“I agree with those who raised doubts originally regarding the viability of this venture.
All the same, it is a shame it only lasted 1 month.
I only found out about it from my daughter who lives in Sheffield and is very keen on cinema!!!
So...poorly planned, poorly underfunded and not well marketed- not a good receipe for success!!”

“After finding out the cinema had closed a again i was angry as i use to go as a little girl.... i understand that there was problem and there would have been its bin closed so long.... it should have been advertised better as i only found out it reopened because i walked past it on my way to the market. if people had better understanding about it reopening and about any problems im sure we could have had a fundraiser to help out, to keep it open. Parkway is too expensive, were as the one down freemo is alot closer to home”

“Both my husband and myself, were really sorry that this business ventre didn't take off. We went 3 times with our children and were planning a fourth visit this weekend. I think the mouldy smell and the cold put people off, we still enjoyed the films and the fact we saved a fortune going there instead of Parkway!!! I was dissapointed with the lack of advertising, maybe numbers would have gone up if film names and times had been more readily available? We really are sorry to see Trevor and Anthony go, they seemed like real honest and decent businessmen. Hope all goes well for them in future.”

“Personally I blame these Polish and Lithuanian freemasons! Has it never occured to both Ruths that if the masons really controlled Freeman Street (and all the charity and boarded up shops in it) and had that much influence it would hardly make good business acumen if they let the area become as run down as it is? Ps Ruth, my partner gets good DVDs from her work mates, there's one called ILUZJONISTA (subtitles optional) starring amongst others Jessica Biel (I won't tell you what her name translates as).....I'll lend you it if you know all the secret handshakes .”

“Simon wrote: "I see JO is up to her usual petualsnt self".

Petualsnt?? Petualsn't??
Moi??”

“I see JO is up to her usual petualsnt self. Criticises someone for a comment they made on someones grammar and then goes on to give them an english lesson, is thst the definition of irony then?. Judging by some of the poorly spelt diatribe I have seen JO post in here I just like to call it hypocrisy, but the that seems to be Jo's forte does it not.”

“maybe they should put freeman street on the laceby bypass to give the laceby lot something else to moan about.”

“Marek wrote: "Ruth, I understand enough English to know that 'they'd of' is incorrect syntax. "

I don't think pettily criticising the grammar of your hosts and neighbours will do much to engender cultural harmony, do you? I'm sure Ruth meant no offence.

'They'd' is actually perfectly sound English, Marek (a contraction of 'they would'). And 'they'd *of*' is simply one of those odd colloquialisms that happens in the English language. The wonderful thing about the English language is that we English can make up the syntax as we go along if we want! Sometimes it's awful, sometimes it works.

I'm assuming by your name that you are one of our Polish guests, so as well as learning the language, it would help if you tried to understand the sense of humour too (even though it is a tad puerile at times) otherwise you're going to be taking offence all over the place.”

“When the cinema was opened originally I often observed the drains being rodded on a regular basis, as there was always an ongoing problem with the drainage. As for the Freeman of grimsby they set the ground rent for leasehold properties. On a good note the council are very helpful and small businesses get a small business reduction on their non-domestic rates.”

“Sounds like another nail in the coffin for Freeman Street. There are so many derelict buildings there, I can't think it does business any good. Does seem a bit hasty to invest money without assesing the situation throughly beforehand though.”