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January Parwich Film Show THE CHORAL

Posted in Events, Films, Memorial hall on Sunday January 4, 2026| Leave a Comment »

1916. As World War I rages on the Western Front, the Choral Society in Ramsden, Yorkshire has lost most of its men to the army. The Choral’s ambitious committee, determined to press ahead, decides to recruit local young males to swell their ranks. They must also engage a new chorus master, and despite their suspicions that he has something to hide, their best bet seems to be Dr. Henry Guthrie (Ralph Fiennes) – driven, uncompromising, and recently returned from a career in Germany. As conscription papers start to arrive, the whole community discovers that the best response to the chaos that is laying waste to their lives is to make music together.

Directed by Nicholas Hytner and written by BAFTA and Tony-winning playwright, author and screenwriter Alan Bennett

Click here to watch the trailer

Friday JANUARY 16th 7.45PM

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January Parwich Film Show THE CHORAL

Posted in Events, Films, Memorial hall on Tuesday December 30, 2025| Leave a Comment »

1916. As World War I rages on the Western Front, the Choral Society in Ramsden, Yorkshire has lost most of its men to the army. The Choral’s ambitious committee, determined to press ahead, decides to recruit local young males to swell their ranks. They must also engage a new chorus master, and despite their suspicions that he has something to hide, their best bet seems to be Dr. Henry Guthrie (Ralph Fiennes) – driven, uncompromising, and recently returned from a career in Germany. As conscription papers start to arrive, the whole community discovers that the best response to the chaos that is laying waste to their lives is to make music together.

Directed by Nicholas Hytner and written by BAFTA and Tony-winning playwright, author and screenwriter Alan Bennett

Click here to watch the trailer

Friday JANUARY 16th 7.45PM

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Tonight’s Film

Posted in Films on Friday June 14, 2024| Leave a Comment »

Owing to unforeseen circumstances we have had to cancel tonight’s Film Show

Sorry for the disappointment. Martin C

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May Parwich Film Show THE UNLIKELY PILGRIMAGE OF HAROLD FRY

Posted in Films on Tuesday May 21, 2024| Leave a Comment »

Trailer

https://youtu.be/lKY_gWoW00Q?si=smCnsXeTfgBz3fJT

Starring Academy Award Winner Jim Broadbent as Harold and Penelope Wilton as his wife Maureen, and based on the best-selling novel, this beautiful and feel-good film tells the story of a man who leaves his seaside town in South Devon to deliver a message to an old friend. He’s an unremarkable man. Now, well into his 60s, he is content to fade quietly into the background of life. But when Harold learns his friend Queenie is dying, he is moved to act. He leaves home, walking to the post box to send her a letter, until he realises a letter is not enough. In that moment Harold decides to keep walking, all the way to her hospice, some 500 miles away in Berwick-upon-Tweed: as long as he walks, Queenie must live. Surprising himself as much as his wife Maureen, Harold embarks on a walk of hope, determined to travel the length of England to save his friend.

Spectator review **** an incredibly beautiful film to look at…Broadbent is a wonder, so real and sincere it doesn’t feel like acting. Woods and streams and fields and plump blackberries are gorgeously photographed. It makes you long to visit England even though you live here.

FRIDAY 24^th May 7.45PM

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May Parwich Film Show THE UNLIKELY PILGRIMAGE OF HAROLD FRY

Posted in Films on Monday May 6, 2024| Leave a Comment »

Trailer

https://youtu.be/lKY_gWoW00Q?si=smCnsXeTfgBz3fJT

Starring Academy Award Winner Jim Broadbent as Harold and Penelope Wilton as his wife Maureen, and based on the best-selling novel, this beautiful and feel-good film tells the story of a man who leaves his seaside town in South Devon to deliver a message to an old friend. He’s an unremarkable man. Now, well into his 60s, he is content to fade quietly into the background of life. But when Harold learns his friend Queenie is dying, he is moved to act. He leaves home, walking to the post box to send her a letter, until he realises a letter is not enough. In that moment Harold decides to keep walking, all the way to her hospice, some 500 miles away in Berwick-upon-Tweed: as long as he walks, Queenie must live. Surprising himself as much as his wife Maureen, Harold embarks on a walk of hope, determined to travel the length of England to save his friend.

Spectator review **** an incredibly beautiful film to look at…Broadbent is a wonder, so real and sincere it doesn’t feel like acting. Woods and streams and fields and plump blackberries are gorgeously photographed. It makes you long to visit England even though you live here.

