Don't know if this has been discussed but who remembers the Rex at Intake?

I was only young but I remember it being particularly dark and dusty. It was also easy to get into for free as the toilet windows opened up at shoulder level and you could climb in AND the emergency exit opened with a minimum of effort from the outside - no wonder the place shut!! We got in WAY too young to see the Exorcist and I didn't sleep for weeks. I only properly watched it recently.

We used to go on Saturday mornings to see Childrens Film Foundation films where kids saved the world on their Choppers with flares and snorkel parkas on LOL

Also went to see a film with Mud, The Glitter Band and The Rubettes (I think) called.. what? anyone remember? It was on with a Slade film which I assume was In Flame (?). I didn't watch much of it though because we were too busy rolling toffee poppets down the aisles LOL happy Days

We saw the latest Bond movies there too at the time.

Its a Supermarket and car park/Chav meeting point now. When did it actually shut? I reckon it must have been in the early 80s because I was at college I'm sure.

it closed in about 1982, to my recollection.

In 1981/2, was working as a nurse, in mental health, (with the main focus on mental handicap), and, at that time, i and some colleagues went to see "One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest" there.

I don't think the cinema was standing, much after 83, as the co-op built the supermarket with what seemed like indecent haste(!)

PT

Remember seeing grease at the rex(on screen,not the seats;) )
went with my mum,i can remember it was very cheap to get in compared with the cinemas in town,was a shame when it closed.

I never went inside but it was nice looking place from the outside and when it was pulled down so that a car park could be made for the super market next door I was sick.

i used to deliver morning papers to the old lady that owned it,she lived on hurlfield road.i saw jaws about 20 times and grease every night it was on..about 7 weeks i think.

got kicked out trying to get in to see Mcvicar.gutted as i was the oldest out of 5 lads,they got in....

I WANT MY CIGARETTES NURSE RACHET...

i saw a lassie film there and cried at the ending.

for a few weeks afterwards when we went 'down the dip' road at the side of the rex, I would would remember lassie and burst into tears.:cry:

I think I also saw one of the star wars fims there - but it didn't have quite the same affect on me.

Originally posted by Wavey
Also went to see a film with Mud, The Glitter Band and The Rubettes (I think) called.. what? anyone remember? It was on with a Slade film which I assume was In Flame (?). I didn't watch much of it though because we were too busy rolling toffee poppets down the aisles LOL happy Days


That film was called NEVER TOO YOUNG TO ROCK. Not surprisingly when you look at who was in it, it was a load of old rubbish

It was such a sad loss to see it go. Living in Woodhouse it was great to nip up there on the 32!

I remember seeing Condorman and Airplane there.

Does anyone else miss the feel and atmosphere of the old small cinemas? I think the new multiplex ones are cold and sterile, and probably no bigger than ones like The Rex because of all the screens they shoehorn in.

Originally posted by alchresearch
It was such a sad loss to see it go. Living in Woodhouse it was great to nip up there on the 32!

I remember seeing Condorman and Airplane there.

Does anyone else miss the feel and atmosphere of the old small cinemas? I think the new multiplex ones are cold and sterile, and probably no bigger than ones like The Rex because of all the screens they shoehorn in.

It's all about pile em in pile em out without their money. :loopy:

heres a photo of the old place!!!!!!!!!!!

enjoy

http://www.picturesheffield.com/cgi-bin/hpac.pl?_cgifunction=form&_layout=picturesheffield&keyval=sheff.id=2302

the manager used to run a ticket raffle.you saved your ticket stub and he would draw one out and it would be shown on the screen.i won it watching dorris day with my mum and auntie dot,we got a free ticket each and an icecream for the following weeks show...commisionare on door.ex army used to curse at you,sneaked in through toilet window to watch x rated films ( soldier blue and straw dogs ) one and nine old pence to get in exept saturdats kids programme which was nine pence...further up was manor pictires where the irish lady would show you your seat then bash your head in with her torch ( rubber six battery ) if you messed about,wouldnt start saturdats kids matinee unless every one stood up for god save the queen.manager used to wear dinner suit and dickie bow.kiora and pop corn,say steve maqueen in BULLET,looked like le mans when it turned out at ten oclock

remember going to see the old film 'Phantom of the Opera '.
went with mates from school. we did not get there till about 8. 45pm. had to be home by 9. 00pm.!!!! so I got sat down and then had to come out and run all the way home. got home, sweating like a bull.

Originally posted by trophyman
heres a photo of the old place!!!!!!!!!!!

enjoy

http://www.picturesheffield.com/cgi-bin/hpac.pl?_cgifunction=form&_layout=picturesheffield&keyval=sheff.id=2302
according to the link that's the Adelphi dowm Attercliffe :confused:

Tazz

try this one (http://www.picturesheffield.co.uk/cgi-bin/picturesheffield.pl?_cgifunction=form&_layout=picturesheffield&keyval=sheff.id=8634) for a good view of the front of the building

and this one (http://www.picturesheffield.co.uk/cgi-bin/picturesheffield.pl?_cgifunction=form&_layout=picturesheffield&keyval=sheff.id=8632) for an inside shot.


