I had a friend who lived there and she would call for me and we would cycle in to Tain together.” Right: Tain’s old Town Hall and Picture House pictured in the 1970s.
“Lots of people cycled for example, from Edderton.
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“It was full houses every night, buses came in every night from Portmahomack and Balintore, and on a Saturday and Wednesday from Nigg. “I remember the queues stretched down as far as the St Duthus and no one could get in after 10 minutes from the start of the show. “There were two showings, first and second houses, and I took the tickets as people went in. Janet, now 93, recalls a very busy house and many happy times during her 14 years at the cinema. In due course, the Picture House became a second home to teenager Janet Walker from Cadbol Mount farm in Fearn, and later of Morangie Farm, Tain.īorn in 1928, she left Tain Academy at 14 and a couple of years later got a job at the Town Council-run Picture House. Supplied by Tain and District Development Trust. Ticket for opening ceremony of Tain Picture House 1934.
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That Christmas, 400 children were treated to a free show with Alice and Wonderland as the main attraction, each child leaving with a ‘nice gift from a benevolent Santa Claus’. Photo by Universal History Archive/Shutterstock.īy 1934 it had become a full-time picture house. The hall started showing pictures in the 1920s, including ‘The World’s Wonder Picture’, Tarzan of the Apes in 1921. Its reopening, by Mrs Carnegie, saw a massive gala in the town during which every shop and hostelry was bedecked with banners and streamers celebrating ‘Carnegie Day’. The philanthropist Andrew Carnegie, ensconced nearby at Skibo Castle, funded its refurbishment in great decorative detail. Andrew Carnegie with his wife Louise in 1908. It was then acquired by the town council to serve as a Town Hall from 1903, by which time it was in a poor state of repair. It was first a public hall, also used as a theatre. It was designed by Andrew Maitland & Sons in the French Renaissance style all the rage at the time, and cost £2,750, around £333,000 in today’s money. The 145-year-old building dates well before moving pictures. Restoration project volunteers outside the old Tain Picture House with the old cinema seats. Volunteers have taken out the old cinema seats, staging and lighting to allow for the rotting timber flooring to be taken out and replaced with a concrete floor.Īt that point, the building’s doors will be open to the public for the first time since 1964, when the much-loved Picture House was closed and tickets cost five bob. It’s all hands on deck at Tain’s old Picture House as community-led restorations move ahead to bring the fine building on Tower Street back to life. Speech Bubble Icon A icon displaying a speech bubble WhatsApp An icon of the WhatsApp logo. Video Camera An icon of a video camera shape. Previous An icon of an arrow pointing to the left. Notice An explanation mark centred inside a circle. Next An icon of an arrow pointing to the right. Hamburger Menu Icon An icon used to represent a collapsed menu. Search Icon A magnifying glass icon that is used to represent the function of searching. Magnifying Glass An icon of a magnifying glass. Close Icon An icon used to represent where to interact to collapse or dismiss a component Comment An icon of a speech bubble. Breaking An icon of an exclamation mark on a circular background. Is Not Public An icon of a human eye and eyelashes with a diagonal line through it. Is Public An icon of a human eye and eyelashes. Telephone An icon of a traditional telephone receiver. Profile An icon that resembles human head and shoulders. Linked In An icon of the Linked In "in" mark. Facebook An icon of the Facebook "f" mark. Caret An icon of a block arrow pointing to the right. Cancel An icon of a circle with a diagonal line across.
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