At least it has given me an excuse to catch up with my many unviewed DVDs of old films to which I have become quite addicted. I visited the local cinema after a Tizer with an ice cream float in Hansons Tea Shop and then a scoop of hot salted peanuts from Tonibells cafe. In 1936, a brand new cinema opened named Studio Elstree with 820 seats and was located almost next to where McDonald’s is sited. Sadly, Studio 70 closed its doors and was demolished in 1981 due to lack of audiences. Incidentally, the original Gem cinema is now a flower shop and the original building, unlike most of Borehamwood from 1914, is still there.