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Game 44

Your very first time at the pictures

Saturday mornings

A video by Merseyside Films

The game's question

Nothing to find here: share the story, then let your mum or dad take you back.

For many children, the first time at the pictures was a Saturday morning: a ticket for sixpence, the lights going down, a hall full of other children. Cartoons, cowboy films, then the songs, with the words on the screen and a little pointer to follow them. What was your very first film on the big screen, and who took you?

Your own first time, told in your own words

Need a hint?

Ask, listen, then follow up softly: what came next, and how it felt sitting there in the dark. Let the story take its time.

Why this game : A first time at the cinema, told by the one who was there – a story to hand on.

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A woman and her father at the kitchen table, the game book in front of them

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