Forrest Theatre and Gardens Spencer Street, Bunbury, WA - 1951

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Forrest Theatre and Gardens Spencer Street, Bunbury, WA - 1951

Forrest Theatre and Gardens Spencer Street, Bunbury, WA - 1951

Photo & notes courtesy of Arthur Dunn’s granddaughter Samantha Auert & Memories of Bunbury website.

“Goldfields Pictures had a monopoly of cinema in Bunbury in 1951, when Mr Arthur Dunn, a former employee of Goldfields, opened the Forrest Theatre, in Spencer Street on 14 December.

This was a small hardtop (nissen hut) cinema, designed by R.M.Neal and Allen, with provision for around 500 patrons. It was described in the South Western Times as ´modern in conception both inside and out' (13 December 1951), with modern lighting, comfortable chairs, and - most innovative of all - a crying room.

In 1954, a picture gardens was added alongside.

Contributed by Greg Lynch -

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