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Old 22-12-2007, 05:42 PM
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Can I add one here in Germany, even if it's not in competition with Britain's most unsusual cinemas?

The ''Orfeo's Erben'' here in Frankfurt. It's a students' cinema in the back room of a pub. The seats are old seats from planes, which means you can watch the film lying on your back. Plus - you can pull out those little tables and have beverages and meals from the pub while watching the film. And while going to the bathroom while the film is running, you can at least catch the sounds from the film through speakers in the bathroom, so you can't miss anything. The most comfortable cinema I know.


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The cinema in the Laurel and Hardy museum in Stan's home town of Ulverston, Cumbria, is pretty darned small!

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Old 22-12-2007, 09:37 PM
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Norwich used to boast a pub for every day of the year and a church for every week.

I have been to The Old Trip and it is certainly small .... I don't know The Nutshell, but in Norwich there is a pub called The Vine which is just one room, about the size of an average terraced house sitting room.

How small is The Nutshell if it is smaller than The Vine?

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It's supposed to hold 15 people tops. I've never been there but an old work colleague told me about it.

There used to be a pub on the way to the Baseball Ground that actually was a terraced house in the middle of a row of similar dwellings. It was called The Fleet but unfortunately it's now reverted to its previous status

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Old 22-12-2007, 10:25 PM
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Sounds smaller than The Vine .... I've seen about 20-25 people in there.

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The weirdest most unusual cinema I ever went in was in Minehead, Somerset.
It was one of those very surreal moments in life. I don't think you could appreciate how wierd it was unless you have been there yourself ! This was back in 93-95. All I can remember now is a bloke in a vest and black trousers taking our money and us walking down a pink corridor where a child was playing with toys then we went through some doors into the "cinema" which was pitch black and absolutely freezing and I remember us all convinced that there was no roof ! I think we saw Last of the Mohicans possibly. Very strange place, not sure if its still there.
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Old 22-12-2007, 11:09 PM
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Ah yes, that was it. But I don't remember it being very big either.
And does Nottingham have more pubs per staggered mile than any other city? It certainly has quite a lot. Or did when I was last there, but that was a while ago now

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We always end up at The Trip after the Saturday Gala of the British Silent Film Weekend...it has 3 or four smallish rooms, and can hold 30-40...though I wouldn't say comfortably. Great beer though. Founded 1189 I think...what was it like when it first opened Steve??

Bit of a Bay Window, what??
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Old 23-12-2007, 12:17 AM
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We always end up at The Trip after the Saturday Gala of the British Silent Film Weekend...it has 3 or four smallish rooms, and can hold 30-40...though I wouldn't say comfortably. Great beer though. Founded 1189 I think...what was it like when it first opened Steve??

Not sure I remember that far back. The memory begins to go as you get as ancient as I am. The blessing is that you can't remember what your memory used to be like

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The Liverpool Philharmonic Hall is unusual as a cinema; not historically, but nowadays, as it has the oldest and/or largest (if not only) art deco screen of its kind, that rises out of the stage at the start of every performance, and also has Britain's only remaining resident cinema organist, so far as I know.
I have seen the screen rising,quite a sight.However just to correct the second point,the Odeon Leicester Square has a resident organist,Donald Mackenzie who plays on the beautiful Compton Organ with its spellbinding changing colours.

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