><a title=\"Ethel Cullum - PDF of scanned letter to Stephen Peart opens in new tab\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fass\/projects\/cmda\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/PR-CMDA-EC-95220-PL-00001-000-00001.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><i class=\"fas fa-file-pdf\" style=\"font-size: 16px;\"> <\/i> Scan of letter to Stephen Peart (EC-95-220PL001)<\/a>\n<a title=\"Ethel Cullum - PDF transcript of letter opens in new tab\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fass\/projects\/cmda\/archive-data\/document_transcripts\/EC-95-220PL001_DT.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><i class=\"fas fa-file-pdf\" style=\"font-size: 16px;\"> <\/i> Transcript<\/a>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fass\/projects\/cmda\/index.php\/browse-the-archive\/participant-interviews\/\"><i class=\"fas fa-headphones\" style=\"font-size: 16px;\"> <\/i> Case Study\/Audio-synced Interview<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n<hr>\n\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"w3-card-4\" style=\"width: 100%;\">\n\n\n<header class=\"w3-container w3-dark-gray\">\n\n\n<h5>Maurice de la Bertauche (Evesham, Worcestershire)<\/h5>\n\n\n<\/header>\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"w3-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-2943 w3-padding-16\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fass\/projects\/cmda\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/delaBertaucheExtract.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"465\" height=\"105\">Early in 1995, Maurice de la Bertauche (b.1925) saw a request in <em>Mature Tymes<\/em> for 1930s cinemagoers to get in touch with Cinema Culture in 1930s Britain. This letter is his response: in it he writes about his early cinemagoing in Cheam, Surrey, with his mother, and about entertaining his school friends with his imitations of characters in films. On leaving school, he took up work in a cinema as a rewind boy and then as a projectionist. He had a particular fondness for film music and enjoyed singalongs to the cinema organ. Mr de la Bertauche later took part in CCINTB\u2019s formal questionnaire survey.<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"w3-container\"><a title=\"Maurice de la Bertauche - scan of document opens in new tab\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fass\/projects\/cmda\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/PR-CMDA-MD-95097-PL-00001-000-00001.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><i class=\"fas fa-file-pdf\" style=\"font-size: 16px;\"> <\/i> Scan of letter (MD-95-097PL001)<\/a>\n<a title=\"Maurice de la Bertauche - PDF document transcript opens in new tab\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fass\/projects\/cmda\/archive-data\/document_transcripts\/MD-95-097PL001_DT.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><i class=\"fas fa-file-pdf\" style=\"font-size: 16px;\"> <\/i> Transcript<\/a>\n<a title=\"Maurice de la Bertauche - scan of questionnaire opens in new tab\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fass\/projects\/cmda\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/PR-CMDA-MB-95097-GQ-00001-000.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><i class=\"fas fa-file-pdf\" style=\"font-size: 16px;\"> <\/i> Scan of questionnaire<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n<hr>\n\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"w3-card-4\" style=\"width: 100%;\">\n\n\n<header class=\"w3-container w3-dark-gray\">\n\n\n<h5>John Fowler (Sudbury, Suffolk)<\/h5>\n\n\n<\/header>\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"w3-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-2943 w3-padding-16\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fass\/projects\/cmda\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/FowlerExtract.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"464\" height=\"122\">Early in 1995, John Fowler (b.1925) saw a request&nbsp; for 1930s cinemagoers to get in touch with Cinema Culture in 1930s Britain and this long letter is his response. Mr Fowler grew up in the Port Dundas area of Glasgow, and remembers the city's many cinemas and music halls in the 1930s. He leads the reader on a mental 'walking tour', taking in around twenty cinemas and detailing the precise location of each, complete with memory-snippets. He names his favourite films, types of films, and stars, and recalls the cinemas he patronised when on holiday in Saltcoats, Ayrshire. Mr Fowler later took part in CCINTB's formal questionnaire survey.<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"w3-container\"><a title=\"John Fowler - scan of document opens in new tab\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fass\/projects\/cmda\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/PR-CMDA-JF-95153-PW-00001-000-0000.