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Along the Mall and into Albert Street. No sign of the Paris/St. James, but the former Metro is now G.U.'sAibert
Three. Across the road, G.U.'s Forum, built in the Sixties, has been twinned. "Courier Mail" joint advertising
shows city theatres under the Greater Union name and suburban multiplexes as B.C.C. - Birch, Carroll and
Coye.

Across the street to the Myer Centre, with the store running layer upon layer upwards in Daimaru Melbourne
Central style. Hoyts operate a Chadstone-type Multiplex Eight on the lower level. Outside in Queen Street, the
facades of a number of the original buildings have been retained. These include the former colonial style
Carlton Hotel, which housed a Newsreel Theatre, possibly in the basement.
Proceeding over the Victoria Bridge again revealed the Performing Arts Centre by daylight, a fairly simple
building despite it's size. A banner proclaimed their tenth anniversary. A quick walk through part of the Expo
Gardens next door and back past the Conrad Hotel and Casino, built in classic recycled ex-Government
buildings, to the Roma Street terminal.

Looking out of the airport coach window, we passed a modern building, the Suncorp Theatre advertising one of
Sheridan's famous comedies. I hope an investigation of this legitimate theatre won't have to wait another thirty
years!

Any amendments to this article by readers would be appreciated - memories are not always clear over long
periods.

New Members

A Welcome to new members: Elizabeth Bernard, Michael Purdon, Frank Van Straten, Peter Wallace,
Edwin Revell, Donald McGregor, Hamish Macleod and Una Papa.

Presentation Certificates

Since we began the CATHS-V certifcate of appreciation, we have made presentations to the following:

Capitol Warrnambool Melbourne Forum Melbourne Capitol
Regent Yarram Balwyn Classic Brighton Bay Twin
St. John (Repatriation) Regent Thornbury Mrs Adeline Mims
Regent Colao Sale Twin Telstar Sale (R.A.A.F)
Morwell MayaNillage Twin

Cinema Record .. The First Two Years by The Editor

Yes folks. This is the tenth issue of CinemaRecord. See Garry, it can be done (but it is not always easy).

Time seems to be flying so we must be having fun. For those who may wonder how this magazine came about
{because after all this is a historical society and it's now history), it's a long story and may be documented in
future. We seem to have progressed so far in such a short time. Thanks to all those who have believed, trusted,
helped and encouraged me in my folly.

Thanks to all those members who have written theatre histories and related stories, or spotted articles of
interest which we have reprinted. Of course without them we would not have a magazine.

A very, very, large thank-you to Pamella, who has typed these handwritten, or preprinted, articles into her
computer, enabling me to enter them straight into my desktop publishing program and produce this. Let us all
look forward to even bigger and better issues of CinemaRecord.