Memories: when it cost two bob to see a film...in 1990 and Celtic in 1967

That little poster at the side of the ticket window showing entry as two shillings might make you think this is a photograph from the 1960s or 70s. But, in fact, it is from 1990, almost 20 years after decimalisation.
And to confuse you even further, these women are not paying for a night at the pictures ... they are at the Oran Street Day Centre.
It was the centre’s contribution to Glasgow being the European City of Culture. It was showing old films, newsreels, and documentaries two nights a week.
Admission was a florin – or ‘two bob’ (10 pence in decimal money) – and during the intermissions music from the 1930s to the 1950s was played, while sweeties, ginger and ice cream were on sale.
Maryhill was once home to a number of  cinemas, such as the  Star, the Blythswood, the Roxy, and the Seamore, all in Maryhill Road.
Sadly, all are long gone but Glasgow’s reputation for being the cinema city still holds good, with multiplexes in Renfield Street, Glasgow 
Quay, Glasgow Fort, and the smaller GFT.
We still love a good picture.