well i have fond memories of going to the kilburn state cinema way back in the 1970’s when i was a young boy.
i can remember going to see stars wars there when it was first shown in the uk and at the end of it i remember going home with my chewbacca mask on my face!!
and i remember seeing sindbad and the eye of the tiger there
and countless other films.
saturday morning pictures was always the best thrill of all!!
i can hardly remember the films i would wacth but i certainly remember the unforgettable pearl and dean adverts!!
such as the classic carpet shop adverts!! situated just around the corner!!! remember i was only about 7 years old at the time!!! oh those were the days!!
i remember seeing saturday night fever there!!
and when i came out i was copying john travolta’s dance steps!! and i remember there was a shoe shop a few yards down the kilburn high road and i remember putting my foot alongside the shoes just like mr trav does in the film!!
i also remember going to the late night cinema when they would show kung fu films!! that was a big avent for me!! i remember my mum walking with me up to the corner of victoria road and she stayed there till i got to the kilburn state!! awwww aint that good!!
that was the only time i went to late night pictures, i think my mum wouldnt let me go anymore after that!!!!
i read sometime ago the late great buddy rich played there with his big jazz band at some point, can anyone confirm that?
i didnt know about buddy rich till i saw him playing on bbctv’s pebble mill show and boy did he play those drums!!!
since that day i was hooked and still am on big band drumming!!
im lucky enough to have my own drumkit now and i play along to my many buddy rich albums at home..for the record im not as good as buddy!!..but i do try lol.
anyway my parents upped sticks in 1980 and we left kilburn for good and since then i never went back to the kilburn state.
im glad the old building is still there, just a pity its no longer a cinema.
if there is one cinema that i always felt at home in its the kilburn state cinema
and one last thing, does anyone remember the fish and chip shop just along the kilburn state?
they made the best fish and chips in town!!!
i must of ate a ton of fish n chips , pies and such from there!!
if i remember rightly it was run at that time by an italian family?
i was a regular there and always got the best service whenever i went in.
ill never forget them and ill never forget the great gamount kilburn state!!!
well i have fond memories of going to the kilburn state cinema way back in the 1970’s when i was a young boy.
i can remember going to see stars wars there when it was first shown in the uk and at the end of it i remember going home with my chewbacca mask on my face!!
and i remember seeing sindbad and the eye of the tiger there
and countless other films.
saturday morning pictures was always the best thrill of all!!
i can hardly remember the films i would wacth but i certainly remember the unforgettable pearl and dean adverts!!
such as the classic carpet shop adverts!! situated just around the corner!!! remember i was only about 7 years old at the time!!! oh those were the days!!
i remember seeing saturday night fever there!!
and when i came out i was copying john travolta’s dance steps!! and i remember there was a shoe shop a few yards down the kilburn high road and i remember putting my foot alongside the shoes just like mr trav does in the film!!
i also remember going to the late night cinema when they would show kung fu films!! that was a big avent for me!! i remember my mum walking with me up to the corner of victoria road and she stayed there till i got to the kilburn state!! awwww aint that good!!
that was the only time i went to late night pictures, i think my mum wouldnt let me go anymore after that!!!!
i read sometime ago the late great buddy rich played there with his big jazz band at some point, can anyone confirm that?
i didnt know about buddy rich till i saw him playing on bbctv’s pebble mill show and boy did he play those drums!!!
since that day i was hooked and still am on big band drumming!!
im lucky enough to have my own drumkit now and i play along to my many buddy rich albums at home..for the record im not as good as buddy!!..but i do try lol.
anyway my parents upped sticks in 1980 and we left kilburn for good and since then i never went back to the kilburn state.
im glad the old building is still there, just a pity its no longer a cinema.
if there is one cinema that i always felt at home in its the kilburn state cinema
and one last thing, does anyone remember the fish and chip shop just along the kilburn state?
they made the best fish and chips in town!!!
i must of ate a ton of fish n chips , pies and such from there!!
if i remember rightly it was run at that time by an italian family?
i was a regular there and always got the best service whenever i went in.
ill never forget them and ill never forget the great gamount kilburn state!!!