Happy nights at the Electra, Ritz and Regal cinemas in Oxford
Teenagers outside the Regal cinema in 1959 “One Sunday night, the lads and I were watching a film when suddenly there was one heck of a commotion. It turned out one boy had paid to go in and was letting his mates in the back door. They were being chased by the ushers. “One enterprising fellow scrambled up on to the stage, then climbed the curtain and was trying to get in the Royal Box when he was caught. “Of course, we good boys in the 2s 3d (11½p) seats in the main hall disapproved of such behaviour – only because we hadn’t thought of it ourselves!”
Source: oxfordmail.co.uk