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The Americans were billeted over here in Glasgow at Abbotsinch Airfield near Paisley. They loved their movies, as you will no doubt be aware, but the only time they had off was on a Sunday.

At that time it was against the law for a cinema to open for profit on a Sunday, so a well-known Glasgow eccentric named AE Pickard, who owned the Norwood Cinema in St Georges Road, used to open it to everyone for what he called a 'silver collection' - just put some silver into a tub for charity.

It was tailor-made for us young fly guys! We used to take an old farthing and cover it in silver foil to pretend it was sixpence, throw it in the tub and made our way into the cinema.

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