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Bulletin Mar/Apr 2020 - Vol 54 No 2
Happy Centenary, Picturedrome
100 years of the King's Cross Cinema
Forgotten Heroes of 1930's Cinema Building
Inside the Gaumont Palace
Bulletin Jan/Feb 2020 - Vol 54 No 1
Rewinding Back
Best of Berks and
Gone to Pieces - visit reports
The Doncaster Frieze
100 Years and Counting
Index to Vol 53 [2019]
Two Liverpool Cinemas
Bulletin Nov / Dec 2019 - Vol 53 No 6
Hope, Freedom and a Vue
A Sunny Saturday in Surrey - visit reports
ABC Portsmouth
From Tip-ups to Treadmills
Rewinding Back
Majestic Safe
Majestic Postscript
Smallest Museum in Dorset
Bulletin Sept / Oct 2019 - Vol 53 No 5
Uphill, Downhill and into the Woods
Flicks in Fenland - visit reports
Cinemas and Theatres of Hackney - Update
Rewinding Back
Small Beginnings at Weymouth
My Life in the Entertainment Industry 1
More Trailers
Bulletin July/August 2019 - Vol 53 No 4
Movie Trailers
Isle of Man Cinemas
Regal Stories
The Paramount Newcastle
The Odeon Exeter
Bulletin May/June 2019 - Vol 53 No 3
New Screens for Old /
CTA Wessex / East is Best 2 - visit reports
Kingsway Super Cinema Levenshulme
Kent Cinemas
The Capitol, Belfast
The Coliseum, Bath
East Anglian Journey
Archive Move to Rochford
Bulletin Mar/Apr 2019 - Vol 53 No 2
Up the Northern Line
My Year with J Arthur Rank
Plaza/Gaumont Southsea
From Pictures to Pints - International
Vaudeville Electric Theatre, Bath
Index to Vol 52 [2018]
Bognor Finally gets a 4th screen
Bulletin Jan/Feb 2019 - Vol 53 No 1
Berkhamsted Double Bill and
Apollo's Birthday Celebrations plus - visit reports
Oldfield Park Picture House, Bath
Walturdaw - the house of Cinema Knowledge
Margate
Gaumont Palace, Barnstable
Ritz, Burnham-on-Sea
Bulletin Nov/Dec 2018 - Vol 52 No 6
A Wander Around Warwickshire (visit report)
To Hull and Back - with AGM (visit report)
To the Island - an exploration of Gotland (visit report)
A Cinema of my Own
Even More Wanderings Part 2
The Metropole, Victoria
Bulletin Sept/Oct 2018 - Vol 52 No 5
Catford and Eltham (visit report)
A Seside Cinema Paradise
Sunday Opening in Skipton
The Bioscope, Harwich Green
The Strand, Belfast
Vera Lynn in Chester
Staffing the Gaumont
Even More Wanderings
Sheerness Cinemas
Bulletin July/August 2018 - Vol 52 No 4
Rewinding Back
Nostalgia Trip
Newsreel and letters
The Abbey Cinema, Wavertree
Bulletin May/June 2018 - Vol 52 No 3
Policy and Future of the Archive
The Luxor, Lancing
Cinemas in Art
Palace of Dreams: The Grand Ryhope
Wilf Remembers
Bulletin Mar/Apr 2018 - Vol 52 No 2
The Odeon, Temple Fortune
Memories of the London Palladium - Part 2
Ship Shape and Bristol Fashion
The Orchestra that draws no Salary
Cinemas by Night
Rewinding Back
Bulletin Jan/Feb 2018 - Vol 52 No 1
More Talking Pictures
Scottish Wanderings
From Celluloid to Cereal - Extra Stamps
The Mayfair, Aigburth
Rewinding Back
Index to vols 50 & 51 [2016 & 2017]
Adverts in Theatres
Wilf Wanders West
Bulletin Nov/Dec 2017 - Vol 51 No 6
CTA's Golden Anniversary continued
Wilf Wonders
The New Talking Films
We Caley Loved It
Yet More Wanderings
From Pictures to Pints - another round
Rewinding Back
Bulletin Sept/Oct 2017 - Vol 51 No 5
CTA's Golden Anniversary continued
Stereoscopic Cinemas
Leeds Roadshow Cinemas
The J Arthur Rank Organisation
Birks Cinema, Aberfeldy
