Mr Lester: Thinking of drama, one of our biggest thrills was walking from Barwell to Earl Shilton where a Mr. Harry cooper had opened the first silent film shows. Most Saturdays we would walk eagerly from Barwell to Earl Shilton counting nothing of the journey to and from. we would see Charlie Chaplin; Max Sennett, and the Key Stone cops. One day Mr. cooper's son, whilst showing us "Martyer's of the Arena", asked us all not to panic as the projector and film had caught fire. At personal risk and injury, he put the fire out. we had to go home because we felt we could not bear a reshowing of the "Martyer's of the Arena", after seeing a man fighting flames.