Coffee, cake and a shared love of film brings a community together at the Bijou Cinema
When someone tells you they've found a hidden gem they don't usually mean it's literally hidden but that's how it feels when you visit Southport 's Bijou Cinema for the first time.
The Bijou Cinema recently won Entertainment Venue of the year at the Southport BID Stars Awards on Wednesday, April 17. Posting after the awards, a spokesperson said: "Like all awards, this is dedicated to Mike Lockwood, without whom the Bijou wouldn’t be here. I've also taken my mum there to see John Wayne/John Ford classic The Quiet Man, a favourite of her late brother and something we couldn't have done together at most cinemas. As well as classics they also show more recent but perhaps little known films that perhaps wouldn't trouble your local Odeon.
Andy, 27, is a native of Southport and has a film degree from Edge Hill University. His previous jobs were mostly managing local bars. That changed when he met Mike. "We met at a film club in Southport. That was in 2016 or 2017 and he mentioned he'd been planning to open a cinema for years.
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