The family of Charlie Chaplin have expressed dismay over the threatened closure of the Cinema Museum in south London, which they say is “the nearest thing that Britain has to a Chaplin museum”.
The museum is situated in a former Victorian workhouse in Lambeth that played an important role in the actor’s childhood.
The Cinema Museum, a registered charity, boasts artefacts and memorabilia that tell the story of cinema from the 1890s onwards.
Calling for the museum to be saved, the family write: “The workhouse is a building that played a great part in our father’s early life.