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><i class=\"fas fa-file-pdf\" style=\"font-size: 16px;\"> <\/i> Scan of letter (JF-95-153PL001 - mistakenly dated 1994)<\/a>\n<a title=\"John Fowler - PDF document transcript opens in new tab\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fass\/projects\/cmda\/archive-data\/document_transcripts\/JF-95-153PL001_DT.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><i class=\"fas fa-file-pdf\" style=\"font-size: 16px;\"> <\/i> Transcript<\/a>\n<a title=\"John Fowler - PDF scan of questionnaire opens in new tab\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fass\/projects\/cmda\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/PR-CMDA-JF-95153-GQ-00001-000-00001.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><i class=\"fas fa-file-pdf\" style=\"font-size: 16px;\"> <\/i> Scan of questionnaire<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n<hr>\n\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"w3-card-4\" style=\"width: 100%;\">\n\n\n<header class=\"w3-container w3-dark-gray\">\n\n\n<h5>Margaret Houlgate (Lyndhurst, Hampshire)<\/h5>\n\n\n<\/header>\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"w3-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-2943 w3-padding-16\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fass\/projects\/cmda\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/HoulgateExtract.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"466\" height=\"79\">Early in 1995, Margaret Houlgate (b.1920) saw a call for 1930s cinemagoers to get in touch with Cinema Culture in 1930s Britain, and this long letter is her response. In it she writes about going to the pictures in Croydon, south London, in the 1920s and 1930s. She notes that there were ten cinemas close to where she lived, with programmes that might include floor shows and organ music as well as films. She recalls the chocolates and ices sold in the aisles during the interval; smoking, patrons' large hats, continuous performances, and the National Anthem; going to the pictures on a first date; queueing outside the cinema and the excitement on being admitted and getting a good seat; and mentions the musicals she enjoyed, and some favourite stars. Later in 1995, Mrs Houlgate took part in CCINTB's formal questionnaire survey.<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"w3-container\"><a title=\"Margaret Houlgate - scan of document opens in new tab\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fass\/projects\/cmda\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/PR-CMDA-MH-95111-PW-00001-000-00001.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><i class=\"fas fa-file-pdf\" style=\"font-size: 16px;\"> <\/i> Scan of letter (MH-95-111PL001)<\/a>\n<a title=\"Margaret Houlgate - PDF document transcript opens in new tab\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fass\/projects\/cmda\/archive-data\/document_transcripts\/MH-95-111PL001_DT.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><i class=\"fas fa-file-pdf\" style=\"font-size: 16px;\"> <\/i> Transcript<\/a>\n<a title=\"Margaret Houlgate - PDF scan of questionnaire opens in new tab\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fass\/projects\/cmda\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/PR-CMDA-MH-95111-GQ-00001-000.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><i class=\"fas fa-file-pdf\" style=\"font-size: 16px;\"> <\/i> Scan of questionnaire<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<a id=\"DH\" name=\"DH\"><\/a>\n\n\n\n<hr>\n\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"w3-card-4\" style=\"width: 100%;\">\n\n\n<header class=\"w3-container w3-dark-gray\">\n\n\n<h5>Denis Houlston (Manchester)<\/h5>\n\n\n<\/header>\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"w3-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2888 alignright w3-padding-16\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fass\/projects\/cmda\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/letterextract2-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"94\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fass\/projects\/cmda\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/letterextract2-1.jpg 1246w, https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fass\/projects\/cmda\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/letterextract2-1-300x61.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fass\/projects\/cmda\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/letterextract2-1-1024x208.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fass\/projects\/cmda\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/letterextract2-1-768x156.