SIR: For weeks now I have been waiting to see the most expensive and popular film of all time - Titanic. It has been advertised all over Bolton and on television, but I can't understand a film being advertised in a town that has no cinema.

Just as I had arranged to go and see Titanic at the ABC Cinema in town, I heard it had closed down, leaving Bolton, one of the biggest towns in Britain, without a cinema.

I am aware of the multi-screen Warner Brothers cinema that has recently opened in Horwich, which is well out of my way, as I live in North-west Bolton. Because I am only 16, I am unable to drive, leaving buses my only option.

I was later made aware of the ludicrous prices of the Warner Brothers cinema. I get £5 per week spending money, as many teenagers do, and am still at secondary school, not college (as students prices are lower). Four pounds 80 pence to see a film is an outrageous amount. The only way I could avoid this daylight robbery is to go on a weekday before five o'clock, which is out of the question. I have two buses to catch from school daily and I arrive home at half past four, leaving me half an hour to get changed, have my tea and travel there, which is clearly impossible unless I am Superwoman.

Because this cinema is so decentralised for many people in Bolton (especially people of my age), it leaves me with two options: pay this ludicrous price to see Titanic, or not go at all.

Christina Appleton, Halliwell

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