Carole Woddis 3 Posted April 12, 2017 Report Share Posted April 12, 2017 When I was very small, around 6 or 7, I was taken by a friend of my mother's for afternoon tea and kunzle cakes downstairs at the Odeon. The waitresses would have been decked out in black with white frilly aprons. But it's the tea pots I remember and the kunzle cakes - the tea pots were in mottled beaten ware, very typical of the 1950s period which you never see now. Anyone remember anything similar. And the organ in the centre of the room being played for afternoon tea? 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
plantfit 7,692 Posted April 12, 2017 Report Share Posted April 12, 2017 What a lovely memory Carole,I'm someone will be along in a bit with all the info you need Rog Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,417 Posted April 12, 2017 Report Share Posted April 12, 2017 #1 Welcome, Carole. Never went for tea at the Odeon but I do remember kunzle cakes. There are several posts about them on NS. Look forward to reading more of your memories. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,308 Posted April 12, 2017 Report Share Posted April 12, 2017 First Pictures in Town i took a girl too was the Odeon..........3/6 for a balcony seat,so that was 7/2 before we got sat down,she had no chance of a Kunzle cake or owt else................so it was back to the Vernon in Basford after that at 1/6 and a bag of Chips after.......lol. Edit.........sorry 2x 3/6 = 7 bob i think 1 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
loppylugs 8,429 Posted April 13, 2017 Report Share Posted April 13, 2017 I'd have to make 'em go Dutch. I just couldn't afford a creamy lifestyle. Half a shandy or a Babycham in the pub with a bag of crisps after if they were lucky. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,417 Posted April 13, 2017 Report Share Posted April 13, 2017 #4 You certainly know how to push the boat out, Ben! Bet none of those girls ever forgot you! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BilboroughShirley 1,120 Posted August 2, 2017 Report Share Posted August 2, 2017 I remember Kunzle cakes. Nice! I do not remember a tea shop at the Odeon or an organ in the cinema. Reading this thread I just discovered they have demolished the Odeon! What happened to the cinema organ? Was it scrapped or relocated? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
loppylugs 8,429 Posted August 2, 2017 Report Share Posted August 2, 2017 I'd be interested to know what happened to the organ. I never heard it. It was no longer used by the time of my Odeon visits, but my mother used to talk about it. It may have been removed long before the building was demolished. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,417 Posted August 2, 2017 Report Share Posted August 2, 2017 I recall visits to the Odeon in the late 60s, early 70s but there was no organ in situ then. I would have noticed it! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
loppylugs 8,429 Posted August 2, 2017 Report Share Posted August 2, 2017 #10. Yes I was there in the early 60s saw The Sound of Music, there. I think my mom said the console used to rise up on the stage with a lift built into the stage. I'm assuming it would have been a pipe organ back then. I don't know where the pipes would have been. Presumably behind the screen. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,417 Posted August 2, 2017 Report Share Posted August 2, 2017 That's made me laugh, Loppy! I also saw the Sound of Music at the Odeon. it was one of those films my older sister took a shine to and she saw it round about 20 times! In those days, she often used to take me to the cinema and I remember going to the Odeon to see not only that film but also Mary Poppins and several others that came out around the same time. Unlike me, my sister has a problem with time keeping and has never been known to be anywhere on time in her entire life. This meant that when we went to the Odeon Cinema, we invariably turned up half way through the film, so we saw the second half first and then remained in the cinema to see the first half when it was shown a second time. I don't think you can do that nowadays although it is many years since I went to the cinema. That is probably why it's difficult for me to remember these films in the in the correct sequence but somehow we could never seem to get there on time for the start of the film. Not long after the Sound of Music came out, my sister bought the vocal score from Clement pianos on Derby Road and I then had to put up with playing the accompaniment so that she could sing '16 going on 17' which used to drive me round the bend! Oddly enough, I was looking through an old blanket chest that I use to store music scores only the other day and I found the Rodgers and Hammerstein score - minus its front cover. Well, it had been used rather a lot! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TBI 2,351 Posted August 2, 2017 Report Share Posted August 2, 2017 Some comment on here regarding the organ..... http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/11113 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,569 Posted August 2, 2017 Report Share Posted August 2, 2017 And a thread on the subject of the demolition of the place. https://nottstalgia.com/forums/topic/10082-the-odeon-demolition/ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
