...(I think I can honestly say that I've never seen that before! ;) Luckily I actually spotted the sign one day before I had to get the number 17! So got off at the Scala and walked that day...
Right now the Scala is a nightclub/snooker hall, but years ago, long before I ever dreamt of working in Islington I came up to Kings Cross with a couple of mates and spent the whole night in there watching a load of movies...you paid once (I think it was about £3 entrance), which also involved you being issued with a membership card (as it was classed as a private club, something to do with the fact that for a short time it survived by showing pornographic films)...anyway, despite what you may think, the movies we went to see were Robocop, Robocop 2, Predator, Predator 2 (which I had never seen) and I think it was Terminator 1, long time ago now though...(plus I slept through at least one film ;)
There were only about 20 people in the whole cinema, it was quite a surreal experience, people were smoking and drinking in there and everyone had their feet streched out onto the seat back in front of them to zero complaints...when the last movie finished we actually had to wait at the Thameslink for the tube to open as it was so early on a Sunday morning! Shame it's closed down...something to do with a court case over a contested screening of A Clockwork Orange, which is ironic as you can now buy it on DVD...Oh well...all good things...
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