My friend Marjorie Ainsworth, who has died aged 103, was a volunteer for 86 years for Manchester and Salford Film Society, and from 2007 onwards served as its president. She was also the longest-standing member of Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society, which she joined in 1955, and an honorary vice-president of the Cinema for All organisation.
In 1939, persuaded by her boyfriend, Tom Ainsworth, she attended Manchester and Salford Film Society for the first time. She was 17, and was smitten with Tom and the society. They married in 1942, and both became more involved in the society’s work. Over the years Marjorie took on every role apart from projectionist – which was Tom’s.
