You mention the Savoy Picture House in Portadown. It was also known as The Catch and was the former home of the Catch my Pal Society and it was in the same premises as Sprotts bacon factory in Edward Street. Portadown had two other cinemas - The Regal and Sommersons. One of the highlights of going to the cinema was to watch the top football matches on Pathe News and the 1953 FA cup final, when Stan Matthews won his cup-winners medal, stands out, the other memory from this match was watching Stan Mortenson scoring a hat-trick for Blackpool. Happy memories.
The Savoy in Portadown was also known as 'The Catch'. It was in Edward Street, also the home of
Sprotts bacon factory. and it was the original home of the Catch my Pal Society. The cinema was one of three in Portadown, the others being the Regal and Sommersons, also known as The Picture House. One of my memories is making sure we were there to watch Pathe News which was the only channel we had for watching the international football matches - I can still hear Raymond Clendinning commentating on the 1953 FA Cup final when Stanley Matthews won his coveted cup-winners medal. And I haven't forgotten that Blackpool centre-forward Stan Mortenson scored a hat-trick that
You have missed a cinema out - it was on the block above Market Street and became a social club for the Foresters. It was unique in that it had a bend in the right hand side wall and if you sat in certain rows you could not see the whole screen
You mention the Savoy Picture House in Portadown. It was also known as The Catch and was the former home of the Catch my Pal Society and it was in the same premises as Sprotts bacon factory in Edward Street. Portadown had two other cinemas - The Regal and Sommersons. One of the highlights of going to the cinema was to watch the top football matches on Pathe News and the 1953 FA cup final, when Stan Matthews won his cup-winners medal, stands out, the other memory from this match was watching Stan Mortenson scoring a hat-trick for Blackpool. Happy memories.
David Armstrong, Portadown
The Savoy in Portadown was also known as 'The Catch'. It was in Edward Street, also the home of
Sprotts bacon factory. and it was the original home of the Catch my Pal Society. The cinema was one of three in Portadown, the others being the Regal and Sommersons, also known as The Picture House. One of my memories is making sure we were there to watch Pathe News which was the only channel we had for watching the international football matches - I can still hear Raymond Clendinning commentating on the 1953 FA Cup final when Stanley Matthews won his coveted cup-winners medal. And I haven't forgotten that Blackpool centre-forward Stan Mortenson scored a hat-trick that
day against Bolton Wanderers.
My uncle Jim mcgee (blue boy) worked in the cosy in armagh
You have missed a cinema out - it was on the block above Market Street and became a social club for the Foresters. It was unique in that it had a bend in the right hand side wall and if you sat in certain rows you could not see the whole screen
Indeed .. The Peoples Picture Palace, have a look at the video you'll see a clip of it at the very beginning 😁
Or the City Cinema…my grandfather ran it and many of his family worked in it too…👍