A YEAR HAS PASSED AND ETHANS BIRTHDAY

A year has gone by since you passed away so quickly Mum. Miss you everyday.

I spent the day at Whitstable Kent and had a very pleasant lunch in Weatherspoons which is in the old building of the Oxford Cinema.

On the 11th December 1912 the Oxford Picture Hall was opened.
Built as a cinema it had a scrolled and glazed canopy and auditorium seating was all on one level.

During 1936 the cinema was rebuilt in an Art Deco style designed by a local architect W.M. Bishop.
The new building was erected around the old one whilst still operated. The new balcony only cleared
the roof of the old building by 2 inches. The old cinema was closed for 3 weeks whilst it was demolished
and the Oxford Cinema opened on 27th July 1936 with Jack Hulbert in "Jack Of All Trades"

In 1962 part time bingo started and by the time 1980 came along only the 394 seats of the circle where used when films were shown.
4th October 1984 saw the last film: "Blame it on Rio" with Michael Caine when only 4 people sat down to watch it.

The building has been refurbished in the Art Deco style and is very pleasant.

After lunch I went along to a very cold and blowy seafront and let some flowers out into the waves and remembered my Mum.

On the 6th December 2011 my great nephew was 6 years old and this is the card I made for him. I was very pleased with the result as it all came together at the last minute.

The backing papers were a freebie out of Scrapbook Magazine, The car, tree and letters were done on my cricut machine and the bunting was made from a Stamping Up punch.