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fass\/projects\/cmda\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/letterextract2-1-1180x240.jpg 1180w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/>Mr A. D. (Denis) Houlston (b.1917) responded to a call in the <em>Manchester Evening News<\/em> for volunteers to take part in Cinema Culture in 1930s Britain, and was among the 22 individuals living in Greater Manchester who were interviewed for the project during 1995. The four letters here chart correspondence between Mr Houlston and CCINTB between 1995 and 2002, beginning early in 1995 with an offer of assistance and a brief overview of his lifelong interest in films. Several days before his first interview in April, Mr Houlston sent a long letter listing names and locations of cinemas in his locality in the 1930s and giving some background information about himself and his life as an avid filmgoer. In 1998, he responded to the project Director's offer to send a copy of the journal containing an article about his interviews, and reflects on the social and cultural differences between prewar and postwar youth. In December 2002, he wrote about his continuing involvement with cinema and his membership of a group concerned with creating greater accessibility for hearing-impaired cinemagoers.<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"w3-container\"><a title=\"Denis Houlston - PDF of first scanned letter\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fass\/projects\/cmda\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/PR-CMDA-DH-95034-AL-00001-000-00001.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><i class=\"fas fa-file-pdf\" style=\"font-size: 16px;\"> <\/i> Scan of first letter (DH-95-034PL001)<\/a>\n<a title=\"Denis Houlston - PDF of transcript of first letter\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fass\/projects\/cmda\/archive-data\/document_transcripts\/DH-95-034PL001_DT.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><i class=\"fas fa-file-pdf\" style=\"font-size: 16px;\"> <\/i> Transcript<\/a>\n<a title=\"Denis Houlston - PDF of second scanned letter\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fass\/projects\/cmda\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/PR-CMDA-DH-95034-PL-00003-000-00001.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><i class=\"fas fa-file-pdf\" style=\"font-size: 16px;\"> <\/i> Scan of second letter (DH-95-034PL002)<\/a>\n<a title=\"Denis Houlston - PDF of transcript of second letter\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fass\/projects\/cmda\/archive-data\/document_transcripts\/DH-95-034PL002_DT.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><i class=\"fas fa-file-pdf\" style=\"font-size: 16px;\"> <\/i> Transcript<\/a>\n<a title=\"Denis Houlston - PDF of third scanned letter\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fass\/projects\/cmda\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/PR-CMDA-DH-95034-PL-00038-000-00001.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><i class=\"fas fa-file-pdf\" style=\"font-size: 16px;\"> <\/i> Scan of third letter (DH-95-034PL005)<\/a>\n<a title=\"Denis Houlston - PDF of transcript of third letter\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fass\/projects\/cmda\/archive-data\/document_transcripts\/DH-95-34PL005_DT.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><i class=\"fas fa-file-pdf\" style=\"font-size: 16px;\"> <\/i> Transcript<\/a>\n<a title=\"Denis Houlston - PDF of fourth scanned letter\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fass\/projects\/cmda\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/PR-CMDA-DH-95034-PL-00047-000-00001.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><i class=\"fas fa-file-pdf\" style=\"font-size: 16px;\"> <\/i> Scan of fourth letter (DH-95-034PL011)<\/a>\n<a title=\"Denis Houlston - PDF of transcript of fourth letter\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fass\/projects\/cmda\/archive-data\/document_transcripts\/DH-95-34PL011_DT.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><i class=\"fas fa-file-pdf\" style=\"font-size: 16px;\"> <\/i> Transcript<\/a>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fass\/projects\/cmda\/index.php\/browse-the-archive\/participant-interviews\/\"><i class=\"fas fa-headphones\" style=\"font-size: 16px;\"> <\/i> Case Study\/Audio-synced Interview<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<a id=\"TM\" name=\"TM\"><\/a>\n\n\n\n<hr>\n\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"w3-card-4\" style=\"width: 100%;\">\n\n\n<header class=\"w3-container w3-dark-gray\">\n\n\n<h5>Thomas McGoran (Glasgow)<\/h5>\n\n\n<\/header>\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"w3-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2873 alignright w3-padding-16\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fass\/projects\/cmda\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/letterextract-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"465\" height=\"99\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fass\/projects\/cmda\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/letterextract-1.jpg 1310w, https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fass\/projects\/cmda\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/letterextract-1-300x64.