ABOVE: The 1949 house in Evans Head. Photos: Contributed
Susanna Freymark
When Caroline Powell bought a 1949 house on a corner block in Evans Head, she had no idea what was hidden in the walls.
Her brother Lyall Powell was renovating and as he pulled the stained plywood off the walls in the entry hall, he came across three panels of posters featuring films from the 40s and 50s.
“My brother said if he had been there by himself, he would have ripped them off.” Caroline said.
“Luckily I was there. I love old things and antiques especially from 40s and 60s.”
Caroline even has a 1940s big house phone in her new home.
The panel of old film promotional posters are in amazing condition, she said.
“We are planning to have them mounted and hung in our house as a piece of local history.”
The owner of the house before Caroline was from Kyogle so Caroline figures the poster could have come from there. The house had been rented out for 15 years.
Another possibility is that the posters came from one of two old picture theatres in Evans Head.
Richard Gates from the Evans Head Living Museum said there was a picture theatre built in 1953 and run by Phil and Denise Harris. There is a remnant of the theatre in Woodburn St behind the bottle shop.
Back in the 1940s films were shown in the Rosolens Picture Theatre in the building across from the IGA supermarket.
