A Night at the Cinema by Clive Burlton – 3rd November 2026
Memories came flooding back as Clive presented two films from the Bristol Archive. First was The Festival of Britain from 1951, the second from the 1960s narrated by Sir Michael Redgrave called Bristol Fashion. Each film was accompanied by Pearl and Dean adverts for intermission ice creams (Lyons Maid), popcorn (Butterkist) and drinks (Kia Ora). There were further adverts which included one for Babysham. It was interesting to see the opening of the 806-seat ABC New Bristol Centre cinema in…