Ruislip, Northwood and Eastcote Local History Society

Following our (brief) AGM, we are delighted to welcome Ian Christie, Professor of Film and Media History at Birkbeck, University of London, to present his talk “Picture Shows Before Cinema”. It was over two hundred years ago that Georgian London became the world centre of such immersive spectacles as the Leicester Square Panorama. Almost all the elements of the ‘cinema experience’ were in place before the actual mechanisms of moving pictures appeared in the 1890s.
Visitors are welcome (£3 donation). Any changes to these arrangements will be posted on the RNELHS website. For further information please contact the Membership Secretary at membership@rnelhs.uk