FRIDAY 24^th May 7.45PM

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April Parwich Film

Posted in Films on Thursday April 11, 2024| Leave a Comment »

Trailer https://youtu.be/6ethollg-PI?si=YGHj63JE7H2ZGKxb

April Parwich Film Show ONE LIFE

You’d need a heart of stone not to be touched by this extraordinary true story of Nicholas Winton, the “British Schindler”, and by the simplicity and heartfelt directness with which it’s told by screenwriters Nick Drake and Lucinda Coxon and director James Hawes. It’s a story of wartime Europe and postwar memory, and also a noble and inspired moment in the history of British popular TV. London broker Nicholas “Nicky” Winton helps rescue hundreds of predominantly Jewish children from Czechoslovakia in a race against time before the Nazi occupation closes the borders. Fifty years later, he’s still haunted by the fate of those he wasn’t able to bring to safety.

Starring Anthony Hopkins and Helen Bonham-Carter

Guardian review ****

FRIDAY 12^th APRIL 7.45PM

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April Parwich Film

Posted in Films on Tuesday April 2, 2024| Leave a Comment »

Trailer https://youtu.be/6ethollg-PI?si=YGHj63JE7H2ZGKxb

April Parwich Film Show ONE LIFE

You’d need a heart of stone not to be touched by this extraordinary true story of Nicholas Winton, the “British Schindler”, and by the simplicity and heartfelt directness with which it’s told by screenwriters Nick Drake and Lucinda Coxon and director James Hawes. It’s a story of wartime Europe and postwar memory, and also a noble and inspired moment in the history of British popular TV. London broker Nicholas “Nicky” Winton helps rescue hundreds of predominantly Jewish children from Czechoslovakia in a race against time before the Nazi occupation closes the borders. Fifty years later, he’s still haunted by the fate of those he wasn’t able to bring to safety.

Starring Anthony Hopkins and Helen Bonham-Carter

Guardian review ****

FRIDAY 12^th APRIL 7.45PM

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March Parwich Film Show THE GREAT ESCAPER

Posted in Films on Tuesday March 12, 2024| Leave a Comment »

In the summer of 2014 — the 70th Anniversary of the D-Day Landings — octogenarian Bernie Jordan (Michael Caine) made global headlines. He’d staged a “great escape” from his care home to join fellow war veterans on a beach in Normandy, commemorating their fallen comrades. It was a story that captured the imagination of the world — Bernie seemed to embody the defiant, “can-do” spirit of a generation that was fast disappearing. But of course, it wasn’t the whole story. It was the story we all tell ourselves to make war and old age bearable. The bitter-sweet script explores the reality with wit and a very big heart. Bernie’s adventure, spanning a mere 48 hours, also marked the culmination of his 60-year marriage to Irene (Glenda Jackson) — the story celebrates their love without sentimentality and with an eye to the lessons we can all learn from the Greatest Generation.

Guardian **** The Great Escaper review – Michael Caine and Glenda Jackson exude ineffable class The two British icons bring a huge amount of joy to the heartwarming true story of Bernard Jordan, the 89-year-old veteran who snuck off to attend the 70th anniversary of D-day

FRIDAY 15^th March 7.45PM

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March Parwich Film Show THE GREAT ESCAPER

Posted in Films on Tuesday March 5, 2024| Leave a Comment »

In the summer of 2014 — the 70th Anniversary of the D-Day Landings — octogenarian Bernie Jordan (Michael Caine) made global headlines. He’d staged a “great escape” from his care home to join fellow war veterans on a beach in Normandy, commemorating their fallen comrades. It was a story that captured the imagination of the world — Bernie seemed to embody the defiant, “can-do” spirit of a generation that was fast disappearing. But of course, it wasn’t the whole story. It was the story we all tell ourselves to make war and old age bearable. The bitter-sweet script explores the reality with wit and a very big heart. Bernie’s adventure, spanning a mere 48 hours, also marked the culmination of his 60-year marriage to Irene (Glenda Jackson) — the story celebrates their love without sentimentality and with an eye to the lessons we can all learn from the Greatest Generation.

