 In April 1903 a petition objecting to the renewal of alcohol licences for local inns , signed by 450 people , was presented to the Brewsters sessions ( magistrates court meetings in England where pub licences were renewed or granted ) . A deputation sent to the session explained that the number of licensed houses was too large in proportion to the population . In 1917 , the cattle market moved from the Higher Bullring to a field near the station . The first cinema was opened in the Victoria Hall in 1918 by Bill Terry and in 1977 the town was twinned with Ploudalmézeau in Brittany , France . 
