Life in Beckworth » Steven Hawkin http://visitbeckworth.co.uk/life-in-beckworth Bringing you the (almost) everyday comings and goings of the residents of Beckworth, a typical English market town. Informing you about their lives through the mediums of words, images, an interactive map and stereophonic sound recordings Sun, 01 Feb 2026 00:56:14 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Film Fans Queue Hours For Big Film Night http://visitbeckworth.co.uk/life-in-beckworth/christine-batley/film-fans-queue-hours-for-big-film-night/ http://visitbeckworth.co.uk/life-in-beckworth/christine-batley/film-fans-queue-hours-for-big-film-night/#comments Fri, 18 Dec 2015 11:16:35 +0000 a resident of Beckworth http://visitbeckworth.co.uk/life-in-beckworth/?p=6138 Continue reading →]]> Breaking fictional space-age news just in… Last night dozens fans of Star Trek queued patiently for over 5 hours to see the latest installment of the sci-fi film series, The Fort Awakens. The film (a bootleg copy) was shown in the scout hut on a small ipad which was passed around the audience so all got a good look. Many dressed as their favourite characters, local fan Steven Hawkin came as robot R2D2 and his neighbour Anne Widdecombe as Princess Leia. Christine Batley. Chief “May The Fort Be With You” Correspondent. Beckworth Guardian

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(Above) Scientist Steven Hawkin arrives at the cinema dressed as his hero, the Star Trek robot R2D2

 

 

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