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Triple Bill
Few institutions in Cirencester escape the energetic patronage of the
Gloucestershire towns local grandees, Lord and Lady Apsley (Sarah Chapman 78 -
79).
Already campaigning for a public inquiry into foot and mouth disease, and
fighting to save the local hospital from closure, this crusading duo are to open
a third front.
Their latest project is a campaign to save the town's dilapidated Regal Cinema
from the attentions of property spivs. "I'm afraid I've already blown my
New Year's resolution not to take on too much," admits Lady Apsley,
"but I was truly horrified to discover that a developer was interested in
closing down Cirencester's cinema to make way for housing.
"Our aim is to get the town to invest in its own entertainment and run the
cinema as a charitable trust".
Peterborough, Daily Telegraph 16-i-02