Guardian **** The Great Escaper review – Michael Caine and Glenda Jackson exude ineffable class The two British icons bring a huge amount of joy to the heartwarming true story of Bernard Jordan, the 89-year-old veteran who snuck off to attend the 70th anniversary of D-day

FRIDAY 15^th March 7.45PM

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March Parwich Film Show THE GREAT ESCAPER

Posted in Films on Tuesday February 27, 2024| Leave a Comment »

In the summer of 2014 — the 70th Anniversary of the D-Day Landings — octogenarian Bernie Jordan (Michael Caine) made global headlines. He’d staged a “great escape” from his care home to join fellow war veterans on a beach in Normandy, commemorating their fallen comrades. It was a story that captured the imagination of the world — Bernie seemed to embody the defiant, “can-do” spirit of a generation that was fast disappearing. But of course, it wasn’t the whole story. It was the story we all tell ourselves to make war and old age bearable. The bitter-sweet script explores the reality with wit and a very big heart. Bernie’s adventure, spanning a mere 48 hours, also marked the culmination of his 60-year marriage to Irene (Glenda Jackson) — the story celebrates their love without sentimentality and with an eye to the lessons we can all learn from the Greatest Generation.

Guardian **** The Great Escaper review – Michael Caine and Glenda Jackson exude ineffable class The two British icons bring a huge amount of joy to the heartwarming true story of Bernard Jordan, the 89-year-old veteran who snuck off to attend the 70th anniversary of D-day

FRIDAY 15^th March 7.45PM

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January Parwich Film Show – Oppenheimer

Posted in Films on Thursday January 4, 2024| Leave a Comment »

During World War II, Lt. Gen. Leslie Groves appoints a physicist, J. Robert Oppenheimer to work on the top-secret Manhattan Project. “This is a national emergency. We’re in a race against the Nazis. And I know what it means if the Nazis have a bomb. We’ve got one hope,” Oppenheimer, says to a group of men in suits.

Believing that the Nazis have an 18-month head start on their own atomic bomb, Oppenheimer and Lt. Gen. Leslie Groves, rush to recruit scientists from all across the country.

“Why? Why? How about because this is the most important thing to ever happen in the history of the world,” Groves yells at a scientist who questions “why” he should move his family to the “middle of nowhere for who knows how long.”

“Are we saying there’s a chance that when we push that button, we destroy the world?” the lieutenant asks, to which Oppenheimer replies, “Chances are near zero.I can perform this miracle. The world will remember this day. Our work here will ensure a peace mankind has never seen,” Oppenheimer says.

The work comes to fruition on July 16, 1945, as they witness the world’s first nuclear explosion, forever changing the course of history.

‘Oppenheimer is a flat out masterpiece’ ***** BBC Culture

FRIDAY 5^th January 7.45PM

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January Parwich Film Show – Oppenheimer

Posted in Films on Tuesday December 26, 2023| Leave a Comment »

During World War II, Lt. Gen. Leslie Groves appoints a physicist, J. Robert Oppenheimer to work on the top-secret Manhattan Project. “This is a national emergency. We’re in a race against the Nazis. And I know what it means if the Nazis have a bomb. We’ve got one hope,” Oppenheimer, says to a group of men in suits.

Believing that the Nazis have an 18-month head start on their own atomic bomb, Oppenheimer and Lt. Gen. Leslie Groves, rush to recruit scientists from all across the country.

“Why? Why? How about because this is the most important thing to ever happen in the history of the world,” Groves yells at a scientist who questions “why” he should move his family to the “middle of nowhere for who knows how long.”

“Are we saying there’s a chance that when we push that button, we destroy the world?” the lieutenant asks, to which Oppenheimer replies, “Chances are near zero.I can perform this miracle. The world will remember this day. Our work here will ensure a peace mankind has never seen,” Oppenheimer says.

The work comes to fruition on July 16, 1945, as they witness the world’s first nuclear explosion, forever changing the course of history.

‘Oppenheimer is a flat out masterpiece’ ***** BBC Culture

FRIDAY 5^th January 7.45PM

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December Parwich Film Show A HAUNTING IN VENICE

Posted in Films on Wednesday December 13, 2023| Leave a Comment »

Inspired by the novel Hallowe’en Party, and directed by and starring Oscar winner Kenneth Branagh as famed detective Hercule Poirot. A Haunting in Venice is set in eerie, post-World War II Venice on All Hallows’ Eve and is a terrifying mystery featuring the return of the celebrated sleuth, Hercule Poirot. Now retired and living in self-imposed exile in the world’s most glamorous city, Poirot reluctantly attends a séance at a decaying, haunted palazzo. When one of the guests is murdered, the detective is thrust into a sinister world of shadows and secrets..

