Vista Cinema
19 Warminster Road,
Westbury,
BA13
19 Warminster Road,
Westbury,
BA13
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Westbury Museum give the opening as being November 1920, one of the first films shown in a double bill was Charlie Chaplin in Roustabout. Also boasting a cafe lounge, the venue also presented plays, concerts, fundraising events and even the annual crowning of the town’s Carnival Queen. Vista Court, a block of flats, now stand on the site.
I visited this rather sad little cinema in 1974 to see a showing of the film Woodstock. I recall that it was very tired and on its last legs. It showed films only three days a week the remainder was used for Bingo. The posters were designed locally in red and blue. On the night I visited there were about 20 patrons.