News & Events
FCCT Monthly Meetings
Meetings of the Friends of Clapton Cinematograph Theatre take place
on Wednesday evenings at 7pm at The Pembury Tavern, 90 Amhurst Road, London, E8 1JH View a map of The Pembury TavernDates for 2008: 20th Aug, 17th Sept, 15th Oct, 19th Nov, 17th Dec.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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