FRIDAY 15^th December 7.45PM

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Trailer – https://youtu.be/yEddsSwweyE?feature=shared

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December Parwich Film Show A HAUNTING IN VENICE

Posted in Films on Friday December 1, 2023| Leave a Comment »

Inspired by the novel Hallowe’en Party, and directed by and starring Oscar winner Kenneth Branagh as famed detective Hercule Poirot. A Haunting in Venice is set in eerie, post-World War II Venice on All Hallows’ Eve and is a terrifying mystery featuring the return of the celebrated sleuth, Hercule Poirot. Now retired and living in self-imposed exile in the world’s most glamorous city, Poirot reluctantly attends a séance at a decaying, haunted palazzo. When one of the guests is murdered, the detective is thrust into a sinister world of shadows and secrets..

FRIDAY 15^th December 7.45PM

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Trailer – https://youtu.be/yEddsSwweyE?feature=shared

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November Parwich Film Show MISSION IMPOSSIBLE 7 part one

Posted in Films on Tuesday November 21, 2023| Leave a Comment »

Trailer https://youtu.be/avz06PDqDbM?si=FroU3E8R0V-e4ozM

Filming in Great Longstone Quarry https://youtu.be/01ryzBWDpYY?si=vs8qwJR-kryXFC8f

With the famous falling train scene, shot locally at Great Longstone, this exciting film is a must see.

Starring Tom Cruise as Ethan Hunt, his IMF team must track down a terrifying new weapon that threatens all of humanity if it falls into the wrong hands. With control of the future and the fate of the world at stake, a deadly race around the globe begins. Confronted by a mysterious, all-powerful enemy, Ethan is forced to consider that nothing can matter more than the mission — not even the lives of those he cares about most.

FRIDAY 24^th November 7.45PM

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The Guardian **** “Tom Cruise is still taking our breath away

..one of the most exhilarating in this franchise yet”

Silent projection
Hi Fi Sound
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November Parwich Film Show MISSION IMPOSSIBLE 7 part one

Posted in Films on Sunday November 5, 2023| Leave a Comment »

Trailer https://youtu.be/avz06PDqDbM?si=FroU3E8R0V-e4ozM

Filming in Great Longstone Quarry https://youtu.be/01ryzBWDpYY?si=vs8qwJR-kryXFC8f

With the famous falling train scene, shot locally at Great Longstone, this exciting film is a must see.

Starring Tom Cruise as Ethan Hunt, his IMF team must track down a terrifying new weapon that threatens all of humanity if it falls into the wrong hands. With control of the future and the fate of the world at stake, a deadly race around the globe begins. Confronted by a mysterious, all-powerful enemy, Ethan is forced to consider that nothing can matter more than the mission — not even the lives of those he cares about most.

FRIDAY 24^th November 7.45PM

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The Guardian **** “Tom Cruise is still taking our breath away

..one of the most exhilarating in this franchise yet”

Silent projection
Hi Fi Sound
Special hi-fi headphones for those with hearing difficulties, please ask.

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Parwich Film show cancelled

Posted in Films on Monday September 25, 2023| Leave a Comment »

We have had to unfortunately cancel the Parwich Film show for Friday 29^th September, (The Banshees of Inisherin) owing to Covid.

Many thanks Martin

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September Parwich Film Show THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN

Posted in Films on Tuesday September 5, 2023| Leave a Comment »

Set on a remote island off the west coast of Ireland, THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN follows lifelong friends Pádraic and Colm, who find themselves at an impasse when Colm unexpectedly puts an end to their friendship. A stunned Pádraic, aided by his sister Siobhán and troubled young islander Dominic, endeavours to repair the relationship, refusing to take no for an answer. But Pádraic’s repeated efforts only strengthen his former friend’s resolve and when Colm delivers a desperate ultimatum, events swiftly escalate, with shocking consequences.

3 Oscars 4 Baftas Including Best Motion Picture

5 star review in the Guardian

FRIDAY 29^th September 7.45PM

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Trailer: https://youtu.be/uRu3zLOJN2c?feature=shared

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December Parwich Film: THE LOST KING

Posted in Films, Memorial hall on Thursday December 15, 2022| Leave a Comment »

The amazing and true story of a Leicester car park discovery.

