News & Events
Open Meeting of the Friends of Clapton Cinematograph Theatre
Tuesday 14 July at 7.00pm at the Pembury Tavern, (corner of Pembury Road, Amhurst Road and Dalston Lane)
All welcome
Screening of "The Big Smoke"
The Friends of Clapton Cinematograph Theatre will be screening “The Big Smoke: Films from a Lost London 1896-1945” as part of the Open Gardens and Squares event taking place at Clapton Pond, Lower Clapton Road, Hackney, London E5 on the afternoon of Sunday 14 June. Screenings will take place at 2.30pm and 3.45pm at the “Screen on the Pond” (otherwise known as St John’s Hall in Mildenhall Road which is located at the back of Clapton Pond)
Re-opening of Clapton Pond Ceremony
FCCT
attended the Clapton Pond re-opening festivities and ran a stall there. As well as participating in the ribbon cutting ceremony and admiring the fantastic improvements, it was a great opportunity to speak to local residents about our campaign and
gather more signatures for our petition, including one from
Diane Abbott MP who spent some time at our stall to demonstrate her support. Cllrs Ian Rathbone and Deniz Oguzkanli also came to talk with us and show their support. FCCT would like to thank everyone that took part and supported the stall.
 | St. John at Hackney Fete
Friends of Clapton Cinematograph Theatre ran a stall at the St. John at
Hackney Fete on 7th July 2007 and were visited by the Pearly Queen of Hackney and the Pearly Prince of Clapton.There was a great deal of interest in
the Save Our Cinema campaign and the Friends of Clapton Cinematograph
would like to thank everyone that took part and supported the stall.
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Press Coverage
On the 24th May 2007, the campaign to restore the cinema was featured in the Gazette Opinion section of the Hackney Gazette. Click here to see the article
On
the 17th May 2007, an article about the campaign was printed in the
Hackney Gazette, along with a photograph of the Palace Pavilion and an
image of an original poster for The Clapton Cinematograph Theatre. Click here to see the article
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