And finally, this one (http://www.picturesheffield.co.uk/cgi-bin/picturesheffield.pl?_cgifunction=form&_layout=picturesheffield&keyval=sheff.id=2301) showing the queues outside

Fabulous thread... I spent loads of time there as a kid. Managed to wangle in to see Jaws even though I wasn't old enough... saw Pete's Dragon (how cool was that !!!).

I remember that the film didn't start until about an hour after it should cos there was always some crappy film about husky-dogs or sommat equally as boring.

I think memories of the Rex have been on before
Anyway---we lived on Audrey Road many moons ago and just after the war , aged about 5 or 6 , I went with my parents to see "Wizard of Oz".
Apparently there was a bit of criticism because the Wicked Witch in the film scared a lot of little kids.At least it toughened us up for Mrs. Thatcher.

Went to see 'The love bug' there with my dad. and I think it's the only time I ever went. I was telling my kids about it the other week as we were parked in the Coop car park ajacent to where it once stood.

I lived at Intake probabley the same many moons ago as Fareast and the Rex cinema was my local Picture House.
Used to go to the pictures about twice a wk for the grand cost of 10d in the front and !/6d in the back.
There was usually 2 films on and the news and a cartoon ie Pete Smith who did home improvments or Tom and Jerry.
I graduated from weekdays to saturday nights.
So from going as a youngster to being taken there later on by
a string of boyfriends I spent a lot of my youth in the Rex Cinema.

hazel

used to go every friday regardless of what was showing.
even climbed in thru the toilet window to see Enter The Dragon when it was released as an "X".

my nan worked there as an usherette for the last 4 years of the buildings existence.
unfortunately this type of cinema has spoilt the modern type for me.
how cool was the "b" movie featurette then an ice cream interval with adverts before the main feature started.

I now feel very old. My Mum and Dad took us to see the musical, South Pacific All the way from Frechville, it's a long way when your 7

used to go to kids club there on a saturday,mum and dad would drop me and my brother off and go to town and collect us on the way back,,,i feel old now,,lol,,

Oh boy...Kids club 1958/60. Lots of shouting and cheering. Cartoons,gun & sword fights (no one was killed) and sweets.
Then home for toast and dripping. I must come back and have a look around. Last time I was in Sheffield(Frechville) was 1977

The Rex wasn't such a bad place. It was a lot cleaner than some Sheffield surburban cinemas. One thing which infuriated me at The Rex was the pale blue light set around the screen. They hardly ever knew when to dim it down. The Rex was owned by Miss Dorothy Ward. Her father had it built in the twenties. It was one of the larger surburban 'pictures'.

Hi
I saw quite a few films at the Rex but being kids we always misbehaved. I remember getting chucked out of "Nicolas and Alexander" cos we were throwin stuff and generally being pains.

used to love going to the rex. it was a rare treat and the last films i remember watching there were king kong 1976 and planet of the apes. we moved from lowburn rd in 77 to pitsmoor.

The Rex wasn't such a bad place. It was a lot cleaner than some Sheffield surburban cinemas. One thing which infuriated me at The Rex was the pale blue light set around the screen. They hardly ever knew when to dim it down. The Rex was owned by Miss Dorothy Ward. Her father had it built in the twenties. It was one of the larger surburban 'pictures'.

I also think she owned the pictures at Killamarsh but not 100% sure

I also think she owned the pictures at Killamarsh but not 100% sure


I think you are right there. In fact I know you are, as at one time I was a projectionist, and we knew who was who in Sheffield. Miss Ward and her family owned both those cinemas. Miss Ward was the boss.

The Rex wasn't such a bad place. It was a lot cleaner than some Sheffield surburban cinemas. One thing which infuriated me at The Rex was the pale blue light set around the screen. They hardly ever knew when to dim it down. The Rex was owned by Miss Dorothy Ward. Her father had it built in the twenties. It was one of the larger surburban 'pictures'.I took my 4 Kids and a couple of their friends around 1973. The youngest was a baby.Iwas a bit surprised when the usherette shone her torch on us during the film. I wondered what was the problem.The owner had sent her to refund some of the cost of the price I had paid She said we had paid too much!I thought that was a lovely gesture and very honest. I think we bought ice cream with the cash. It is something I"ve never forgotten. Yes, the cinema did close a few years later.I too remember the car park. We left the area in 1977.:love:

REX - the only place to cut your cinema going teeth !!! I too didn't sleep for weeks after seeing the X rated Exorcist at around 13 - I think. A pair of massive platforms from nat Elstons always did the trick.

Saw lots of great movies here for free - all the Bruce Lee films, love story etc.. etc.. we used to pay one person in - and they would then open the exit door near the toilets. the old dear in the ticket box used to try her best to catch us but aawwww... she just wasn't quick enough.

On reaching the age of approx 16 we then used to pop in to the Royal oak for a swift illegal half !!!!