{"id":70865,"date":"2026-02-03T23:43:22","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T23:43:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/?p=70865"},"modified":"2026-02-03T23:57:45","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T23:57:45","slug":"the-magic-lantern-cinema","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2026\/02\/the-magic-lantern-cinema\/","title":{"rendered":"The Magic Lantern  Cinema"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Once a row of tumbledown cottages<br \/>\nThen an assembly rooms did stand<br \/>\nThere since 1893<br \/>\nUntil ofcourse they planned<br \/>\nTo open a small cinema<br \/>\nIn 1930 they<br \/>\nCreated one to serve the town<br \/>\nOf Tywyn along the way<\/p>\n<p>With its SONY 4K digital<br \/>\nWith Dolby surround sound<br \/>\nWide spaces in between the rows<br \/>\nAnd food served,  as I  found<br \/>\nIt\u2019s quaint and very special<br \/>\nShowing films to day<br \/>\nStanding back in Corbet Square, me thinks<br \/>\nFor those who are aware<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a very attractive frontage<br \/>\nA bold red, none can miss<br \/>\nInside the friendly staff to serve<br \/>\nAdding to the bliss<br \/>\nOne feels of such a venue<br \/>\nAbove a host of electric bulbs<br \/>\nA truly eclectic place<br \/>\nWistfully returning souls<br \/>\nThrough time\u2019s soft embrace<\/p>\n<p>Drove out from Dolgellau<br \/>\nOn the coastal road<br \/>\nFollowing the Estuary<br \/>\nClearly It did bode<br \/>\nWell for a really a nice day out<br \/>\nA film and coming back<br \/>\nThe sky lit up with sunlight a glorious<br \/>\nHanging o\u2019re the sea<br \/>\nA heavenly picture painted<br \/>\nFor the onward bound to be<br \/>\nAnd To marvel at its beauty<br \/>\nIt\u2019s miraculous display<br \/>\nThe Welsh are very fortunate<br \/>\nAs was I today<\/p>\n<p>My friends were Ann and Peter<br \/>\nCaring souls they be<br \/>\nThey kind of took me under their wing<br \/>\nAs a constancy<br \/>\nSharing their fine temperament<br \/>\nHelping in every way<br \/>\nTo give me a really special journey<br \/>\nAnd an exciting day <\/p>\n<p>The film was about Shakespeare<br \/>\n1564 he was born<br \/>\nHis lady wife<br \/>\nSome eight years before<br \/>\nTwo children one sadly who died<br \/>\nThe story of their lives<br \/>\nShe the daughter of a forest witch<br \/>\nAnd we know his work survives<\/p>\n<p>Poets and playwrights<br \/>\nLayer ideas<br \/>\nScribe all their hours<br \/>\nAmidst their own tears<br \/>\nSo much emotion conjured expressing<br \/>\nMuch of their life<br \/>\nAnd sadly confessing<br \/>\nWild adaptations tragic events<br \/>\nThat really test time<br \/>\nThough in essence make sense<\/p>\n<p>I be a poet<br \/>\nI scribe  every day<br \/>\nI use a blog<br \/>\nFor that\u2019s a fine way<br \/>\nOf getting the thoughts out<br \/>\nAnd sharing a life<br \/>\nWhich today saw such beauty<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Once a row of tumbledown cottages Then an assembly rooms did stand There since 1893 Until ofcourse they planned To open a small cinema In 1930 they Created one to serve the town Of Tywyn along the way With its &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2026\/02\/the-magic-lantern-cinema\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[749,905,945],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-70865","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-a-country-tale","category-a-day-in-the-life","category-a-lovely-day-with-friends"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70865","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70865"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70865\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":70870,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70865\/revisions\/70870"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70865"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70865"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70865"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}