{"id":1581,"date":"2020-10-18T19:54:16","date_gmt":"2020-10-18T19:54:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tenburyregal.co.uk\/?page_id=1581"},"modified":"2025-08-09T02:11:44","modified_gmt":"2025-08-09T02:11:44","slug":"sir-sidney-clift","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/tenburyregal.co.uk\/?page_id=1581","title":{"rendered":"SIR SIDNEY CLIFT"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1581\" class=\"elementor elementor-1581\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7b120d4 elementor-section-content-space-evenly elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle rael-particle-no\" data-id=\"7b120d4\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" 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cinemas.<\/h4><h4>Sydney Clift contributed greatly to the war effort by raising money in his cinemas.\u00a0\u00a0 One such collection was for \u00a35000 to pay for a Spitfire, which was remarkable achievement for a relatively small cinema chain.\u00a0 Spitfire BM240 was christened <em>Clifton Cinemas <\/em>and flew with distinction until \u00a0being shot down in 1943.\u00a0<\/h4><h4>For his charitable and other war work Captain Sydney Clift was awarded a knighthood in 1947.<\/h4>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>https:\/\/tenburyregal.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Two-wave-George.mp4#t=,4 Sir Sidney Clift Sydney Clift served in the First World War in the Royal Artillery and Royal Flying Corp.&nbsp; By the 1920s and early 1930s Sydney Clift was involving himself with the construction of cinemas.&nbsp; An association with theatre 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