Cinderford cinema selling posters to raise money
The Cinderford Palace Cinema are selling off old film posters
The Cinderford Palace cinema have taken to selling off old film posters to keep the place running.
The family-run establishment was first opened in 1910 and is a staple in the local community.
The owners of the cinema say they have never really recovered from the covid pandemic as more and more people turn to streaming and bills keep rising.
Owner Andy Lougher admitted he has had to take out some of his pension from past employment to help keep the doors open.
Andy Lougher said “It’s been a struggle, heating and electricity has all gone up, wages have gone up, so everything has become a little bit of a struggle.
“We’ve been basically financing the cinema ourselves through our own money and not paying ourselves.”
After looking at different options to raise money his wife suggested selling off some of the old film posters they had collected over the years.
The venture started on Facebook at £10 a poster until they were made aware of the demand for some of the posters they had in their collection.
Andy Lougher told Greatest Hits Radio “We’ve been inundated with requests.
“Virtually everything I’ve put on Facebook has sold.
“People have been bidding, outbidding each other, the market for proper cinema posters, because people love films and so they love to have an iconic image of that film.”
They are now in the process of setting up a website solely for the sale of their posters.