In 2012, the remains of King Richard III were discovered, after having been lost for over 500 years. The search had been orchestrated by an amateur historian, Philippa Langley, whose unrelenting research had been met with incomprehension by her friends and family and with scepticism by experts and academics.

THE LOST KING is the life-affirming true story of a woman who refused to be ignored and who took on the country’s most eminent historians, forcing them to think again about one of the most controversial kings in England’s history.

SATURDAY 17th December 7.45PM

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December Parwich Film: THE LOST KING

Posted in Films, Memorial hall on Friday December 9, 2022| Leave a Comment »

The amazing and true story of a Leicester car park discovery.

In 2012, the remains of King Richard III were discovered, after having been lost for over 500 years. The search had been orchestrated by an amateur historian, Philippa Langley, whose unrelenting research had been met with incomprehension by her friends and family and with scepticism by experts and academics.

THE LOST KING is the life-affirming true story of a woman who refused to be ignored and who took on the country’s most eminent historians, forcing them to think again about one of the most controversial kings in England’s history.

SATURDAY 17th December 7.45PM

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December Parwich Film: THE LOST KING

Posted in Films, Memorial hall on Sunday December 4, 2022| Leave a Comment »

The amazing and true story of a Leicester car park discovery.

In 2012, the remains of King Richard III were discovered, after having been lost for over 500 years. The search had been orchestrated by an amateur historian, Philippa Langley, whose unrelenting research had been met with incomprehension by her friends and family and with scepticism by experts and academics.

THE LOST KING is the life-affirming true story of a woman who refused to be ignored and who took on the country’s most eminent historians, forcing them to think again about one of the most controversial kings in England’s history.

SATURDAY 17th December 7.45PM

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December Parwich Film: THE LOST KING

Posted in Films, Memorial hall on Tuesday November 29, 2022| Leave a Comment »

The amazing and true story of a Leicester car park discovery.

In 2012, the remains of King Richard III were discovered, after having been lost for over 500 years. The search had been orchestrated by an amateur historian, Philippa Langley, whose unrelenting research had been met with incomprehension by her friends and family and with scepticism by experts and academics.

THE LOST KING is the life-affirming true story of a woman who refused to be ignored and who took on the country’s most eminent historians, forcing them to think again about one of the most controversial kings in England’s history.

SATURDAY 17th December 7.45PM

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November Parwich Film: ELVIS

Posted in Films, Memorial hall on Wednesday November 16, 2022| Leave a Comment »

This stunning film explores the life and music of Elvis Presley (Austin Butler), seen through the prism of his complicated relationship with his enigmatic manager, Colonel Tom Parker (Tom Hanks).

The story delves into the complex dynamic between Presley and Parker spanning over 20 years, from Presley’s rise to fame to his unprecedented stardom, against the backdrop of the evolving cultural landscape and loss of innocence in America.

Central to that journey is one of the most significant and influential people in Elvis’s life, Priscilla Presley (Olivia DeJonge)

FRIDAY 18th November 7.45PM

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November Parwich Film: ELVIS

Posted in Films, Memorial hall on Tuesday November 8, 2022| Leave a Comment »

This stunning film explores the life and music of Elvis Presley (Austin Butler), seen through the prism of his complicated relationship with his enigmatic manager, Colonel Tom Parker (Tom Hanks).

The story delves into the complex dynamic between Presley and Parker spanning over 20 years, from Presley’s rise to fame to his unprecedented stardom, against the backdrop of the evolving cultural landscape and loss of innocence in America.

Central to that journey is one of the most significant and influential people in Elvis’s life, Priscilla Presley (Olivia DeJonge)

FRIDAY 18th November 7.45PM

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November Parwich Film: ELVIS

Posted in Films, Memorial hall on Saturday October 29, 2022| Leave a Comment »

This stunning film explores the life and music of Elvis Presley (Austin Butler), seen through the prism of his complicated relationship with his enigmatic manager, Colonel Tom Parker (Tom Hanks).

The story delves into the complex dynamic between Presley and Parker spanning over 20 years, from Presley’s rise to fame to his unprecedented stardom, against the backdrop of the evolving cultural landscape and loss of innocence in America.

