BBC Midlands Today anchorman, also presenter & chat show host, Nick Owen, says he loves the Rex Cinema in Berkhamsted, Herts.
«The Rex Cinema in Berkhamsted, Herts., was the scene of my first kiss – Nick Owen reveals. – I was sitting in the back row watching the Elvis Presley film Kid Galahad with my first girlfriend Philippa. She was 5’5” and I was 5’3” but, even then, size didn’t matter!
I slowly plucked up courage to put my arm around her shoulder. Then, I went inexorably to that first, momentous and historic kiss. It was like being plugged into an electric socket! What a buzz that I’ll never forget».
The cinema itself was an interesting Art Deco building. So unusual was it that it’s been the subject of a long-running battle to save it. It has now been preserved as a cinema, amongst other things, and was recently described as ‘possibly the most beautiful cinema in the land’. For me as a youngster, it was just about the only place for entertainment in my small hometown, within walking-distance of home and, to this day, remains jam-packed with wonderful memories.
The Rex Cinema in Berkhamsted, Herts.