Lochaber Times senior reporter Mark Entwistle hands over a cheque for the Lochaber Cinema Group to Marie MacPherson, right and Irene Salter.
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LAST week, the Lochaber Times highlighted the bleak financial position facing the Lochaber Cinema Group, which was on the verge of being forced to halt its free screenings of movies for children in local venues and halls.
With just £11 remaining in its bank account, group chairwoman Marie MacPherson had confirmed to us the screenings would have to stop as an online public appeal for funding, launched after donations dried up, had failed to generate the £250 needed.