Central to that journey is one of the most significant and influential people in Elvis’s life, Priscilla Presley (Olivia DeJonge)

FRIDAY 18th November 7.45PM

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October Film: THE PHANTOM OF THE OPEN

Posted in Films, Memorial hall on Thursday October 13, 2022| Leave a Comment »

This wonderful British comedy tells the remarkable true story of Maurice Flitcroft, a crane operator and optimistic dreamer from Barrow-in-Furness who, with the support of his family and friends, managed to gain entry to the 1976 British Open qualifying, despite never playing a round of golf before.

With pluckiness and unwavering self-belief, Maurice pulls off a series of stunning, hilarious and heartwarming attempts to compete at the highest level of professional golf, drawing the ire of the golfing elite but becoming a British folk hero in the process.

Starring Academy Award Winner Sir Mark Rylance as Maurice, Academy Award Nominee Sally Hawkins as his wife Jean Certificate 12A

FRIDAY 14th October 7.45PM

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October Film: THE PHANTOM OF THE OPEN

Posted in Films, Memorial hall on Sunday October 9, 2022| Leave a Comment »

This wonderful British comedy tells the remarkable true story of Maurice Flitcroft, a crane operator and optimistic dreamer from Barrow-in-Furness who, with the support of his family and friends, managed to gain entry to the 1976 British Open qualifying, despite never playing a round of golf before.

With pluckiness and unwavering self-belief, Maurice pulls off a series of stunning, hilarious and heartwarming attempts to compete at the highest level of professional golf, drawing the ire of the golfing elite but becoming a British folk hero in the process.

Starring Academy Award Winner Sir Mark Rylance as Maurice, Academy Award Nominee Sally Hawkins as his wife Jean Certificate 12A

FRIDAY 14th October 7.45PM

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October Film: THE PHANTOM OF THE OPEN

Posted in Films, Memorial hall on Wednesday October 5, 2022| Leave a Comment »

This wonderful British comedy tells the remarkable true story of Maurice Flitcroft, a crane operator and optimistic dreamer from Barrow-in-Furness who, with the support of his family and friends, managed to gain entry to the 1976 British Open qualifying, despite never playing a round of golf before.

With pluckiness and unwavering self-belief, Maurice pulls off a series of stunning, hilarious and heartwarming attempts to compete at the highest level of professional golf, drawing the ire of the golfing elite but becoming a British folk hero in the process.

Starring Academy Award Winner Sir Mark Rylance as Maurice, Academy Award Nominee Sally Hawkins as his wife Jean Certificate 12A

FRIDAY 14th October 7.45PM

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October Film: THE PHANTOM OF THE OPEN

Posted in Films, Memorial hall on Friday September 30, 2022| Leave a Comment »

This wonderful British comedy tells the remarkable true story of Maurice Flitcroft, a crane operator and optimistic dreamer from Barrow-in-Furness who, with the support of his family and friends, managed to gain entry to the 1976 British Open qualifying, despite never playing a round of golf before.

With pluckiness and unwavering self-belief, Maurice pulls off a series of stunning, hilarious and heartwarming attempts to compete at the highest level of professional golf, drawing the ire of the golfing elite but becoming a British folk hero in the process.

Starring Academy Award Winner Sir Mark Rylance as Maurice, Academy Award Nominee Sally Hawkins as his wife Jean Certificate 12A

FRIDAY 14th October 7.45PM

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September Film: DOWNTON ABBEY – A NEW ERA

Posted in Films, Memorial hall on Thursday September 22, 2022| Leave a Comment »

Downton Abbey: A New Era is the sequel to the hugely popular 2019 Downton Abbeymovie, which itself was a spin-off from the legendary TV series.

Fans will be delighted to know that all the main cast are back for the Downton Abbey sequel, including Dame Maggie Smith, Michelle Dockery, and Elizabeth McGovern. Plus a string of new cast members including Dominic West.

The film takes the Crawley family to France when the Dowager Countess of Grantham gets a French villa to her name after the demise of a marquis who she had a fling with in the late 19th century. The entire Crawley family, who initially takes the whole thing as a joke, is invited to the villa by the son and wife of the dead nobleman. After arriving in France, Robert uncovers a family secret that turns his world upside-down.

Certificate 12A

FRIDAY 23rd September 7.45PM

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September Film: DOWNTON ABBEY – A NEW ERA

Posted in Films, Memorial hall on Monday September 19, 2022| Leave a Comment »

Downton Abbey: A New Era is the sequel to the hugely popular 2019 Downton Abbeymovie, which itself was a spin-off from the legendary TV series.

