Thanks for the comments Ted.
I did charge, but it was a one off fee. Mainly to buy bulbs, films, and other film stuff.
I mainly did community centres, or for people who wanted to have them in their own
House's. Like for Birthdays, or Halloween, or just a jolly old film night... But as many
as could be squeezed in for the same price. Some of those community centres were
quite large, sometimes we must of had well over 50/60 people in them. It was quite
some pressure if a bulb went during the show to get it changed quickly.
I started in my parents garage, which on a saturday evening, we turned into a
mini Cinema for a bunch of us kids from around the area
(I was about 11/12 when I started these). Some nights the noise
must have been rather loud, but no one seemed to mind
Great old days, I used to make my own posters out of cut out pics
from Mags and books, I also made my own coming soon Trailers...
Like the Bat signal by the way