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I remember fondly the night that my mum and dad took me and my sisters to watch Shane. A lovely evening it was; and I'll never forget my mum crying at the end when the young boy shouted: "Shane! Shane! Come back, Shane..." God bless. x

We lived close by and my Dad used to give me the money,I
would go to the ticket window and say two for Mac please..she would then hand me my Mam and Dads tickets..I used to feel very important. ha ha.

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Went to see"Gone with the wind", with my mum in the 50s at the Princess cinema ..Should told me off for falling asleep !

What's there now!

Alan, the building still exists though it's been a night club for about 25 years now.

Is the Clarence Hotel still in there?

I saw 'Planet of the Apes' and 'The Graduate' there. I can't remember why, I usually went to The Ritz.

I remember watching the Jungle Book there one afternoon in 1967. It was the summer and loads of kids and mums were there. I must have been about 19 and got chatted up!! Also it was next door to the Clarence. Ideal for a quick drink after!!

Giovanni,I can bet it was you that did the chatting up..lol.

My first date with my wife was watching Elvis in G.I. Blues at The Princes, in 1960

We were taken there from school to see Laurence Olivier in Henry V. The circle seats were very steep

Albert, yes the Clarence is still there though it's called something else now, can't quite remember what.

we used to call it the bug house,the Clarence is now called harrys bar or dirty harrys by the regulars

aww i allways thought that princes was princess dont know why and i still callit princess lol been there a hundred times,my friends dad was the progectionist jack prior ,elvis was on one night and me and my friend linda was just going in and this fella was comming out he was dressed like elvis and we thought it was him lol and we just started schreeming lol , we were only about 16 xxx

You could be right Maureen! LOL

Princes Nightclub from 1992; best place on earth for Friday & Saturday nights for about 5 years (or so we though as 21 year olds!Spent a lot of time in here with your Alan, Jim Sudworth, Andy Donaldson and the Wigan Tech footie team!
There are some tales from this place!

Aubrey. G.I Blues, was one of the best films Elvis starred in. In the film he sang that very enjoyable song "Wooden Heart"

Mum tells me she was proposed to in the back row there in the v. early fifties

yea john even i went there a couple of times but went in 60s more when it was pictures ,loads of elvis lol x

Seen lots of films here as well as all the other cinemas in Wigan, I remember 5, anyone remember the Empire (I think it was called), all gone now.