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fass\/projects\/cmda\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/letterextract-1-1024x217.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fass\/projects\/cmda\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/letterextract-1-768x163.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fass\/projects\/cmda\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/letterextract-1-1180x250.jpg 1180w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 465px) 100vw, 465px\" \/>In 1992, Thomas McGoran (b.1927) saw Annette Kuhn's article about 1930s popular cinema in <em>The Glaswegian<\/em>, and in response wrote this letter. In it he notes that he usually went to the pictures several times a week, and mentions his work as a 'spoolboy' and as a film projectionist. Mr McGoran was interviewed in 1994 and 1995 (see link below). In 2000 he took part in a questionnaire survey about memories of the Tarzan films, and in 2020 he was interviewed again.<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"w3-container\"><a title=\"Thomas McGoran - PDF of scanned letter opens in new tab\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fass\/projects\/cmda\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/PR-CMDA-TM-92009-AL-00001-000-00001-1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><i class=\"fas fa-file-pdf\" style=\"font-size: 16px;\"> <\/i> Scan of letter (TM-92-009PL001) <\/a>\n<a title=\"Thomas McGoran - PDF of letter transcript opens in new tab\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fass\/projects\/cmda\/archive-data\/document_transcripts\/TM-92-009PL001_DT.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><i class=\"fas fa-file-pdf\" style=\"font-size: 16px;\"> <\/i> Transcript<\/a>\n<a title=\"Thomas McGoran - PDF of scanned questionnaire opens in new tab\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fass\/projects\/cmda\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/PR-CMDA-TM-92009-TQ-00001-000.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><i class=\"fas fa-file-pdf\" style=\"font-size: 16px;\"> <\/i> Scan of Tarzan questionnaire (2000)<\/a>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fass\/projects\/cmda\/index.php\/browse-the-archive\/participant-interviews\/\"><i class=\"fas fa-headphones\" style=\"font-size: 16px;\"> <\/i> Case Study\/Audio-synced interview<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<a id=\"SM\" name=\"SM\"><\/a>\n\n\n\n<hr>\n\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"w3-card-4\" style=\"width: 100%;\">\n\n\n<header class=\"w3-container w3-dark-gray\">\n\n\n<h5>Sheila McWhinnie (Glasgow)<\/h5>\n\n\n<\/header>\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"w3-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2881 alignright w3-padding-16\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fass\/projects\/cmda\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/letterextract-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"464\" height=\"128\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fass\/projects\/cmda\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/letterextract-2.jpg 1409w, https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fass\/projects\/cmda\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/letterextract-2-300x83.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fass\/projects\/cmda\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/letterextract-2-1024x283.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fass\/projects\/cmda\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/letterextract-2-768x212.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fass\/projects\/cmda\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/letterextract-2-1180x326.jpg 1180w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 464px) 100vw, 464px\" \/>In 1992, Sheila McWhinnie (b.1919) saw Annette Kuhn's article in <em>The Glaswegian<\/em> and heard her broadcast on local radio about popular cinema in the 1930s. She responded with a short letter saying that during the 30s she had worked as a cashier and an usherette in various Glasgow cinemas. She mentions the pall of cigarette smoke that pervaded cinemas in those years, and attributes her emphysema to this. In December that year she sent a note of apology for missing, due her condition, the screening and talk on 1930s cinema that had recently taken place at the Glasgow Film Theatre: enclosed with this letter was a completed one-page question sheet with Mrs McWhinnie's contact details and information about her cinemagoing in the 1930s. She was contacted again and interviewed in 1994 (see link below).