Fond memories of 'falling in love with the movies' as Wellington cinema is demolished
It may have become "a real mess", but an historic Wellington cinema will be forever "in the memory".
Work has started to demolish The Clifton cinema, which has stood empty for 11 years. It opened in the 1930s and showed its last film in 1987 before becoming a shop.
Many have reminisced about watching their first films at the venue - crying at Bambi, being in awe at ET and watching cartoons as ushers came around with ice cream. Some young couples began budding romances with their first dates at the cinema.
One Salopian with fond memories is weekly cinema-goer Sarah Wheale-Smith. She viewed her first movie, Disney's Aristocats, a year before the venue closed as a five-year-old girl with her mum.
The 43-year-old said: "I love going to the cinema. I go every week and I have done since I was a kid. My first movie was at the Clifton in Wellington.