Happenings in Halifax
Picture Playhouse, Bexhill
Storyhouse, Chester
Bulletin July/Aug 2017 - Vol 51 No 4
CTA's Golden Anniversary continued
Provincial Cinemas of N Ireland
Premier Cinema, Enfield
North by North East (visit report)
South Wales tour & AGM (visit report)
Wartime Concerts in Cinemas
Scala, Boston
The Building Buffs
Bulletin May/June 2017 - Vol 51 No 3
CTA's Golden Anniversary continued
Tooting Granada (visit report)
Electric Palace, Harwich, Restoration
More Wanderings
Provincial Cinemas of N Ireland
Everyman, Muswell Hill
Blackburn Cinemas
Wilf Goes into Battle
Bulletin Mar/Apr 2017 - Vol 51 No 2
CTA's Golden Anniversary continued
Anniversary party (report)
The Cinema Organist
Confessions of a Trip Organiser
Porthole to Nowhere
Music Hall Days
Wilf's Tale of 2 Cinemas
Bulletin Jan/Feb 2017 - Vol 51 No 1
CTA's Golden Anniversary
Wilf searches for The Kinema
The Embassy, Chesham
Chester Cinemas that didn't open
Cinemas of Haltwhistle
New Kid on the Block
Wight Cinemas
Bulletin Nov/Dec 2016 - Vol 50 No 6
Museum at The Regent Christchurch
Cinemas & Theatres of Bologna (CTA visit report)
More Wanderings
Things that Changeover in the Night
New Uses for Old Cinemas
Bulletin Sept/Oct 2016 - Vol 50 No 5
A Day in Bath (CTA visit report)
Pyramid/Odeon/Tatton cinema, Sale
Kung-Fu - a kick down memory lane
Wilf goes in search of a studio
A Birmingham boy at the pictures
New Theatre, Hull
Rejuvenating Spa breathes new life . . .
Bulletin July/Aug 2016 - Vol 50 No 4
St Albans AGM and Odyssey (CTA visit reports)
Silver Screen at the Ritz, Belper
Lighting the Odeons
Memories of the Pyramid, Sale
To Kent and Back
Bulletin May/June 2016 - Vol 50 No 3
Thursday at the London Palladium/West End Welcome/Victoria Palace (CTA visit reports)
Two New Zealand Cinemas
Wilf Goes in Search of a Bijou
Yet More Wonderings - part 2
Devastation at Lyme Regis
Bulletin Mar/Apr 2016 - Vol 50 No 2
Review of Members' Slide Show
Index to Bulletin vol. 49 [2015]
Yet More Wonderings - 1
Memories of a Projectionist
Cinema-going in My Ilkeston
A London Palladium Story
Bulletin Jan/Feb 2016 - Vol 50 No 1
Assorted Bournemouth Cinemas - CTA visit report
The Palace, Warrington
Stanford Hall Theatre
Union Entertainment
Newsreel, Cinema Business, Letters
Jaws at 40
Bulletin Nov/Dec 2015 - Vol 49 No 6
Just the Ticket
Even More Wanderings
The Ritz, Tunbridge Wells
The Dome, Worthing - an update
Another bumper Newsreel
and more holiday snaps !
Bulletin Sept/Oct 2015 - Vol 49 No 5
Wandering to Winchester (CTA visit report)
John D Clark - a tribute
A bumper Newsreel
and many holiday snaps !
Bulletin July/Aug 2015 - Vol 49 No 4
The Regent Street Cinema
The Little Theatre, Bath 2
A Return to the Valleys
Talkies come to Burnley
Revisiting Malta's Cinema Heritage
The Ritz Wallsend
Bulletin May/June 2015 - Vol 49 No 3
The State/Granada Dartford
Further Wanderings 2
The First Odeon Enthusiast
The Little Theatre, Bath 1
My Little Cinema Reborn
Northern Light cinema, Wirksworth
Bulletin Mar/Apr 2015 - Vol 49 No 2
Uxbridge & Hayes (CTA visit report)
Further Wanderings 1
Kino Cinema, Rye
Bulletin Jan/Feb 2015 - Vol 49 No 1
Index to Vol.48 (2014)
Forum cinema, Newbury - part 2
Islington Inspections (CTA visit report)
Not for the Ritz (CTA visit report)
Belfast ... and Beyond (CTA visit report)
The Bijou, Mablethorpe
BBFC