What I remember most about the Hippodrome were the stalls, which had no aisles – just continuous curves, so it was a bit like a Mexican Wave when people with mid-stalls seats arrived at the last minute. It also has a place in the heart of balletomanes, for it was here that Anna Pavlova gave her final performance, on 13 December 1930.
I used to live across the road from the Regent, as it was in the 1930s. Sometimes, the staff would dress-up for certain films. The one I clearly remember is Flaherty’s Man of Aran, with the commissionaire in oilskins and sou'wester.
What I remember most about the Hippodrome were the stalls, which had no aisles – just continuous curves, so it was a bit like a Mexican Wave when people with mid-stalls seats arrived at the last minute. It also has a place in the heart of balletomanes, for it was here that Anna Pavlova gave her final performance, on 13 December 1930.
I used to live across the road from the Regent, as it was in the 1930s. Sometimes, the staff would dress-up for certain films. The one I clearly remember is Flaherty’s Man of Aran, with the commissionaire in oilskins and sou'wester.