Troc -Ette Tower Bridge Road
Right you lot out there !
Who remembers going to the Troc- ette cinema in Tower Bridge Road for Saturday morning pictues
Do you remember the wooden seats at the front and if you were lucky and you were last in you were put in the rear stalls with the soft seats.
Dont think we could hear any dialog in the cinema with all the shouting that was going on and throwing of bits and pieces
But most of all can anyone remember the theme song we used to sing to start the moring off
I beleive it went :-
We come along on Saturday morning
Greeting everybody with a smile
We come along on Saturday morning
Just to make our life worthwhile
SO WHAT WAS THE REST?
Joe Foster
Hi Joe
Yes I remember well the saturday morning picture club - queing outside with the sixpence clutched tightly - especially all the boys shouting, standing and waving of ams when the cavalry arrived !! My favourites were Roy Rogers and Gene Autrey. I can only ever remember being taken to the Trocette once (when it wasnt for sat morn pic club) and that was when me dad took me to see Charlie Chaplin in Limelight. We seem to go to the Globe in the Old Kent Road alot more with mum - we saw all the Norman Wisdom films there whilst she did her knitting in the dark !!!
Sorry i cant help you with the words to the song
Bett
Hi Joe,
The Trocette, yes I remember it. but the song oh! no! strangely when I saw your post headline the tune went through my head.
I could remember most of the first verse but the second, did it start with,
As members of the A B C
we all come here to see
de dun de dum
de dum de dum
la la, le la, le la,
then reprise.
Not very good I know but I do remember sometimes if we had a few Penny's going to Edwards to
have one of their wonderfull doughnuts, fresh from the oven on those big trays, in all that
lovely sugar, I can here that shushing sound they made in the tray as they were shaken back and
forth.
We did bunk in round the side sometimes by getting someone to open an exit door.
Rod.
Hi Joe
Could it be.
We come along on Saturday morning, greeting everybody with a smile;
We come along on Saturday morning, knowing it's all worthwhile.
As members of the Trocette Club we all intend to be
Good citizens when we grow up and champions of the free.
We come along on Saturday morning, greeting everybody with a smile… smile… smile;
Greeting everybody with a smile (followed by shrieks and cheers).
The Odeon Promise:
I promise to tell the truth, to help others and to obey my parents;
I promise to be thoughtful of old folks and to be kind to animals and always to play the game;
I promise to try to make this country of ours a better place to live in;
I also promise to come to the cinema lots.
I remember Saturday Morning Club at the Elephant ABC as well, they sang this or a similar song there.
I think you could also have your name called out and go on on the stage if it was your Birthday.
Bermondseyboy
Hi Joe and Bermondseyboy.
I don't think I went to the picture club that often, sixpence was quite a lot of money, there was also lots to do on saturdays. I have to admit I'd forgoten about the promise, perhaps I got fed up with it and left. Those doughnuts at Edwards beckoned to.
Rod.
i can remember being allowed in the trocette on rolloer skates with some mates ,but we had to promise to stay in the front section ,cause they had wooden seats there.
We are the girls and boys we're minors, minors of the ABC, and every Saturday we line up, to see the films we love and shout aloud with glee, we are the girls and boys we're minors, such a happy band are we, we're all friends together, we're minors of the ABC. I think this was the song that was sung at the Elephant ABC. I also used to go to the Trocette, but I cant remember that song at all.
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