<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"w3-container\"><a title=\"Sheila MacWhinnie - PDF of first scanned letter opens in new tab\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fass\/projects\/cmda\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/PR-CMDA-SM-92004-AL-00002-000-00001.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><i class=\"fas fa-file-pdf\" style=\"font-size: 16px;\"> <\/i> Scan of first letter (SM-92-004PL001)<\/a>\n<a title=\"Sheila MacWhinnie - PDF of transcript of first letter opens in new tab\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fass\/projects\/cmda\/archive-data\/document_transcripts\/SM-92-004PL002_DT.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><i class=\"fas fa-file-pdf\" style=\"font-size: 16px;\"> <\/i> Transcript<\/a>\n<a title=\"Sheila MacWhinnie - PDF of second scanned letter opens in new tab\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fass\/projects\/cmda\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/PR-CMDA-SM-92004-AL-00003-000-00001.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><i class=\"fas fa-file-pdf\" style=\"font-size: 16px;\"> <\/i> Scan of second letter (SM-92-004PL002)<\/a>\n<a title=\"Sheila MacWhinnie - PDF of transcript of second letter opens in new tab\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fass\/projects\/cmda\/archive-data\/document_transcripts\/SM-92-004PL003_DT.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><i class=\"fas fa-file-pdf\" style=\"font-size: 16px;\"> <\/i> Transcript<\/a>\n<a title=\"PDF of sample completed one-page questionnaire\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fass\/projects\/cmda\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/SampleOnePageQuestionnaire_sm.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><i class=\"fas fa-file-pdf\" style=\"font-size: 16px;\"> <\/i> Short question sheet<\/a> (sample only - not completed by Sheila McWhinnie)\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fass\/projects\/cmda\/index.php\/browse-the-archive\/participant-interviews\/\"><i class=\"fas fa-headphones\" style=\"font-size: 16px;\"> <\/i> Case Study\/Audio-synced Interview<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n<hr>\n\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"w3-card-4\" style=\"width: 100%;\">\n\n\n<header class=\"w3-container w3-dark-gray\">\n\n\n<h5>Mrs D Ramsay (Brockworth, Gloucestershire)<\/h5>\n\n\n<\/header>\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"w3-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-2943 w3-padding-16\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fass\/projects\/cmda\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/RamsayExtract.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"129\">Early in 1995, Mrs D Ramsay (b.1922) saw a call in <em>Mature Tymes<\/em> for 1930s cinemagoers to get in touch with Cinema Culture in 1930s Britain. This letter is her response; and in it she writes about her cinemagoing in the Glasgow suburb of Knightswood, where she grew up. As a teenager, she would go to evening shows with her parents two or three times a week; and her favourite stars included singing duo Nelson Eddy and Jeanette MacDonald, and Leslie Howard. She also tells the story of her grandmother's 'upsetting' encounter with the film <em>M\u00e4dchen in Uniform<\/em>. Later in 1995, Mrs Ramsay took part in CCINTB's formal questionnaire survey.<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"w3-container\"><a title=\"Mrs D Ramsay - scan of document opens in new tab\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fass\/projects\/cmda\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/PR-CMDA-DR-95117-PL-00001-000-00001.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><i class=\"fas fa-file-pdf\" style=\"font-size: 16px;\"> <\/i> Scan of letter (DR-95-117PL001)<\/a>\n<a title=\"Mrs D Ramsay - PDF document transcript opens in new tab\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fass\/projects\/cmda\/archive-data\/document_transcripts\/DR-95-117PL001_DT.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><i class=\"fas fa-file-pdf\" style=\"font-size: 16px;\"> <\/i> Transcript<\/a>\n<a title=\"Mrs D Ramsay - PDF questionnaire scan opens in new tab\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fass\/projects\/cmda\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/PR-CMDA-DR-95117-GQ-00001-000.