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The projection booth is empty, the equipment is gone. Film is now obsolete, replaced by digital.

If you concentrate and with a little imagination one can see the projectionist threading the machines on a Saturday night as they prepare to screen one of the great Hollywood classics of the day to a house full of appreciative picture goers in a time long ago.

For those who believe that old cinemas have souls you could argue that there is much more to a theatre than just bricks and mortar. Should we consider the personalities of the owners, along with the collective memories of the passing presence of countless movie fans, who over the decades forget their problems for just a moment cocooned in the mysterious darkness of the Windsor theatre, while enjoying the transported screen images of time and place.

Contributed by Greg Lynch -