Autism Friendly Cinema Screenings

I just stream films from home. If the cinemas don't want my money enough to make autism friendly screenings for adults at regular times I'm not going to give them a single penny. Besides you can't pause the cinema to go for a break so they shot themselves in the foot decades ago when they did away with the intermission imo, even before streaming and being able to pause tv I always just waited for films to come out on VHS and then DVD. Cinema used to have a golden age but its been in its self inflicted deathroes for a while now, all the "bright" ideas they come up with now are just too little too late as far as I'm concerned.

When I was a child a boy in our neighbourhood used to play organ (wearing a bow tie) at our local cinema which would rise up I think before the film etc. I remember there being staff who went around during the intermission selling ice creams (or perhaps I dreamed all that, it was a long time ago now after all) 

Our local cinema had an orchestra pit at the front and while the film was being changed an usherette stood down by the stage and sold ice cream. It was a high sided tray with a light on it. She wore it around her neck, I think it had Lyon’s Maid written on it. Tubs of ice cream with a small plastic spoon. They also sold a Lyon’s Mivi, it was a fruit flavour on the outside and ice cream in the middle.

It’s just made me remember Sundays when I was small, I would cycle back from the newsagents as fast as I could. A block of vanilla ice cream wrapped in newspaper and wafers. The highlight of any Sunday. It had to be as everything else was closed.

Our local cinema had an orchestra pit at the front and while the film was being changed an usherette stood down by the stage and sold ice cream. It was a high sided tray with a light on it. She wore it around her neck, I think it had Lyon’s Maid written on it. Tubs of ice cream with a small plastic spoon. They also sold a Lyon’s Mivi, it was a fruit flavour on the outside and ice cream in the middle.

It’s just made me remember Sundays when I was small, I would cycle back from the newsagents as fast as I could. A block of vanilla ice cream wrapped in newspaper and wafers. The highlight of any Sunday. It had to be as everything else was closed.

We dream of going back to Sunday closing! I feel sorry for everyone who doesn't know what that was like.

Yes, remember the tubs! And boxes of fruit gums in fruit shapes. And boxes of Maltesers.

And albatross...