Modernising Kings Lynn - By Eleanor

 So, exciting news!
  After at least a year since my email to the Majestic Cinema, Kings Lynn asking them if they would consider putting subtitles on their screens and being promised that they would look into it, only for them to sell and new owners take over. Then after emailing the new owners and being told that subtitles are not possible with their projectors and only when they upgraded to digital (planned for 2013) would they be able to offer them...... They have finally said they are able to provide subtitled screenings and will be looking into providing them! Hooray!!

 I am so excited about this because it will mean so much less driving for me. I've had to drive an hour and a quarter to my nearest subtitled cinema, always re-arranging my life around the random times they are shown.

 To me it feels like an acceptance. The world is constantly changing, adapting to everyones needs. The majestic cinema can only accept wheelchair users in one screen at the moment because the building is listed and a lift cannot be added. With their new expansion they will be able to offer wheelchair access to more screens. With their digital screens they will be able to offer subtitles. This may also mean audio description for the blind too.

 Other cinemas have had these options for a long time already and its always felt like Kings Lynn has been one step behind. Last year we finally had a Primark arrive (which is still extremely popular), a multi-storey car park built and things that I can't think of at the moment!!

 Come on Kings Lynn, one more step and you'll have caught up with everywhere else :)