I was a projectionist at the Varsity in the 60’s, while going to high school there ($50/wk). Adult tickets were .85/ kids .25 back then. It has not really changed, that’s the original marquee (I used to change that too, for $1 per change) – probably the same marquee letters or at least some of them. Some things never change – last time I was in Chapel Hill I peaked inside the doors and it looked very much like it did nearly 50 years ago. Next door was “Jeff’s Confectionary” where you could get a real, made from scratch, soda with crushed ice, a pimento cheese sandwich (grilled!) and girlee magazines. Franklin St is amazingly similar to what it looked like back then, today. Few things have changed, the Varsity being one of the most obvious.
I was a projectionist at the Varsity in the 60’s, while going to high school there ($50/wk). Adult tickets were .85/ kids .25 back then. It has not really changed, that’s the original marquee (I used to change that too, for $1 per change) – probably the same marquee letters or at least some of them. Some things never change – last time I was in Chapel Hill I peaked inside the doors and it looked very much like it did nearly 50 years ago. Next door was “Jeff’s Confectionary” where you could get a real, made from scratch, soda with crushed ice, a pimento cheese sandwich (grilled!) and girlee magazines. Franklin St is amazingly similar to what it looked like back then, today. Few things have changed, the Varsity being one of the most obvious.