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I like the way he said at the end "this was freds dream " it wasn't it was his nightmare a greedy little turd taking selling & striping all of his property & belongings for his own profit. With alf his side kick that didn't even know fred for long . It showed in his made up storys people paid to hear . Sad ! All very sad .

I went a few first dates here (terminator 2, mrs doubtfire) 😂 went to see rocky 4 with a bunch of friends from school as a kid., good child memories watching goonies, One time me and my mates in our early teens went and thought we were really cool as we got some cigs and sat at the top smoking. The seats all had little ash trays on the back , we though we were the coolest people in the world 😂😂

Oh! My beautiful hometown, what happened to you?❤ My heart is bleeding.

I can never understand his hairdo's. Who did that to his stage hair, and why ?

Loved this

WATCHED ROCKY 4 THERE....GREAT MEMORIES😂

Amazing video. Thank God for the people who help make these videos for us all to enjoy a look back at the past. I am a Bury girl. However I had many happy times visiting Bolton with my Mum.

I watched Ghostbusters & ET in here. I was also told the story of the Demon that sat on the back row, not sure which screen room it was supposed to have been.

ALL GONE wigan has no money

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funniest part are the little kids getting their ears blown out standing in front of Garys amps!! He always played so loud, thats suicide!!!

Amazing

Brilliant Fred was a very clever man I loved watching his programmes he was a proper man I liked your video it was a shame about the annoying music tho oh by the way alf Fred's mate is a great bloke aswell 👍

Hi Glibunit, Loved the Video. I used to live not far from Wigan, so I was often in Wigan. A very nice cinema. It's a shame she has now gone, Just one observation (not a criticism), Someone calls the automation in the Projection "Cinemation". I'ts not "Cinemation" its " Gretten Ward" automation. It was the automaton of choice for most, if not all old ABC Cinemas. Thank you for sharing. Spoolbox.

Man even his early 80s rock phase is underrated in my opinion, what a creative dude

hes turned out to be a sexual predator

hes turned out to be a sexual pest

Shows how little it changed from opening to sadly its close this year

RIP fred dibnah LEGEND ❤

watched loads of films there , a bridge too far and jaws etc , it was 5p to join the tufty club too haha , a sad end to a great place to be

now kirk own that guitar

The most inspirational British man of recent times doesn't deserve a heritage centre and his workshop preserved for the people who admire him to visit. Apparently, according to Bolton Council...???

Excellent and well narated

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Phill Addis is this this video

I was senior projectionist there from 1973 up to the closure in 1983. When it reopened as the Ritz Film Centre, my old boss went back, (I had a different job by then), but I worked on Sunday evenings to give him some time off. It was a job I actually really enjoyed.

I watched the Herbie films, Bedknobs & Broomsticks, Star Wars, Superman and most of the Bond films here. Tragic shame it ceased being a cinema.

The Compton organ was saved in 1968 and is in Christ Church Walmsley, albeit stripped of its. percussion, alas.

This building must have provided people with many happy memories since 1938. 📽🎞👍

Discusting , typical of this country no apreshation for mid- 20th century architecture

Gary had become friends with the late great EVH, (late70’s) I can only imagine the sounds they were creating!

This bloke is a clown

I was looking through old Liverpool Echo newspapers from 1989 and there was an ad for Showcase Cinemas in Liverpool which had newly opened in December that month. Those cinemas are still named Showcase 33 years later. I wonder how it has remained that name for so long when nearly every other cinema chain has changed names dozens of times over the years (Robin Park included)?. Must be one of the most successful (and know doubt lucky) cinemas in the UK.

Was great to see his place being preserved in his honour & memory especially the mine in working order that he did'nt get to finish. Now i hear its lying derelict, absolute shame & disgrace by the new owner who did nothing to preserve this unique place for a future generation to see in a tribute to an amazing man, taken to soon

iam sure he played 2 songs ??

Its criminal whats happened to wigan town centre. Saw some great films here so many memories.

Magnificent!!!

I would love to know who sold off all his equipment and tools.

No one played with more intensity than Moore, imho.

No. Fred wanted a nice chimney stack for his gravestone. Anyone remember?

Wonder if anyone realised how quickly all that shiny new gear would be obsolete...

Im Irish and i think Fred was a genius. Would have loved to visit his house and workshops. What a waste. Dont make men like him anymore

Back when going to the cinema still had a sense of magic about it. I loved my local Virgin Cinema. The experience was so much better back then when you had excellent projectionists such as yourself that worked hard to ensure the best presentation possible. I miss the days of 35mm, freshly popped popcorn (that was reasonably priced), the Virgin Cinemas movie merchandise store in the lobby and nobody on smartphones during the film. Now we're lucky if the unmanned digital projection manages to adjust the aspect ratio from the ads to the 2.35.1 for the movie itself. You don't appreciate what you have until you've lost it. I'd give anything to be able to go back to the mid/late 90s and see a film projected in 35mm at a Virgin Cinema. Thank you so much for the upload. I hope you're doing well!

I hope Fred Irons Leon out when his time comes . Greedy little liar

This twat ripped and sold the heart out of this house

Una joya

If there is one person I wish I'd met, it's Gary.

This pub style punk rock is a style i have not heard from him - i'm used to the thin lizzy or blues styles - i like it

I remember watching this on telly back in the 80s. Thanks Gazza RIP

Well done to this society and its members... Fred represented the last of a different type of man... The like of which will never be seen again.. A machine of a man 👍🏽☘️