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cath1 commented about Ambassador Super Cinema on Apr 25, 2004 at 7:18 am

Hi Andy,
Thanks, I’ll be in touch soon.
Regards
Cath

cath1
cath1 commented about Ambassador Super Cinema on Apr 24, 2004 at 7:33 am

Hi Andy, of course you can see the video. It is all that is left of our beautiful Ambassador! Please email me on .co.uk and we can arrange for you to see it sometime. Do you know anyone who could copy the video for us?
Regards Cath
PS By the way we were in touch with John from The Plaza in the early days of our campaign and he gave us lots of advice. Alas, money won the day.

cath1
cath1 commented about Ambassador Super Cinema on Apr 22, 2004 at 4:01 pm

Hi, I’m Cath. They never had any intention of retaining the facade, nor of incorporating any of the details into the forthcoming flats – will throw up the new boxy flats as cheaply as possible of course without any respect or honour for the landmark which belonged to the remarkable people of Salford. When demolition first began, Mary and I tied ourselves to the railings with scarves, we decorated the railings with flowers and ribbons and posters ‘We love the Ambassador’ etc. It failed to melt the hard hearts of the hard hatted men who serve the moneyed men in suits. And very little of what we have done and tried to do has actually found its way into the media! We all know why. However, my scathing letter did appear in Manchester Evening News Postbag Friday 16.4.04.
Our old Homestead website had to close cos we ran out of money to keep it running. There is another website – www.ambassadorcinema.co.uk which people may wish to use (until a benefactor can help us put the homestead one back on the airwaves)
Two years ago we filmed a video of the interior of The Ambassador during a ‘site meeting’ of local bods and councillors. Yes we tried to bring our plight to the attention of everyone and anyone. Sorry though we failed. Met some terrific people though during the course of our campaign and I wish to pay tribute to the late Roy Pattison, to Mary Ferrer, Steve Lynch, Peter Blance, Eddie Rhead, Tim Thurston, Marjorie Ballantyne, Shelagh Delaney and many others. Big raspberries to those living immediately next to the Ambassador for undermining their efforts – one wonders why they chose to live next to a public venue then want it flattened – bit like living next to a church and complaining about the church bells ringing. Oh, well done Stockport Plaza – terrific place and terrific organisation. Shame we didn’t manage to keep the Ambassador in a similar way. Bye for now.
Cath x