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><i class=\"fas fa-file-pdf\" style=\"font-size: 16px;\"> <\/i> Scan of questionnaire<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n<hr>\n\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"w3-card-4\" style=\"width: 100%;\">\n\n\n<header class=\"w3-container w3-dark-gray\">\n\n\n<h5>Myra Schneiderman (Cardiff)<\/h5>\n\n\n<\/header>\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"w3-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-2943 w3-padding-16\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fass\/projects\/cmda\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Schneidermannextract.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"466\" height=\"62\">Early in 1995, Myra Schneiderman (b.1931) saw a request in <em>Mature Tymes<\/em> for 1930s cinemagoers to get in touch with Cinema Culture in 1930s Britain. This letter is her response. Mrs Schneiderman lived in London in the 1930s, and in her letter she details memories of her earliest visits to the cinema to see 'suitable' films; of queueing to get into 'the pictures' and what it was like inside the cinema; of the varied items in a cinema programme; of added attractions such as the cinema organ; and of copying fashions from the films. Later in 1995, Mrs Schneiderman took part in CCINTB's formal questionnaire survey.<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"w3-container\"><a title=\"Myra Schneiderman - scan of document opens in new tab\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fass\/projects\/cmda\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/PR-CMDA-MS-95077-PL-00001-000-00001.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><i class=\"fas fa-file-pdf\" style=\"font-size: 16px;\"> <\/i> Scan of letter (MS-95-077PL001)<\/a>\n<a title=\"Myra Schneiderman - PDF document transcript opens in new tab\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fass\/projects\/cmda\/archive-data\/document_transcripts\/MS-95-077PL001_DT.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><i class=\"fas fa-file-pdf\" style=\"font-size: 16px;\"> <\/i> Transcript<\/a>\n<a title=\"Myra Schneiderman - PDF scan of questionnaire opens in new tab\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fass\/projects\/cmda\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/PR-CMDA-MS-95077-GQ-00001-000.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><i class=\"fas fa-file-pdf\" style=\"font-size: 16px;\"> <\/i> Scan of questionnaire<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n<hr>\n\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"w3-card-4\" style=\"width: 100%;\">\n\n\n<header class=\"w3-container w3-dark-gray\">\n\n\n<h5>William Ward (Middlewich, Cheshire)<\/h5>\n\n\n<\/header>\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"w3-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-2943 w3-padding-16\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fass\/projects\/cmda\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/WardExtract.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"463\" height=\"62\">Early in 1995, William Ward (b.1923) saw a call in the <em>Manchester Evening News<\/em> for 1930s cinemagoers to get in touch with Cinema Culture in 1930s Britain. This letter is his response. In it he writes about his early years in Old Trafford, Manchester, and his cinemagoing there: going to children's matinees, being hooked by serials and 'cliffhangers', and acting out the plots of westerns. He also comments on the contrast between the flea pits and the upmarket cinemas of Manchester. Later in 1995, Mr Ward took part in CCINTB's formal questionnaire survey.<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"w3-container\"><a title=\"William Ward - scan of document opens in new tab\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fass\/projects\/cmda\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/PR-CMDA-WW-95083-PL-00001-000-00001.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><i class=\"fas fa-file-pdf\" style=\"font-size: 16px;\"> <\/i> Scan of letter (WW-95-083PL001)<\/a>\n<a title=\"William Ward - PDF document transcript opens in new tab\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fass\/projects\/cmda\/archive-data\/document_transcripts\/WW-95-083PL001_DT.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><i class=\"fas fa-file-pdf\" style=\"font-size: 16px;\"> <\/i> Transcript<\/a>\n<a title=\"William Ward - PDF scan of questionnaire opens in new tab\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fass\/projects\/cmda\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/PR-CMDA-WW-95083-GQ-00001-000.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><i class=\"fas fa-file-pdf\" style=\"font-size: 16px;\"> <\/i> Scan of questionnaire<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n<hr>\n\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"w3-card-4\" style=\"width: 100%;\">\n\n\n<header class=\"w3-container w3-dark-gray\">\n\n\n<h5>Eric Williams (Bradwell, Great Yarmouth)<\/h5>\n\n\n<\/header>\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"w3-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-2943 w3-padding-16\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fass\/projects\/cmda\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/WilliamsExtract.