Roger Simmonds… Wow happy memories !
John Wilde… Wednesdays Hammer Horror films were the best at the Orion.
Alan Esdaile… think I remember seeing the horror films on a Sunday afternoon?
John Wilde… pretty sure it was Wednesdays because we were students at the Brassey Institute and we would skip the afternoon class to go.
Dennis Torrance.. My mum worked in the Orion as a cleaner the cinema free pass was brilliant lol
Allan Mitchell… My Lovely Nan Used To Take Me There To Watch Movies When I Was Very Young Great Memories.
Phil Gill…Those road menders are still there
Susan Butchers… Phil, brilliant!
Dave Nattress… Beat me to the comment Phil!!
Linda Turnbull… Remember them well
Margaret Trowell… My Dad worked in the Bodega bars in the 60s when he was in his 70s as a little retirement job
Jane Owen Schaumlöffel… And I remember a few buildings along to the left there was a children’s clothes shop “Only Six Steps Down To Be The Smartest Child In Town”!
Tracy Birrell… I frequented both places in the 70’s. Happy days.
Wendy Pittman… I’m sure that’s my Aunt Dorothy crossing the road, on her way to work in Jepsons, Robertson Street perhaps.
Merv Evans… School holidays meant continuous comedies like Laurel & Hardy and cartoons at the Orion Cinema. My brother used to sit through two screenings !