loppylugs 8,429 Posted August 2, 2017 Report Share Posted August 2, 2017 Thanks TBI. That was a decent organ according to its specs. I wish I could have heard it. #12. We saw the Sound of Music in 63/64 not quite sure, but the Odeon was still one big screen and auditorium at that time. Also saw Mary poppins there. One of the guys on the Organ forum said that he first developed a love for the pipe organ when he heard the one in the wedding scene. Played the organ ever since so I guess that movie did some good. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,093 Posted August 2, 2017 Report Share Posted August 2, 2017 Here's a bit about the organ and what happened to it. http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/11113 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BilboroughShirley 1,120 Posted August 3, 2017 Report Share Posted August 3, 2017 Thanks for your replies to my questions. I went with my mum and dad to see the Todd A O screening of South Pacific at the Odeon. My mum loved the film. I do not remember the organ then. Probably too young to be taking that much notice. "The cinematreasures" link is very interesting. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Radford Boy 26 Posted August 14, 2017 Report Share Posted August 14, 2017 I also went with my mum and dad to see South Pacific. I was really looking forward to seeing the organ rise up from below the stage but the lift broke and it only came halfway up. It was still played that night but I was very disappointed as you could not really see the console. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beekay 5,279 Posted November 9, 2018 Report Share Posted November 9, 2018 Was it a Wurlitzer organ? And what the hell is a kunzle cake? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,417 Posted November 9, 2018 Report Share Posted November 9, 2018 Kunzle cakes were delicious! Wish they'd bring em back! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beekay 5,279 Posted November 9, 2018 Report Share Posted November 9, 2018 Wot the flipping eck are they though? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nonnaB 4,914 Posted November 9, 2018 Report Share Posted November 9, 2018 I want to know why we don't see kunzle cakes any more. They were little individually wrapped cakes . A chocolate cup filled with sponge and topped with all sorts of yummy things . Beautifully adorned on top with flowers or pieces of equally tasty bits. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jonab 1,644 Posted November 10, 2018 Report Share Posted November 10, 2018 A company I worked for had its annual dinner and dance in a room underneath the Odeon for several years around 1970. There was an organ there on a stage at the side but it wasn't the same one as used in the cinema. The music for the dance was provided by a small dance band (who shared the stage with the organ). The 'do's' themselves were quite good but no Kunzle cakes though. I remember that The Sound of Music was shown at the Odeon for a very long period and there was a report in the NEP about an old lady who used to watch the film every afternoon such that the cinema management allowed her in for free for as long as the film was there. Her reason for going with such enthusiasm was that she wanted to see the time when it had a happy ending. (I never saw the film so I assume it had a sad end). Regarding Kunzle cakes - I never liked them. I remember our local shop first getting them in (to great fanfares as the cakes were quite rare in those days). Anyway, I badgered my mother to get some. I took one bite and that was it. To me, the chocolate was dreadful - it was soft and sort of 'chewy' and had an odd taste. Nothing like the chocolate I was used to. So, that was the end of my experience with Kunzle. All was not lost - my dad liked them. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,417 Posted November 10, 2018 Report Share Posted November 10, 2018 As I recall, the film ended with the von Trapp family escaping from the Nazis to freedom. A happy ending for most folks. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jonab 1,644 Posted November 10, 2018 Report Share Posted November 10, 2018 Perhaps I got the old lady's reasoning wrong and I'm conflating two different films but, I'm certain of the old lady going every afternoon then getting in for free. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mess 634 Posted November 10, 2018 Report Share Posted November 10, 2018 I think the old lady at The Odeon was probably waiting until she got free ice cream too lol BTW our corner shop on Russell Rd/Leslie Avenue run by Mr & Mrs Smith in the early 60s sold Kunzel cakes which my mum used to buy. I liked the chocolate outer but I found the filling rather rich. They were individually wrapped in cellophane IIRC. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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