LOCAL HISTORY: The Hope Cinema
Hope has a wonderful vestige from the past. Its movie cinema, built in 1945, is not only still standing, but is still in business.
“It was in 1945, with the end of the 2nd World War, that new optimism & a period of growth overtook Hope & a variety of new enterprises were launched. The “New Hope Theatre” was one of those. The Trout family came from the BC Interior & started construction on 2 theatres – one in Hope owned by W.A. Trout & one in Agassiz owned by his brother Neil Trout. The original building in Hope was smaller then & featured seating split by an aisle straight down the middle. If one views the current building from the back alley, the barn shape of the original structure can still be easily seen.
This was well before the advent of popular television & cars were still rare with road travel being limited & rough – a trip to Vancouver taking up to five hours. Going to the movies was just another popular social event for local citizens… Each week in Hope there were dances with live bands, church picnics & other social gatherings to choose from & the theatre was full almost every night it was open.” from hopecinema.ca
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