Fans will be delighted to know that all the main cast are back for the Downton Abbey sequel, including Dame Maggie Smith, Michelle Dockery, and Elizabeth McGovern. Plus a string of new cast members including Dominic West.

The film takes the Crawley family to France when the Dowager Countess of Grantham gets a French villa to her name after the demise of a marquis who she had a fling with in the late 19th century. The entire Crawley family, who initially takes the whole thing as a joke, is invited to the villa by the son and wife of the dead nobleman. After arriving in France, Robert uncovers a family secret that turns his world upside-down.

Certificate 12A

FRIDAY 23rd September 7.45PM

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September Film: DOWNTON ABBEY – A NEW ERA

Posted in Films, Memorial hall on Thursday September 15, 2022| Leave a Comment »

Downton Abbey: A New Era is the sequel to the hugely popular 2019 Downton Abbeymovie, which itself was a spin-off from the legendary TV series.

Fans will be delighted to know that all the main cast are back for the Downton Abbey sequel, including Dame Maggie Smith, Michelle Dockery, and Elizabeth McGovern. Plus a string of new cast members including Dominic West.

The film takes the Crawley family to France when the Dowager Countess of Grantham gets a French villa to her name after the demise of a marquis who she had a fling with in the late 19th century. The entire Crawley family, who initially takes the whole thing as a joke, is invited to the villa by the son and wife of the dead nobleman. After arriving in France, Robert uncovers a family secret that turns his world upside-down.

Certificate 12A

FRIDAY 23rd September 7.45PM

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September Film: DOWNTON ABBEY – A NEW ERA

Posted in Films, Memorial hall on Sunday September 11, 2022| Leave a Comment »

Downton Abbey: A New Era is the sequel to the hugely popular 2019 Downton Abbeymovie, which itself was a spin-off from the legendary TV series.

Fans will be delighted to know that all the main cast are back for the Downton Abbey sequel, including Dame Maggie Smith, Michelle Dockery, and Elizabeth McGovern. Plus a string of new cast members including Dominic West.

The film takes the Crawley family to France when the Dowager Countess of Grantham gets a French villa to her name after the demise of a marquis who she had a fling with in the late 19th century. The entire Crawley family, who initially takes the whole thing as a joke, is invited to the villa by the son and wife of the dead nobleman. After arriving in France, Robert uncovers a family secret that turns his world upside-down.

Certificate 12A

FRIDAY 23rd September 7.45PM

Free Entrance. Refreshments. Raffle

Parwich Memorial Hall

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September Film: DOWNTON ABBEY – A NEW ERA

Posted in Films, Memorial hall on Tuesday September 6, 2022| Leave a Comment »

Downton Abbey: A New Era is the sequel to the hugely popular 2019 Downton Abbeymovie, which itself was a spin-off from the legendary TV series.

Fans will be delighted to know that all the main cast are back for the Downton Abbey sequel, including Dame Maggie Smith, Michelle Dockery, and Elizabeth McGovern. Plus a string of new cast members including Dominic West.

The film takes the Crawley family to France when the Dowager Countess of Grantham gets a French villa to her name after the demise of a marquis who she had a fling with in the late 19th century. The entire Crawley family, who initially takes the whole thing as a joke, is invited to the villa by the son and wife of the dead nobleman. After arriving in France, Robert uncovers a family secret that turns his world upside-down.

Certificate 12A

FRIDAY 23rd September 7.45PM

Free Entrance. Refreshments. Raffle

Parwich Memorial Hall

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May Film: Belfast

Posted in Events, Films, Memorial hall on Thursday May 19, 2022| Leave a Comment »

Written and directed by Academy Award nominee Kenneth Branagh, ‘Belfast’ is a poignant story of love, laughter and loss in one boy’s childhood amid the music and social tumult of the late 1960’s.

Buddy’s family lives in a largely Protestant district with a few Catholic families, but one day his community and everything he thought he understood about life is suddenly turned upside down. Buddy’s family gets caught in the mayhem and must decide to stay or leave the only place they have ever called home. Starring Judi Dench and Jamie Dorman

Winner Outstanding British Film BAFTA 2022

Oscar win for Best Original Film Screen play

FRIDAY 20^th May 7.45PM

Parwich Memorial Hall

Nightmarishness meets nostalgia as Jamie Dornan and Judi Dench star in a scintillating Troubles-era coming-of-age tale ***** The Guardian

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May Film: Belfast

Posted in Events, Films, Memorial hall on Wednesday May 11, 2022| Leave a Comment »

Written and directed by Academy Award nominee Kenneth Branagh, ‘Belfast’ is a poignant story of love, laughter and loss in one boy’s childhood amid the music and social tumult of the late 1960’s.