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"464\" height=\"83\">Eric Williams wrote this letter to Stephen Peart (author of <em>The Picture House in East Anglia<\/em>) in response to the latter's call in the <em>Yarmouth Mercury<\/em> for volunteers to take part in Cinema Culture in 1930s Britain. In it, Mr Williams writes about being taken to the pictures as a small boy by his grandfather, and about the various cinemas in Great Yarmouth that he patronised as a boy, and about his cinemagoing in Gorleston during the war. He recalls noisy children's matinees, with their cowboy series and 'cliffhangers', and concludes his letter with a story about visiting a cinema in uniform at the end of the war.<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"w3-container\"><a title=\"Eric Williams - scan of document opens in new tab\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fass\/projects\/cmda\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/PR-CMDA-EW-95276-PL-00003-000-00001.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><i class=\"fas fa-file-pdf\" style=\"font-size: 16px;\"> <\/i> Scan of letter to Stephen Peart (EW-95-276PL001)<\/a>\n<a title=\"Eric Williams - PDF document transcript opens in new tab\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fass\/projects\/cmda\/archive-data\/document_transcripts\/EW-95-276PL001_DT.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><i class=\"fas fa-file-pdf\" style=\"font-size: 16px;\"> <\/i> Transcript<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n<hr>\n\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"w3-card-4\" style=\"width: 100%;\">\n\n\n<header class=\"w3-container w3-dark-gray\">\n\n\n<h5>Margaret Young (Glasgow)<\/h5>\n\n\n<\/header>\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"w3-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-2943 w3-padding-16\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fass\/projects\/cmda\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/youngextract.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"466\" height=\"85\">In December 1992, Margaret Young (b.1925) attended a screening and talk on popular cinema in the 1930s at Glasgow Film Theatre, and filled in a short questionnaire which she sent along with this essay expanding on her answers. Mrs Young, a regular cinemagoer in Glasgow between 1935 and 1950, recalls being frightened by the comedian Harold Lloyd on a very early cinema visit. She writes about going to local cinemas in Riddrie and in the city centre. She names favourite stars and films, and describes her various hobbies and her collection of 1930s film annuals, film star cigarette cards, and other memorabilia: these she donated to CCINTB. In 1994, she and her sister, Mollie Stevenson, were interviewed together.<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"w3-container\"><a title=\"Margaret Young - scan of document opens in new tab\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fass\/projects\/cmda\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/PR-CMDA-MY-92001-PL-00004-000-00001.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><i class=\"fas fa-file-pdf\" style=\"font-size: 16px;\"> <\/i> Scan of document (MY-92-001PW001)<\/a>\n<a title=\"Margaret Young - PDF document transcript opens in new tab\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fass\/projects\/cmda\/archive-data\/document_transcripts\/MY-92-001PL003_DT.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><i class=\"fas fa-file-pdf\" style=\"font-size: 16px;\"> <\/i> Transcript<\/a>\n<a title=\"PDF of sample completed one-page questionnaire\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fass\/projects\/cmda\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/SampleOnePageQuestionnaire_sm.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><i class=\"fas fa-file-pdf\" style=\"font-size: 16px;\"> <\/i> Short question sheet<\/a> (sample only - not completed by Margaret Young)\n<a title=\"Player Cigarette Cards Album of Film Stars - Memorabilia page\" href=\"browse-the-archive\/memorabilia\/\"><i class=\"fas fa-address-book\" style=\"font-size: 16px;\"> <\/i> Players Cigarette Cards: Album of Film Stars<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Cinema Culture in 1930s Britain (CCINTB) collection contains correspondence with several hundred men and women from all over the British Isles who contacted the project with letters, inquiries and offers of information. Some of the correspondents were later interviewed, while others took part in postal questionnaire surveys. 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