Buddy’s family lives in a largely Protestant district with a few Catholic families, but one day his community and everything he thought he understood about life is suddenly turned upside down. Buddy’s family gets caught in the mayhem and must decide to stay or leave the only place they have ever called home. Starring Judi Dench and Jamie Dorman

Winner Outstanding British Film BAFTA 2022

Oscar win for Best Original Film Screen play

FRIDAY 20^th May 7.45PM

Parwich Memorial Hall

Nightmarishness meets nostalgia as Jamie Dornan and Judi Dench star in a scintillating Troubles-era coming-of-age tale ***** The Guardian

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May Film: Belfast

Posted in Events, Films, Memorial hall on Friday May 6, 2022| Leave a Comment »

Written and directed by Academy Award nominee Kenneth Branagh, ‘Belfast’ is a poignant story of love, laughter and loss in one boy’s childhood amid the music and social tumult of the late 1960’s.

Buddy’s family lives in a largely Protestant district with a few Catholic families, but one day his community and everything he thought he understood about life is suddenly turned upside down. Buddy’s family gets caught in the mayhem and must decide to stay or leave the only place they have ever called home. Starring Judi Dench and Jamie Dorman

Winner Outstanding British Film BAFTA 2022

Oscar win for Best Original Film Screen play

FRIDAY 20^th May 7.45PM

Parwich Memorial Hall

Nightmarishness meets nostalgia as Jamie Dornan and Judi Dench star in a scintillating Troubles-era coming-of-age tale ***** The Guardian

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March Film: West Side Story

Posted in Films, Memorial hall on Thursday March 17, 2022| Leave a Comment »

Winner of Best Motion Picture in the Golden Globes. Directed by Oscar winner Steven Spielberg, “West Side Story” tells the classic tale of fierce rivalries and young love in 1957 New York City.

This reimagining of the beloved 1957 musical stars Ansel Elgort (Tony); Rachel Zegler (María); Ariana DeBose (Anita); David Alvarez (Bernardo). Love at first sight strikes when young Tony spots Maria at a high school dance in 1957 New York City. Their burgeoning romance helps to fuel the fire between the warring Jets and Sharks — two rival gangs vying for control of the streets.

FRIDAY 18^th March 7.45PM

Parwich Memorial Hall

“Steven Spielberg’s triumphantly hyperreal remake” ***** The Guardian

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March Film: West Side Story

Posted in Films, Memorial hall on Sunday March 13, 2022| Leave a Comment »

Winner of Best Motion Picture in the Golden Globes. Directed by Oscar winner Steven Spielberg, “West Side Story” tells the classic tale of fierce rivalries and young love in 1957 New York City.

This reimagining of the beloved 1957 musical stars Ansel Elgort (Tony); Rachel Zegler (María); Ariana DeBose (Anita); David Alvarez (Bernardo). Love at first sight strikes when young Tony spots Maria at a high school dance in 1957 New York City. Their burgeoning romance helps to fuel the fire between the warring Jets and Sharks — two rival gangs vying for control of the streets.

FRIDAY 18^th March 7.45PM

Parwich Memorial Hall

“Steven Spielberg’s triumphantly hyperreal remake” ***** The Guardian

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March Film: West Side Story

Posted in Films, Memorial hall on Wednesday March 9, 2022| Leave a Comment »

Winner of Best Motion Picture in the Golden Globes. Directed by Oscar winner Steven Spielberg, “West Side Story” tells the classic tale of fierce rivalries and young love in 1957 New York City.

This reimagining of the beloved 1957 musical stars Ansel Elgort (Tony); Rachel Zegler (María); Ariana DeBose (Anita); David Alvarez (Bernardo). Love at first sight strikes when young Tony spots Maria at a high school dance in 1957 New York City. Their burgeoning romance helps to fuel the fire between the warring Jets and Sharks — two rival gangs vying for control of the streets.

FRIDAY 18^th March 7.45PM

Parwich Memorial Hall

“Steven Spielberg’s triumphantly hyperreal remake” ***** The Guardian

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